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Benchmarking Law Schools

How should law schools be judged? Reuben Guttman questions the current law school rankings and urges law school professors to follow suit. In the United States, law school deans have now...

The Corporate Magician

Cosying up to NGOs is just one of the corporate tricks used by big business to distract from problems. The Washington Capitals recently faced off in a National Hockey League contest against the...

Mouring the Common Law Tradition

A few years back, a colleague from Beijing made his first journey to the United States to present a paper we wrote together for an academic conference in San Francisco. I frankly do not remember...

Information or Infomercial

A wide range of speakers with a wide range of views characterises the IBA. Reuben Guttman of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC reflects on the week that was. BOSTON, MASS – From Associate Just...

Disclosing Dirty Laundry?

Lawyers need to be very careful they don't become embroiled in money laundering, says Reuben Guttman of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC. BOSTON, MASS -- At the melting pot of nation and cult...

Foreign Regulators Up Co-Operation

The IBA is all about the interface of legal systems, says our man at the 2013 extravaganza, Reuben Guttman of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC. BOSTON, MASS -- It is day three of the Internat...

A Global Epicentre

Our man at the IBA, Reuben Guttman, is most impressed by a law professor from Washington University who is teaching the world from a booth in the convention centre. BOSTON, MASS -- It is day two...

China Under the Spotlight in Boston

The US may be closed for business but the IBA is well and truly open. Reuben Guttman reports from the 2013 IBA Convention in Boston. The International Bar Association is open for business BOSTON,...

The $14 Million Mystery Whistleblower

Where did all the dollars go? Despite the US federal closure, the SEC is paying an anonymous whistleblower $14 million nor has it disclosed the scheme. More information is needed, says Reuben Gut...

Patients suffer from drug industry’s chronic greed

By Reuben Guttman and Traci Buschner who practice with Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC in Washington DC. Commentary: Give Big Pharma a dose of strong regulatory medicine Pfizer is paying th...

Reflections on a Defense Giant’s Derelictions

Defense contractors have been shielded from whistleblower actions in the US. Until recently, that is, says Reuben Guttman. Rarely does the United States hold its defense contractors accountable...

Looking for Market Integrity in China

Economic forces globally are driving conformity in a wide range of practices, says Reuben Guttman of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks PLLC. In Hong Kong's financial district, high end stores like...

The new global legal norms

As multinationals move around the globe, legal systems are cross-pollinated. China is a case in point, says Reuben Guttman who has just returned from an event in Shanghai dealing with securities...

Justice Takes Side of Landis

Washington, DC -- It looks like the false claims case against Lance Armstrong, which was brought by Floyd Landis, will finally see the light of day. It is reported that the United States Departm...
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