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Around the web, November 18



  • Lynne Stewart ordered to jail with tougher resentencing [WSJ Law Blog, McCarthy/NRO, Steele, our earlier coverage]
  • "What should we do instead of the Obama health reform bill?" [Tyler Cowen]
  • As EFCA sputters, unions push laws for easier organizing in Oregon and other states [WSJ]
  • Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin, of SomePeopleJustNeedToBeSued.com fame, confirms she'll challenge Grassley for Iowa Senate seat; blames voter sexism, not tax embarrassment, for '82 defeat [DMR, Quad City Times]
  • Joseph Falcone and Morghan Richardson (Chadbourne & Parke) on Notice Pleading Restoration Act in Congress to overturn Twombly/Iqbal [Law.com]
  • Mini-roundup on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, all from Mike Koehler at FCPA Professor: "The FCPA As A Foreign Policy Stick"; the recent Frederic Bourke case; "Holder to Corrupt Foreign Officials - We Are Coming After Your Money"; or maybe not, if you're a big enough fish. More: WSJ Law Blog ("biggest ramp up of FCPA prosecutions since the measure was enacted in the 1970s", feds vow to pursue forfeiture).

 

 


Isaac Gorodetski
Project Manager,
Center for Legal Policy at the
Manhattan Institute
igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org

Bridget Carroll
Press Officer,
Manhattan Institute
bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org

 

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