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Examining how lawyers, both in-house and outside, interact with boards of directors in times of challenge and crisis and trends in corporate law and board operations that affect companies.
By Anthea Eleftheriadis, A&O Shearman | July 21, 2024
The practice made headlines recently when Disney fended off activist investors, writes an A&O Shearman Johannesburg lawyer.
5 minute read
By Linda A. Thompson | July 15, 2024
Righini was one of the first WTO litigators in private practice in the late 1990s—an expertise that got her recruited by the European Commission, where she would spend over a decade.
6 minute read
By Natasha Teja | July 1, 2024
In the wake of a major money-laundering scandal, authorities are paying closer attention to the wealth management sector, driving clients to seek more legal advice out of fear they could be subject to harsh penalties.
5 minute read
By Jack Womack | June 27, 2024
Rosemary Martin was Vodafone Group's general counsel from 2010 until 2022.
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By Jack Womack | June 27, 2024
The results follow the firm's 2022 strategy to double revenue over a five-year period.
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By Caroline Byrne | June 26, 2024
A new category of "transition risk" has emerged involving cases filed against corporate directors over management of climate risks.
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By Amy Guthrie | June 16, 2024
Reversals of high-profile rulings related to the groundbreaking "Car Wash" graft investigation tarnish the South American country's compliance gains.
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By Rick Mitchell | June 11, 2024
International companies that fail to comply with the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by 2027 could face fines as high as 5% of their worldwide turnover as well as increased compliance costs and lawsuits.
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By Jack Womack | May 30, 2024
Evelyn Partners said that firms are grappling with 'increasing people costs, high energy prices and the need to invest in information technology, especially cyber security'.
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By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | May 3, 2024
The role of the Post Office's former in-house lawyers is being closely scrutinised at the ongoing Horizon inquiry.
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By Greg Andrews | July 19, 2024
"We've ended up with the worst of both worlds," New York University professor Alison Taylor told IR Magazine recently. "Companies treating this as PR and attention directed away from the political process by implying that these companies are solving problems they're not solving."
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By Ross Todd | July 19, 2024
In the latest tug of war in Delaware law between activist investors and corporate boards, Teresa Goody Guillén and Richard Raile of Baker & Hostetler and John Seaman of Abrams & Bayliss represent Ted Kellner, an AIM ImmunoTech Inc. stockholder seeking board seats.
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By Chris O'Malley | July 18, 2024
Some firms are receiving pro-ESG and anti-ESG proposals on the same issue, underscoring how challenging topics such as diversity and climate change have become for corporate America.
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By Emily Saul | July 17, 2024
Ret. judge and Bracewell partner Barbara Jones recommended that her team continue to oversee the Trump Organization's progress as it implements checks and balances regarding financial disclosure to third parties.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Vincent J. Cannizzaro III, Aarish Sheikh and Justin Larsen | July 17, 2024
As the Delaware Chancery Court's recent decision in SM Buyer v. RMP Seller Holdings demonstrates, the deference afforded to an arbitrator may result in decisions with which a reviewing court may disagree but that the court is nonetheless bound to confirm.
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By Ellen Bardash | July 15, 2024
The report from securities litigation data analytics company SAR attributes the rise not to a greater number of SEC Rule 10b-5 complaints being filed in the federal courts, but to drops in stock prices growing larger.
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By Isha Marathe | July 11, 2024
Dhamija, who spent over two decades at organizations like BlackRock, Viacom and J.P. Morgan, noted that the failure to implement the right legal technology in-house is often hard to own up to. But 'calling it' may not always be wise.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Michael Gonen | July 10, 2024
While the Delaware General Corporate Law (DGCL) is a broadly enabling statute, a number of recent decisions have found limits to parties' ability to renegotiate internal corporate governance by "private ordering" outside of the corporate charter and bylaws.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | July 3, 2024
In August 2022, Giant/Alpha allegedly used its controlling position in Playtika to cause the Playtika board to engage in a self-tender. In a previous ruling, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock found that the transaction conferred Giant/Alpha a nonratable benefit and denied Giant/Alpha's motion to dismiss claims against it arising from the transaction.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Nathaniel J. Stuhlmiller and Brian T.M. Mammarella | July 3, 2024
Practitioners generally lauded MFW as a welcome development that rebalanced the litigation risk landscape in a manner that enabled controlled companies to pursue a greater range of value-maximizing transactions. And in the decade that followed, many companies have taken advantage of the MFW framework to do just that.
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The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
Celebrating achievement, excellence, and innovation in the legal profession in the UK.
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