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Corporate Counsel

Climate, Political Spending, Gender Issues Top List of Proxy Resolutions

Some 429 shareholder resolutions have been filed as of mid-February, dealing with a wide range of issues, according to a new report.
3 minute read

International Edition

Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 launch with call for entries

Submissions deadline of 9 April; awards to take place in London on 14 June
2 minute read

International Edition

Transatlantic Legal Awards 2018 launch with call for entries

Submissions deadline of 9 April; awards to take place in London on 14 June
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Financial Distress Is a Prerequisite to Good-Faith Bankruptcy Filing

In In re Rent-A-Wreck of America, Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Silverstein dismissed voluntarily filed bankruptcy cases on the grounds they were not filed in good faith.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Federal Judge Opens the Door to CFTC to Regulate Virtual Currency

U.S. District Senior Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York issued the opinion granting standing to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to exercise its enforcement power over virtual currency fraud.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dangers Lurk in the DOJ's New FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy

Businesses in possible criminal violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) may be inclined to reach for the olive branch that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently extended with its new “FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy.”
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Rent-A-Wreck Crash Into Bankruptcy Dismissed for Lack of Good-Faith Filing

The U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides distressed companies an array of tools to reorganize their business affairs and restructure their debt.
10 minute read

The Recorder

Coinbase Hit With Class Action Over Unclaimed Cryptocurrency

The lawsuit filed March 2 marks the second time in as many days that the company has been hit with a class action in the Northern District of California.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Void-Voidable Distinction Revisited by Delaware Court of Chancery

In three recent memorandum opinions, the Delaware Court of Chancery revisited the distinction between void and voidable acts under Delaware common law.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

MoFo Capital Markets Team Jumps to Mayer Brown

The group includes five partners, three counsel and a still-undetermined number of additional lawyers.
3 minute read

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