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In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from miser to profligate is marked by his purchase of a turkey for the Cratchit family. Turkey used to be a luxury food, in most households suitable only for special occasions....

A couple from Dunn, North Carolina is one of the most recent casualties of prosecutors’ push to crack down on Medicaid fraud, a crime that costs taxpayers and the government more than a billion dollars each year and nets more than 1,000 convictions....

In an October 9 speech to the FDIC’s Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion, Steve Antonakes, the Deputy Director of the CFPB and also the Associate Director of the CFPB’s Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending (SEFL) Unit, discussed the CFPB’s...

It is a story familiar to many companies. Company hires employee into a managerial position exposing the employee to its confidential and trade secret information. To protect its interests, the company requires the employee to execute a non-compete...

Planning a large, formal wedding can take a huge bite out of a busy life, not to mention a budget. As couples are living together for longer before marriage and postponing marriage until they have more developed careers, many are choosing to marry in...

On November 21, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. issued updates to its benchmark proxy voting policies for the U.S. The updated policies will be effective for shareholder meetings on or after February 1, 2014. The updates include changes to...

The SEC’s final Municipal Advisor Rules, effective January 13, 2014, apply to many of the advisory services and products provided by banks and trust companies to municipal entities, such as state and local governments, and to “obligated persons” who...

The seriously ill children who benefit from the use of medical marijuana are a far cry from the stereotypes of partying pot smokers getting high. For children suffering from debilitating diseases such as Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy for...

On November 19, the CME Group Exchanges issued Market Regulation Advisory Notice RA0913-5R regarding the prohibition on wash trades. The Advisory Notice defines a “wash trade” as “a form of fictitious trade in which a transaction or a series of...

For many years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been charged with protecting public health by ensuring the safety and efficacy of foods, drugs and cosmetics. To do so, the FDA has ensured the promulgation of regulations that guide the...

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