Criminal Law

New Article Spotlight: Regulating the New Regulators: Current Trends in Deferred Prosecution Agreements
From SSRN.com: Peter Spivack and Sujit Raman of Hogan & Hartson LLP recently published Regulating the "New Regulators": Current Trends in Deferred Prosecution Agreements. Here is the abstract: Deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements are proliferating...

The FCPA Takes A Holiday
It's been a quiet time here at the FCPA Blog. Not much to report. That's not really a bad thing. We've had a chance to clean our desk, get our shoes shined, and pick on Wikipedia...

A Matter Of Money
At the White Collar Crime Prof Blog, Ellen Podgor -- who's now the solo blog editor since Peter Henning placed himself on well-deserved blog editor emeritus status -- discusses some of the obligations imposed by the Department of Justice on AB Volvo and its two subsidiaries in their deferred prosecution agreement here...

In Case You Missed It . . .
The White Collar Crime Prof Blog published its 2007 White Collar Crime Awards in December. It's an entertaining list that makes some serious points as well. A few of the Collars, as the awards are called, are of particular interest to us....

More Monitors, More Controversy
Reporter Mary Flood writes about deferred prosecution agreements in the February 29, 2008 Houston Chronicle here. For those new to the subject, deferred prosecution agreements (sometimes called non-prosecution agreements) allow corporations to avoid trials and criminal convictions in exchange for fines and compliance monitoring...

Deferred Prosecution: Good for Companies Good for Government
There’s been much made lately over whether corporate monitors — lawyers assigned to supervise companies that strike deferred prosecution agreements with the government — should themselves be more closely monitored...

Prenuptial Agreements
Make an Airtight Prenuptial Agreement

Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

Medical Technology
Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement.

Explicit E-Mail
Adult website fined $413,000 in explicit e-mail matter.

Rite Aid Corp. and Eckerd Corp.
allegedly failed to pay overtime to assistant store managers.

Loan Agreement
Vernalis to pay Endo Pharmaceuticals $7 million settlement.

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

Compound License
Palatin Technologies pays Competitive Technologies $800,000 agreement dispute settlement.