By Sue Reisinger | January 4, 2018
The $2.95 billion settlement should show companies just how important anticorruption measures and compliance regimes can be.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | January 4, 2018
The Commonwealth Court has ruled that a Scranton solo attorney is an "employee" who must pay unemployment compensation taxes, even though he is self-employed and his income consists of net profit distributions as the sole shareholder of his firm.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Katie Phang | January 4, 2018
There is an old adage: “Pigs get fat while hogs get slaughtered.” In the case of two of Mattress Firm's former vice presidents, Colliers International Atlanta, one of its former executives, and several developers nationwide, the outcome of a recent lawsuit will determine whether and how badly they will be punished for their alleged greed.
By Sue Reisinger | January 3, 2018
Veteran in-house counsel Arnold Pinkston began work this week as the new chief legal officer at CoreLogic Inc., an Irvine, California-based property and data technology company.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Lazaro I. Vazquez and Francis E. Rodriguez | January 3, 2018
The Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S.720 and H.R.1697), a bill in Congress attracting debate, is considered by some to protect the interests of the United States and by others to violate the First Amendment right to free speech. Regardless of how the proposed legislation pans out, it is casting a spotlight on existing U.S. anti-boycott laws and regulations that are often overlooked when structuring cross-border transactions. These laws require serious consideration.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christopher D. Carusone | January 2, 2018
On Nov. 29, 2017, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced a revised Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy. The new policy contains a clear roadmap for avoiding corporate criminal liability that corporate counsel would be wise to follow.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Tom McParland | January 2, 2018
Companies looking to avert books-and-records demands cannot rely on the Corwin doctrine to invoke the business judgment rule in order to stymie Section 220 actions, Delaware's Court of Chancery has ruled for the first time.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Brett M. McCartney | December 27, 2017
In one of the most anticipated opinions of 2017, Delaware's Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery's appraisal decision valuing Dell, Inc.'s shares after its management-led buyout in 2013. In its unanimous en banc decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Chancery abused its discretion by relying exclusively on its own discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis while affording no weight to the transaction price when valuing the company's shares at the time of its 2013 going-private merger.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | December 22, 2017
Despite an unusual level of disagreement between Delaware's Supreme and Chancery courts in 2017, a sense of direction seems has emerged as to some hotly debated areas of corporate law heading into the New Year.
By Caroline Spiezio | December 22, 2017
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