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Douglas Lichtman, Professor of Law, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESDouglas Lichtman

Professor of Law
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
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Doug Lichtman is a Professor of Law at UCLA. His areas of specialty include patent, copyright, and trademark law; telecommunications regulation; and general legal issues pertaining to technology firms and the internet. Previously, Mr. Lichtman was a tenured Professor at the University of Chicago. His...

Paul Equale, President, EQUALE AND ASSOCIATESPaul Equale

President
EQUALE AND ASSOCIATES
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Paul Equale leads Equale & Associates, where he consults on legislative, regulatory and headline risk associated with business, legal and financial services issues in Washington DC. His specialty areas include financial services legislative and regulatory reform, including the consumer financial protection...

Miguel Mesquita da Cunha

Consultant
Miguel Mesquita da Cunha
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Miguel Mesquita da Cunha is a Consultant in Belgium who specializes in EU policy and regulatory trends that affect business. Previously, Dr. Mesquita da Cunha worked in the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under Lord Carrington, before becoming a member of the 'Group...

Larry Fradkin

President
Future Enviroassets, LLC
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Larry Fradkin is the President of Future Enviroassets, an international energy and environmental consulting firm. His expertise and extensive experience in energy includes policy/regulatory and technology in climate change/greenhouse gases, solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, biomass, nuclear, coal,...

Loring Justice, Partner, Loring E. Justice, PLLCLoring Justice

Partner
Loring E. Justice, PLLC
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Loring Justice is Partner in the Law office of Loring Justice in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he practices tort law. He specializes in products and pharmaceutical liability, nursing home negligence and abuse, Medicare and Medicaid fraud and mass torts including, tobacco and asbestos litigation. Mr.Justice...

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The Rising Tide of Protectionism worldwide

November 6, 2009

EU requests WTO panel on Chinese export restrictions on raw materials | trade.ec.europa.eu

Both EU and China have to contend with domestic imperatives at a time when the world economy is still not yet out of the doldrums.

New FINRA Rule 2210-Simplification Whose Time Has Come

November 4, 2009

FINRA Requests Comments on Proposed New Rules Governing Communications with the Public | www.finra.org

The proposed amendments to the advertising rules attempt to clarify the various categories of communications that have emerged over the years, codify the myriad interpretations to the rules and require greater disclosure for financial products that the rules did not previously address. All in all,Regulatory...

Healthcare Reform: Pay if you lose Litigation

November 4, 2009

Martin Alpert, Vice President, Environmental Claims, HINZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT INC

Chambliss, Graham propose lawsuit reform as part of health care overhaul | www.ajc.com

Are frivolous lawsuits the main driver in skyrocketing healthcare costs?

State of the Private Equity sector in India

November 2, 2009

India may lead global private equity recovery: KPMG | economictimes.indiatimes.com

India will continue to offer attractive investment opportunities to institutional investors in the coming months, however, certain sectors will fare much better than others. Private Placement Advisors will continue to play a vital role in capital raising in emerging markets such as India

The Regulation of Online Games in China

October 30, 2009

Matthew Murphy, Managing Director, MMLC Group

The Regulation of Online Games in China | www.mmlcgroup.com

The online games industry in China is becoming incredibly profitable, with millions of regular users and an endless thirst for new games and technology. This article looks at the regulations and departments in China that are claiming authority to regulate this space. As expected there is considerable...

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