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Gilead Must Foot $1.8M Bill For 'Egregious' Litigation Conduct

Law 360

for "glaringly egregious" litigation conduct, ordering the company to pay nearly $1.76 million in attorney fees for shareholders who battled Gilead's "overly aggressive" efforts to shut down investigations into its potential malfeasance regarding its AIDS drug development The Delaware chancellor on Thursday chastised Gilead Sciences Inc.

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DOJ Signals New Strategy For ‘Environmental Justice’

The Crime Report

Kim signaled that ENRD will “prioritize” prosecuting individuals who commit and profit from corporate malfeasance. Illustration by Giorguio Tadieski via Flickr.

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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

In the absence of oversight boards and civil litigation, criminal charges against prosecutors and ethics board disciplinary measures are the only means of incentivizing appropriate prosecutorial actions. The lack of transparency about the extent of prosecutorial misconduct in the U.S.

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State Hid Criminal Referrals of Other Chemists, Supervisors at Hinton Drug Lab for Years

The Crime Report

Cunha, who now teaches at Boston College, declined to comment, stating in an email: “I cannot comment on pending litigation as the rules of professional responsibility prohibit me from doing so.”

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Making Crypto Available to Everyone

InHouseOps

Since that time, I’ve parlayed my early litigation and investigation experience into non-traditional legal jobs. Corporate malfeasance, embezzlement, things that were happening inside very large corporations that required attention.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

It was clearly pronounced that “there appears to be no restriction on third parties (non-lawyers) funding the litigation and getting repaid after the outcome of the litigation” [18]. Litigation is a never-ending process and is only increasing in numbers as the hours pass by.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations.

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