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King & Spalding LLP recruited Australian arbitration and construction lawyer Peter Megens as a partner in the Singapore office starting in July. Megens was at King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, where he was co-head of the firm’s arbitration practice and a senior member of its construction team.
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The top lawyer at the U.S. regulator of national banks left a consulting job where she was paid $1.2 million and advised some of the biggest firms now overseen by her agency, her financial disclosures show.
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The Pentagon has decided it’s in the national interest to keep buying MI-17 transport helicopters for the Afghan military from a Russian company that’s been scrutinized by Congress over its arms sales to Syria.
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When Michael Cockrell, a cook and dishwasher in Philadelphia, was sick with the flu, he showed up for work anyway. When his 5-year-old son was hospitalized with an asthma attack, Cockrell still punched the clock.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should limit the amount of salt in restaurant and packaged foods to reduce the risk of heart disease, a report ordered by Congress said.
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Given the Russia-backed butchery in Syria, the U.S. should cancel its contract with a Russian firm to supply helicopters to the Afghan National Army.
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The Democratic-run U.S. Senate defeated measures approved by the Republican-run House to bar spending government funds for the health-care overhaul law and Planned Parenthood.
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Rosa DeLauro, a Democratic congresswoman from Connecticut, says she will introduce a bill as soon as January to create an agency with the sole mission of protecting food safety and she’ll press for more funding to prevent foodborne illnesses.
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A U.S. program that tests random produce samples for salmonella and other pathogens is ending, angering food-safety advocates who said the initiative that was knocked down by industry lobbyists protects public health.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” said failing to raise the federal debt limit is “not a realistic option” for the U.S. economy.
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