Bankruptcy, Hugging, Class Actions, Public Art. It Can Only Be…

Thursday’s JD Supra Buzz. For your reference, here’s what we learned in law today: 

These Bloomberg guys make bankruptcy law fun! (Bloomberg Law) 

Sacré bleu ! French lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow consumer class actions for the first time (Bryan Cave) (Comment dit-on « class action » en français?) 

Stay in line, and keep your hands to yourself: hugging is not permitted at these schools (Cullen & Dykman) 

Public art programs are doing pretty well in spite of the economic downtown, thanks to “percent-for-art” programs (Sheppard Mullin) 

Sometimes it’s not so easy to talk business when you’re doing business. This update should help (Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley) 

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the legality of the University of Texas at Austin’s Affirmative Action policy (XpertHR) 

POM Wonderful is still challenging the FTC’s administrative action against the company. And still coming up short (Ifrah Law) 

It’s like a “Who’s Who” of international corruption and bribery (Morrison & Foerster) 

Despite a strong push from key members of Congress, cybersecurity legislation is unlikely to pass in this year’s “lame duck” session (King & Spalding) 

Selling a prescreened list of consumers who are behind on mortgage payments is illegal (and buying it is too) (Ballard Spahr) 

The renewable energy industry is at a crossroads (Phillips Lytle) 

The European Court of Justice just ruled that air carriers must compensate travelers denied boarding because of an airport strike or missed connections due to flight delays (McDermott Will & Emery) 

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