Government Accountability Office
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Litigation Finance, Sponsored Content
GAO’s Report On Litigation Funding: Intriguing, But Unlikely To Propel Immediate Change
The broad-ranging report is a generally helpful and balanced overview of the state of the funding industry, both from a factual and policy perspective. -
Drugs, Federal Government, Politics
GAO Will Investigate Potential Abuses With Orphan Drug Act
The investigation stems from a request from three influential U.S. senators. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Cars, Contracts, Guns / Firearms, Insider Trading, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, Police
Morning Docket: 10.24.14
* Thanks to this Government Accountability Office ruling, the company that cleared NSA leaker Edward Snowden and Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis may lose a $210M contract. [Legal Times]
* After being acquitted on insider trading charges, Rengan Rajaratnam agreed to settle the civil suit filed against him for a cool $840K. At least he’s not in jail like his brother. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Those interested in going to law school may want to know that Philadelphia is purportedly home to some of the cheapest law schools in the country — not Penn Law, though, sorry ’bout that. [Main Street]
* Professors at WUSTL Law held a “teach-in” to discuss the Michael Brown police shooting case. According to them, the likelihood Darren Wilson will be federally charged is “slim to none.” [Student Life]
* Attack of the aggrieved ex: a man drove a burning pickup truck loaded with explosives into a law firm, destroying much of the building. He had apparently dated one of the firm’s former clients. [Virginian-Pilot]