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No more free lunch? Recent amendments to congressional ethics and gift rules

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • February 14 2007

The U.S. House of Representatives recently adopted the House Rules for the 110th Congress which contain several amendments governing the acceptance by Members and staff of gifts and payment for officially-connected travel

Freedom of information: an opportunity for LGPS contractors?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 13 2007

The Information Commissioner has determined that Hertfordshire County Council should disclose information about its pension scheme’s private equity investments in accordance with its Freedom of Information Act 2000 obligations

FCA amendments introduced in House by Congressman Berman

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 21 2007

Just before the close of this legislative session, on Wednesday, December 19, 2007, Representative Howard Berman introduced H.R. 4854, entitled the “False Claims Act Corrections Act of 2007.”

Employee wrongfully terminated for complaining about fraud

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 8 2008

In Casella v. SouthWest Dealer Services, Inc., a California court of appeal affirmed a jury verdict for wrongful termination in violation of public policy against a company selling extended warranties

Don’t let the new Civil Union Law lead to civil lawsuits for your company

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 6 2007

On Oct. 25, 2006, the New Jersey Supreme Court held in Lewis v. Harris, 188 N.J. 415 (2006) that same sex couples in New Jersey are covered by the equal protection clause in New Jersey’s constitution

Freedom of information: what should authorities do?

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 13 2007

The Information Commissioner has determined that Hertfordshire County Council should disclose information about its pension scheme’s private equity investments in accordance with its Freedom of Information Act 2000 obligations

Government tables proposed new Lobbying Act Regulations

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 4 2008

The Treasury Board Secretariat has posted two proposed changes to regulations today

Federal Court permits corporate issue ads near an election

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 19 2007

By a 2-1 vote in an opinion written by the highly respected Judge Sentelle, a special three-judge district court of the US District Court for the of Columbia held that corporations have a first Amendment right to fund “true issue ads” during elections, even though they mention candidates and thus fall within the definition of “electioneering communications” found in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002

Shake-up of police organisation north and south of the border

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 5 2007

The police force is facing significant organisational reform with the recent establishment of two new police bodies

Recasting the FOI Act?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 5 2007

Government plans to change the arrangements by which public bodies can charge a fee for responding to FOI requests have added weight to some people's concerns that Ministers are pulling back from the spirit of freedom of information legislation