Smith & Wesson Under Investigation for Possible FCPA Violations

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has relieved Justice Joan Orie Melvin of all judicial and administrative responsibilities, ordered her records secured and directed the court administrator to “ensure that the premises are vacated.” The action, announced in a press advisory, follows news today that Melvin has been charged with nine counts, [...]

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com Check out the seven funniest lawyer ads Martindale could find on YouTube. Read the rest of the story… Share/Bookmark

Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog – WSJ.com The company filed for an IPO with the SEC last week that could raise as much as $120 million. Read the rest of the story… Share/Bookmark

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories Policies buried in college student handbooks are being cited by universities asserting that they are due a cut of the profits from inventions conceived on campus. Harvard wasn’t one of them, Stanford law fellow Brian Love writes in the Boston Globe. Facebook was invented by Mark Zuckerberg and his friends [...]

Source: ABA Journal Top Stories The Other Big IPO Today, Facebook makes its historic market debut. But many lawyer-bloggers are talking about a different initial public offering: Last Friday, Web-based legal services provider LegalZoom filed for an IPO of up to $120 million to expand its services in the United States and around the world. [...]