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  The Supreme Court ruled on Monday regulators can challenge deals between brand-name drug companies and generic rivals that delay cheaper medicines from going on sale, which regulators say increase costs to consumers by billions of dollars.   But the court, in a 5-3 vote with Justice Samuel Alito recused, declined the Federal Trade Commission's request to declare the deals to be presumed to be illegal. The regulatory agency has fought the practice for more than a decade.   "While we believe the Supreme Court decision will open the door to broader FTC scrutiny of brand/generic settlements, we believe a majority of settlements will still be allowed even if reviewed by the FTC," JP Morgan analyst Chris Schott said in reaction to the ruling.   The companies in the case were brand-name…

  A legal observer who was kettled during a demonstration against government cuts has won a high court declaration that police acted unlawfully when they filmed her and made her hand over personal information before she was released.   Rights groups welcomed the judgment and urged the police to ensure compliance with it.   Susannah Mengehsa, a volunteer barrister with the Bar Pro Bono Unit, which helps people get free legal assistance, was on a public sector trade unions march in the West End of London in November 2011 when she was caught within a police operation to contain about 100 people.   Before being released from the kettle in Panton Street, she was escorted to an area where she was required to give her name, address and date of birth. She was also searched,…

  Crime suspects need to speak up if they want to invoke their legal right to remain silent, the Supreme Court said Monday in a ruling that highlights the limited reach of the famous Miranda decision.   The 5-4 ruling upheld the murder conviction of a Texas man who bit his lip and sat silently when a police officer asked him about the shotgun shells that were found at the scene of a double slaying. They had been traced to the suspect's shotgun.   At his trial, prosecutors pointed to the defendant's silence as evidence of his guilt. In affirming the conviction of Genovevo Salinas, the court's majority admitted that some suspects might think they had a right to say nothing.   "Popular misconceptions notwithstanding," the Constitution "does not establish…

  In a 7-2 vote, the court, in an opinion written by conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, ruled the voter registration provision of the 2004 state law was trumped by a federal law, the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.   The state law was opposed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and Indian tribes. They said it deterred legal voters who did not have the required paperwork from registering to vote.   It was another setback for the Republican leadership of a state, borderingMexico, that has tried to crack down on illegal immigrants at a time when Hispanics represent the largest U.S. minority at nearly 17 percent of the population.   Both major political parties in Congress, aware of the increasingly influential Latino vote nationally, are trying to…

  Plans to cut £220m more from the legal aid budget are regrettable, will "drive out the best lawyers", and may not produce significant savings, the UK's most senior judge has warned.   In his most explicit challenge yet to government reforms, Lord Neuberger, president of the supreme court, implied that access to justice for all – particularly "the poor, the vulnerable [and] the disadvantaged" – is being put at risk.   Lawyers can be split into two branches of the profession, not barristers and solicitors, the 65-year-old judge suggested, but "lawyers who serve rich individuals and companies, and lawyers who serve ordinary citizens". The first group are doing fine but "the latter are under intense pressure from legal aid cuts and, in some areas, from an overmanned profession".   Neuberger's forthright…

O LIDE-RS, divisão gaúcha da entidade que reúne empresas e gestores corporativos no Brasil inteiro, realizará no próximo dia 17 um almoço com a presença do senador Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), atual presidente do Senado Federal. O evento tem como um dos convidados Fábio Medina Osório, presidente do IIEDE. O almoço ocorrerá às 12hs no Hotel Grande Hyatt, localizado em Porto Alegre (RS).

O LIDE-RS, divisão gaúcha da entidade que reúne empresas e gestores corporativos no Brasil inteiro, realizará no próximo dia 17 um jantar em homenagem ao prefeito de Porto Alegre (RS), José Fortunati (PDT).  O evento, patrocinado pela Souza Cruz, ocorrerá às 19hs, no Centro de Eventos CIEE-RS, em Porto Alegre (RS, e tem como um dos convidados Fábio Medina Osório, presidente do IIEDE.

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A remoção nacional entre juízes federais de diferentes regiões e a remoção ou permuta entre regiões para acompanhar cônjuge foram regulamentadas pelo Conselho da Justiça Federal (CJF), em sessão realizada no dia 27 de maio. A remoção de juízes federais titulares ou substitutos de outras regiões somente será possível após a realização de remoções e promoções no âmbito interno de cada região, se mesmo assim subsistirem vagas e o Tribunal Regional Federal (TRF) respectivo não decidir promover concurso público para seu provimento. As novas regras, que alteram os artigos 32 a 36 da Resolução CJF 1/08, foram aprovadas nos termos do voto-vista do vice-presidente do CJF, ministro Gilson Dipp. A remoção externa entre regiões para acompanhamento de cônjuge ou para preservação da unidade familiar poderá acontecer independentemente do concurso de…

  Começou nesta semana, no Rio Grande do Norte, um mutirão que pretende solucionar, até o final deste ano, 1.350 processos de improbidade administrativa e crimes contra a administração pública. A medida visa garantir o cumprimento da Meta 18, aprovada pelos presidentes de todos os tribunais brasileiros, no VI Encontro Nacional do Poder Judiciário, promovido em novembro de 2012 pelo Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ). Pela meta, os tribunais devem julgar todos os processos desse tipo que entraram na Justiça até o final de 2011.   Para o conselheiro Gilberto Martins, coordenador do grupo de trabalho do CNJ que acompanha o cumprimento da Meta 18, a iniciativa pode servir de exemplo para outros tribunais. “É importante que sejam realizados mutirões, desde que os juízes com competência para julgar essas matérias…