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Kyoto and Justiciability
Chris Paliare was on his feet today, arguing for Friends of the Earth in a Federal Court judicial review to to force the Canadian government to follow the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, passed by Parliament a year ago...

Bali high - or ballyhoo
Now that Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, I'd expect that Kyoto-related debate and discussion in Australia would focus on:Can we meet our emissions targets in the first commitment period (2008 - 2012)?What happens after 2012? What will the new Kyoto Protocol or alternative post-Kyoto agreement look like?For the first issue, the die is really cast: there's not much we can change now in terms of domestic policy that will pay big dividends within the next 5 years...

ICN Meeting inKyoto
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol I am jetlagged and in Kyoto for the ICN meeting. It will be interesting to gauge agency and practitioner thoughts on the Chinese AML.?In flight movies were excellent...

Corporate governance as a typical concern of law departments
Corporate governance issues rank high on the list of concerns law departments know they should address (See my post of Aug. 14, 2005: CEOs think general counsel should spend more time on governance; March 6, 2005: governance as a challenging...

ICN Annual Meeting in Kyoto
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Next week (April 14-16) is the ICN annual meeting of competition agencies in lovely Kyoto, Japan. I will serve as a rapporteur for the event. I have included the meeting agenda...

Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies
My new book, Corporate Governance of Non-listed Companies (Oxford University Press, 2008), which I co-wrote with Erik Vermeulen, examines the set of legal rules and measures needed to improve the governance of non-listed companies...

Washington Post WPO Securities Fraud
Washington Post WPO

Washington Post 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Washington Post 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

PTDS class action
Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Class Action