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September 29, 2006 | Law.com

Gatekeeper GCs Increasingly Becoming Targets for Liability

When the SEC went after Biopure and its executives for misleading public statements, the company escaped without financial repercussions but the GC had to pay a $40,000 fine. The Biopure settlement illustrates the increase in government scrutiny of "gatekeepers," including GCs, responsible for safeguarding shareholder interests. Says attorney William Schuman, "We're seeing more inquiries and investigations where the conduct of in-house counsel is being examined every bit as much as the businesspeople's."
7 minute read
May 03, 2007 | Law.com

Antitrust Battle Builds Over Chicago Board of Trade Merger

While the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trying to consummate their merger, a European rival is battling them in federal court. Eurex A.G. sued the Chicago institutions in 2003 on antitrust claims and is now demanding merger-related documents that the Chicago exchanges have filed with the U.S. Justice Department. The case is likely to go to trial as opposed to settling because Eurex is looking for a structural change in the markets, says one antitrust attorney.
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June 14, 2007 | Law.com

The Globalization of Corporate Criminal Investigations

Over the past several years, the Department of Justice has expanded its tools and efforts to gather evidence from abroad, and reciprocates by helping foreign prosecutors gather evidence in the U.S. Attorneys Benjamin Goldberger and Michael Kendall discuss agreements that have arisen between countries to provide such aid, called mutual legal assistance treaties. The law regarding MLATs is currently sparse, providing defense counsel with opportunities to make new law protecting their clients' rights.
8 minute read
April 08, 2005 | Law.com

Chevron Deal Another Mega-Merger With Mega-Money

What's $16.4 billion to Terry Kee? Over the course of 26 years representing ChevronTexaco, the Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner has become accustomed to monstrous mergers involving the San Ramon, Calif.-based oil giant. So, work on Chevron's acquisition of fellow oil giant Unocal Corp. is familiar territory. In addition to big money, Kee said that oil industry transactions generally involve big companies and big personalities.
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August 07, 2006 | Law.com

Fish Sticks With Corporate Plan

In 2000, intellectual property specialist Fish & Richardson launched a corporate group to diversify and feed its patent litigation and prosecution practice. General practice firms have long sought entry to the hot IP litigation market, so it was odd to see an IP specialist go after corporate work. After six years, the results are mixed, but the firm remains optimistic. If they can make it work however, it will be a profitable effort, because most corporate transactions today are driven by IP assets.
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January 16, 2007 | Law.com

HP Investigator Accepts Plea Deal

Private investigator Bryan Wagner pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy, wire fraud and related charges, making him the first person in the Hewlett-Packard pretexting scandal to strike a deal with federal prosecutors. It wasn't clear what value such a low-level player in the scandal holds for U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan. Wagner's plea came with a cooperation agreement that may hint at what he can offer prosecutors, but his attorney asked Northern District of California Judge Jeremy Fogel to seal the document.
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July 07, 2000 | Law.com

Legal Ethics

The American Bar Association on Friday issued an ethics opinion, advising lawyers that it's OK to barter legal services in return for stock in start-up corporations, as long as clients are warned about possible conflicts of interest. The opinion comes after the ABA's ETHICSearch research service fielded inquiries about the arrangements, and media reports of tech companies poaching lawyers from firms with promises of higher salaries and stock options.
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December 06, 2006 | Law.com

Water District May Pursue Suit Over Gas Spills Before Contamination Occurs

A municipal water district whose 10 wells are allegedly threatened by contaminants from a series of gasoline spills may pursue actions against the companies responsible, even though the chemicals have not yet contaminated any wells, a New York judge has held. Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Kenneth A. Davis found that the 13 claims based on "threatened impact" theories were "largely fact-driven" and could proceed against Shell Oil and Exxon Mobil, among others.
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March 16, 2006 | Law.com

Offering Practices Set for Change

Recent reforms to the Securities Act of 1933 have begun to have an impact on securities distribution techniques. Two of these rule revisions have particular potential to alter some of the most basic securities-offering practices. The first is the permissible use of "free-writing" prospectuses, and the second is a new interpretive rule that moves up the time at which the adequacy of disclosure to investors is assessed for purposes of certain Securities Act liabilities.
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January 26, 2005 | Law.com

Both Sides Now

The seminal Sarbanes-Oxley Act does not directly apply to nonprofit corporations. Yet many of their general counsel have become champions of "corporate responsibility." Some have had to overcome skepticism from their organization's leadership, who objected to committing their charity's resources to the governance cause. Why, then, do some nonprofit GCs fight this particular battle? Their reasons, and the strategies behind their success, should be useful to their for-profit counterparts.
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