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  • Arnold & Porter, Skadden, Cravath, Willkie: Business of Law

    Updated 20 minutes ago

    Arnold & Porter LLP’s Deborah Feinstein was named director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition by FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, who also named six other senior staff members with consumer protection and antitrust law experience.

  • IRS Couldn’t Handle Political Cases Quickly, Manager Says

    Updated 8 minutes ago

    Internal Revenue Service employees tried to treat politically oriented groups the same way as other clusters of non-profits seeking tax-exempt status. That didn’t work, an IRS manager told congressional investigators.

  • Virtual Currency, EU Rulebook, U.K.-EU Clash: Compliance

    Updated 21 minutes ago

    Transactions within virtual economies or using virtual currencies may produce taxable income and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service should find low-cost ways to make taxpayers aware of compliance risks, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

  • Obama Views with Snowden for Public Support on NSA Leaks

    Updated 15 minutes ago

    President Barack Obama and former national security contractor Edward Snowden are mounting public relations campaigns over a classified U.S. surveillance program leaked by Snowden, with Obama promising to declassify details and Snowden seeking vindication of his motives.

  • Capital One Hires U.S. Immigration Chief to Oversee Compliance

    Capital One Financial Corp., the bank that agreed to pay $210 million to settle U.S. charges of deceptive marketing of credit-card products, hired the nation’s top immigration official to head compliance operations.

  • Ex-UBS Trader Hayes Said to Face Libor Charge This Week

    Updated 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    Tom Hayes, the former UBS AG derivatives trader at the center of a global investigation into manipulation of benchmark interest rates, may face criminal charges in the U.K. as soon as this week, two people familiar with the investigation said.

  • NSA Surveillance Leaks Startle Privacy Board Back to Life

    A U.S. board created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to ensure government surveillance doesn’t violate citizens’ rights is reviving this week in the same secrecy as the programs it will examine.

  • Tyco $13.1 Million SEC Settlement Approved by U.S. Judge

    Tyco International Ltd.’s $13.1 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over records concealing payments to foreign officials was approved by a federal judge.

  • Heineken Weighs New Brewery for Mexico Comeback in AB InBev Duel

    Updated 28 minutes ago

    Heineken NV may build a new brewery in Mexico as it wins back market share lost after its 2010 purchase of the nation’s second-largest brewer, said Marc Busain, the company’s top executive in the country.

  • Snowden Says Leaks Didn’t Disclose U.S. Military Targets

    Updated 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified documents about government surveillance programs, said he didn’t reveal any U.S. operations “against legitimate military targets.”

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