The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kaveri Subbarao | October 27, 2020
I am hyper-aware of the distractions I engage in and the time I could be spending better by, say, keeping up with my planner! We've got plenty of time left in this year to make a dent in our goals and with a fresh year coming in hot, make it a priority to capture your goals.
By Frank Ready | October 22, 2020
While funneling all requests for outside counsel assistance through a GC or other legal department leadership can help eliminate unnecessary invoices, it may also lay the seeds for an institutional knowledge crisis somewhere down the line.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Lewis H. Lazarus | October 21, 2020
A claim for aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty fails if a plaintiff cannot allege an underlying breach. In that circumstance there is no breach to aid and abet.
International Edition | Analysis
By Amy Guthrie | October 19, 2020
The case against the world's biggest meat processor highlights the expanding jurisdictional reach of U.S. authorities and their pursuit of cases with ties to Latin America's biggest economy.
By Frank Ready | October 16, 2020
A virtual panel from the Association of Corporate Counsel's Annual Meeting examined how knowing the true meaning behind key tech phrases can be the difference between success and failure when negotiating deals with vendors around software procurement or data handling.
By Dan Clark | October 15, 2020
"I went back to them to say, 'Let's look at all of the experience I've had with mergers and acquisitions, crisis management and risk management,'" said Maureen Brundage, a board member of MAPFRE USA and former general counsel of Chubb. "You need to be prepared to articulate and demonstrate the legal value you bring to the board."
By Frank Ready | October 15, 2020
Major, Lindsey & Africa hosted a webinar titled "The Digital Transformation Imperative" on Thursday that looked at some of the key motivators driving legal department innovations. Chief among them was a desire to find out how attorneys are spending their time and where outside spend is going.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David E. Kahen and Elliot Pisem | October 14, 2020
In their Taxation column, David E. Kahen and Elliot Pisem examine how an irregularity in corporate form may invalidate an election and give rise to adverse consequences that become apparent only in the context of a tax audit years after the election was attempted.
By Dan Clark | October 13, 2020
"We expect that the social part of [ESG] will be important through 2020 and into 2021," Paul Davies, a partner at Latham & Watkins, said. "Climate change will again increase in importance. But we're starting to see a better balance between the three than we ever have before."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joseph M. McLaughlin and Shannon K. McGovern | October 7, 2020
As derivative plaintiffs continue to seek to expand what constitutes mission critical corporate risk, these decisions provide practical guidance on how courts will: (i) identify the key compliance risks a company's business presents, and (ii) evaluate whether a particular company has implemented reasonable board-level monitoring and reporting procedures.
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