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• Latest Action: Oct 13, 2011 Introduced in Senate

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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• Continuing Medical Education Coalition

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• California Healthcare Institute

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• Advanced Medical Technology Association

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• Boston Scientific

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• Public Citizen

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• Project On Government Oversight

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• An Update On Section 1504 of Dodd-Frank - Corporate Compliance - June 05, 2012 by Mike Koehler - (See here for a prior post regarding S. 1700 introduced in the Senate in September 2009). As I noted in the prior posts, bribery and corruption are bad, but that does not mean that every attempt to curtail bribery and corruption ...

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  As noted by Mike Koehler on June 05, 2012, "(See here for a prior post regarding S. 1700 introduced in the Senate in September 2009). As I noted in the prior posts, bribery and corruption are bad, but that does not mean that every attempt to curtail bribery and corruption ..." (/url?q=http://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/an-update-on-section-1504-of-dodd-frank/&sa=U&ei=FiTST5_pCsOg2QXoqZ2uDw&ved=0CDsQmAEwCA&usg=AFQjCNFfAF_9a8_0cG38MWduJhrRywnzCQ)
• An Update On Section 1504 of Dodd-Frank - Corporate Compliance - June 05, 2012 by Mike Koehler - (See here for a prior post regarding S. 1700 introduced in the Senate in September 2009). As I noted in the prior posts, bribery and corruption are bad, but that does not mean that every attempt to curtail bribery and corruption ...

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  As noted by Mike Koehler on June 05, 2012, "(See here for a prior post regarding S. 1700 introduced in the Senate in September 2009). As I noted in the prior posts, bribery and corruption are bad, but that does not mean that every attempt to curtail bribery and corruption ..." (/url?q=http://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/an-update-on-section-1504-of-dodd-frank/&sa=U&ei=kNTQT-3ZGubK2AXaqcTUDA&ved=0CDQQmAEwAw&usg=AFQjCNG6WeK2l0FbKSTLFqOct-W6h0Fp9Q)
• An Update On Section 1504 « FCPA Professor - June 04, 2012 by Mike Koehler - (See here for a prior post regarding S. 1700 introduced in the Senate in September 2009). As I noted in the prior posts, bribery and corruption are bad, but that does not mean that every attempt to curtail bribery and corruption ...

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  As noted by Mike Koehler on June 04, 2012, "(See here for a prior post regarding S. 1700 introduced in the Senate in September 2009). As I noted in the prior posts, bribery and corruption are bad, but that does not mean that every attempt to curtail bribery and corruption ..." (/url?q=http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/an-update-on-section-1504&sa=U&ei=yWnPT4TwHMWC2wWp_J2xDA&ved=0CDQQmAEwAw&usg=AFQjCNHJe4vZHAxG0pMLKxXzf8HwlfFlPQ)

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• Washingtonians can now use eTicketing - July 30, 2012 by Examiner - Amtrak officials said that the pilot program went above and beyond in record time. While that was going on, Amtrak's 1,700 conductors have been undergoing training with the iPhone since November 2011. Each conductor will now have an iPhone that will be ...

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  As noted by Examiner on July 30, 2012, "Amtrak officials said that the pilot program went above and beyond in record time. While that was going on, Amtrak's 1,700 conductors have been undergoing training with the iPhone since November 2011. Each conductor will now have an iPhone that will be ..." (http://www.examiner.com/article/washingtonians-can-now-use-eticketing)
• Libor non-scandal of the day, Citigroup edition - July 30, 2012 by Reuters Blogs - Here’s the tl;dr version of Rosen’s 1,700-word piece: Rosen was working at Citigroup, on a deal which would save a client millions of dollars in taxes. But banks know better than to put things in writing saying “you should do this deal because you ..

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  As noted by Reuters Blogs on July 30, 2012, "Here’s the tl;dr version of Rosen’s 1,700-word piece: Rosen was working at Citigroup, on a deal which would save a client millions of dollars in taxes. But banks know better than to put things in writing saying “you should do this deal because you .." (http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/07/30/libor-non-scandal-of-the-day-citigroup-edition/)
• Dow blasts past target not hit since early May - July 28, 2012 by The Spokesman-Review - It is sending termination notices to Comair’s 1,700 remaining employees. Comair is down to 290 flights a day. More than 1,000 Comair employees are in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky region, some 700 of those in Kentucky. Comair has ...

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  As noted by The Spokesman-Review on July 28, 2012, "It is sending termination notices to Comair’s 1,700 remaining employees. Comair is down to 290 flights a day. More than 1,000 Comair employees are in the Cincinnati and northern Kentucky region, some 700 of those in Kentucky. Comair has ..." (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jul/28/dow-blasts-past-target-not-hit-since-early-may/)