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Genesco Delays Trial Ahead of (Costly) Settlement
Genesco Delays Trial Ahead of (Costly) Settlement Below is an article that recently ran in the NY Time's DealBook (here is the Genesco press release): Genesco and Finish Line appear to have reached an armistice in their battle over a...

Genesco and Finish Line Settle Dispute over Merger
Genesco Inc. and The Finish Line reached a settlement that terminated both their merger agreement and the financial commitment that Finish Line had with UBS, just before start of a trial in Tennessee...

Genesco Ordered to Close Finish Line Acquisition
A chancellor in Tennessee has order Genesco to close its buyout agreement with Finish Line. A suit still pending in New York, brought by UBS, Genesco's financing bank, will now determine whether the deal will produce a viable or bankrupt...

Half-time partner, half-time general counsel full-time exhaustion
For six months in 1995, Steve Fulton served as the general counsel of Respironics on a half-time basis and as an employment-law partner at Reed Smith. Speaking to a reporter for GC Mid-Atlantic, June 2008 at 8, Fulton remembers the...

Opinion on the war: It's going well.
A new Pew report:In the most in-depth picture of the trend, the Pew report says that about half the public (48%) now says the Iraq war effort is going either very well or fairly well...

Perry to Retire at Stanford, Move Half-Time to UC Riverside
The distinguished philosopher John Perry--one of the leading contributors to philosophy of language and mind over the past thirty-five years--will retire from Stanford University effective September 1, 2008 (he turns 65 this year), and take up a half-time position in...

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Placebos Instead of Meds
Nearly Half of US Doctors Involved

Merger Agreement Rejected
Finish Line and Genesco reach $175 million settlement in merger dispute.

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Tree Stands
Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...