By Michael W. Peregrine | February 8, 2025
It’s well established that the board’s duty of care includes an obligation to monitor the effectiveness of the company’s legal function, including its size, structure, reporting relationships and hierarchical positioning. The annual ACC Survey addresses topics that are critical to those monitoring duties.
By Ryan McConnell and Lawrence Finder and Matthew Boyden and Meagan Baker Thompson | February 7, 2025
The Cartel Memo spells trouble for modern FCPA enforcement as we know it, and “FCPA, Inc.” as some commentators have labeled the industry that has grown up around FCPA enforcement supporting millions of dollars of spend for outside law firms, consultants, accounting firms, and spawning an entire conference industry built on the fear of foreign bribery prosecutions and associated compliance programs to mitigation FCPA risk.
By Chris O'Malley | February 6, 2025
Familial ties between CEO Evan Spiegel and partners at the firms forced Snap to reveal the otherwise private payments.
By Chris O'Malley | February 6, 2025
Familial ties between CEO Evan Spiegel and partners at the firms forced Snap to reveal the otherwise private payments.
By Alyssa Aquino | February 6, 2025
“By failing to properly consider the interests of the company and its public shareholders, the Individual Defendants have caused Hasbro to waste valuable corporate assets, to incur many millions of dollars of legal liability and/or costs to defend unlawful actions, and to lose assets from investors and customers who no longer trust the company,” according to the complaint.
By Greg Andrews | February 6, 2025
The SEC deems providing an executive with personal security as a perk, a classification that "forces companies into a catch-22," a trio of Cooley partners argue.
By Chris O'Malley | February 4, 2025
"He's just mad, and he shows it," University of Washington law professor Douglas Ross said of Democratic FTC commissioner Alvaro Bedoya.
By Nina Flax and Stephanie Hurst and Peter Wolf | January 28, 2025
This article explores the implications of AB 1824 for companies involved in M&A transactions, focusing on the new legal obligations on the buyer and the necessity of target businesses to maintain opt-out records.
By Samson Amore | January 27, 2025
Regulations on most of Big Tech’s operations are expected to ease under Trump, paving the way for more deals in AI, crypto and space tech.
By Greg Andrews | January 27, 2025
Brad Lerman has helped the company navigate a litany of sticky situations, including the firing of its CEO, a proxy battle with activist investors and tensions with workers over their nationwide unionizing drive.
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