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Italy, US Joint “Operation Columbus” Brings Down Drug Ring Run Out of a Pizzeria

In class, we discuss organized crime and its effects on business and society. Recently, Italian special agents, SCO, and the FBI arrested 13 persons in Calabria, Italy, allegedly connected with the ‘Ndrangheta crime family. With affiliates in the U.S., the suspects were organizing cocaine shipments out of Costa Rica. Authorities arrested them in the middle of the night while they were sleeping and charged …

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Injury on Weight Bench Results in Lawsuit Ruling for Club

Posted by Fadi Huzien. This article “Injury on Weight Bench Results in Lawsuit But Ruling for Club,” discusses a lawsuit, which was filed by a fitness facility member at the gym center where he routinely exercised. The plaintiff, La Fata, filed a lawsuit towards the center, LA Fitness International, because he claimed that his injury …

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Proctor Gamble Archives – Blog Business Law – a resource for business law students

Posted by Natalie Kenny. The parent company that makes Old Spice, Proctor & Gamble, is being sued by Rodney Colley of Alexandria, Virginia because of a defect in the deodorant. The plaintiff shared photos of himself with burns under his arms which he claims are from Old Spice deodorant. The plaintiff says he suffered “severe rashes, …

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Companies Tracking Workers With Cell Phones Off-hours May be Violating Their Constitutional Rights

Many companies provide workers with cell phones for company business. And they expect that their workers respect its proper use. But companies should afford their workers the same respect in terms of privacy. In a recent report, a woman was fired for deleting an app her employer used to track her movements. She sued for …

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SEC Charges Insider Trading Ahead of Merger

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged three software company founders with insider trading and forced them to disgorge $5.8 million in illegal profits, penalties and interest.  Insider trading occurs when people in high levels of management trade company securities based on non-public information. Lawson Software’s co-chairman, Herbert Richard Lawson, tipped his brother and a family …

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SEC Charges Insider Trading Ahead of Merger

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged three software company founders with insider trading and forced them to disgorge $5.8 million in illegal profits, penalties and interest.  Insider trading occurs when people in high levels of management trade company securities based on non-public information. Lawson Software’s co-chairman, Herbert Richard Lawson, tipped his brother and a family …

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Credit Suisse Pays $2.6B for Its Part in Aiding Citizens Evade Taxes. But Did the U.S. Justice Department Go Far Enough?

Business law students study the corporate entity and learn from the beginning that since corporations are legal persons they can be charged with crimes.  Corporations cannot be imprisoned, because they have no physical body, but they certainly can face monetary penalties. Such was the recent fate of Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse pled guilty to one …

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Obama Promotes Benefits of Trade Deals to Workers and Small Businesses

Posted by Shanice Cooper. On February 15, 2016, in an article by Julie Hirschfield Davis, she details President Obama’s attempts in trying to persuade Congress how important trade is for small business worldwide. The article outlines the importance of small businesses being able to have the global accessibility for trade deals outside of the United States. …

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Credit Suisse Pays $2.6B for Its Part in Aiding Citizens Evade Taxes. But Did the U.S. Justice Department Go Far Enough?

Business law students study the corporate entity and learn from the beginning that since corporations are legal persons they can be charged with crimes.  Corporations cannot be imprisoned, because they have no physical body, but they certainly can face monetary penalties. Such was the recent fate of Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse pled guilty to one …

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