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Recent CEO Shooting Tragedy a Reminder for Corporate Risk Assessment and Incident Response Plans
Given the current state of affairs as well as the overall framework for corporate and director and officer liability, corporations would also do well to ensure they conduct robust risk assessments of officer security and prepare incident response plans to follow in the event the unthinkable happens—whether at a company’s headquarters, other onsite locations, or just in general.
Albertsons Gives Up on $25B Merger, Sues Kroger Seeking 'Billions of Dollars'
"Rather than fulfill its contractual obligations to ensure that the merger succeeded, Kroger acted in its own financial self-interest, repeatedly providing insufficient divestiture proposals that ignored regulators’ concerns," Albertsons General Counsel Tom Moriarty said. Kroger called the allegations baseless.
Federal Judge Grants FTC Motion Blocking Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger
"The FTC, along with our state partners, scored a major victory for the American people, successfully blocking Kroger's acquisition of Albertsons," Federal Trade Commission competition director Henry Liu said of a court ruling granting a preliminary injunction.
Morgan Stanley Hit With $15M Fine After Advisers Take Millions
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said that Morgan Stanley failed to detect hundreds of unauthorized transfers that occurred between May 2015 and July 2022 and to “reasonably supervise” its employees.
Manufacturing Group Urges Sweeping Environmental Deregulation in Letter to Trump
“The regulatory onslaught reached a fever pitch during the Biden administration,” the letter stated. “You have the opportunity to tackle this challenge by addressing burdensome regulations that are stifling investment, making us less competitive in the world, limiting innovation and threatening the very jobs we are all working to create right here in America.”
Home Improvement App Thumbtack Hires Ex-SmileDirectClub Legal Chief
Susan Greenspon Rammelt is jumping aboard Thumbtack as it battles such rivals as Angi and Houzz for market share in the huge, but fragmented, home services market.
Baker Botts' Biopharma Client Sues Former In-House Attorney, Others Alleging Extortion Scheme
"They look forward to vigorously litigating these matters in a public forum in the coming weeks and months," said Evan Gotlob, a partner at Lucosky Brookman in New Jersey, denying allegations of wrongdoing against the defendants.
Suspected Shooter of UnitedHealthcare CEO Is Charged With Murder in New York. Now What?
Former veteran prosecutor and law professor Gary Galperin lays out the road map for getting Luigi Mangione, chief suspect in the shooting death of Brian Thompson, back to Manhattan to face murder charges following his arrest in Pennsylvania. Mangione is fighting extradition.
Atkins Likely to Bring Pro-Business, Light Regulatory Touch to SEC, Say Agency Observers
In 2015 testimony to Congress, Atkins criticized Dodd-Frank for ceding too much authority to regulators, adding that the law will mean that “government, and not the markets, will choose the winners and losers.”Trending Stories
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