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Delaware Business Court Insider

Stockholders Agreement Interpreted to Not Run Afoul of DGCL

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster held that a provision in a stockholders agreement that purported to limit the board's authority to select the company's chief executive officer was ineffective because it conflicted with the Delaware General Corporation Law.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Crypto-Funds and Their Advisers Will Be a Focus of the SEC in 2018

Despite the recent downswing in cryptocurrency markets, investor interest has not waned. An increasing number of investment funds is emerging that focus on cryptocurrencies including tokens from Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cushman & Wakefield Team Closes $22.8M Sale of Doral Flex Campus

Transal Park, west of Miami International Airport, is used as offices and warehouses but is approved for retail and hospitality as well.
3 minute read

International Edition

Latham hires Kirkland & Ellis securities partner in Hong Kong

Kirkland partner returns to former firm six years after joining as part of an eight-partner team hire
3 minute read

International Edition

Latham hires Kirkland & Ellis securities partner in Hong Kong

Kirkland partner returns to former firm six years after joining as part of an eight-partner team hire
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Opportunities Created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for Partially GST-Exempt Trusts

Recent increases in the federal gift tax and federal generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amounts create opportunities to correct the GST treatment of previously established irrevocable trusts.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Common Mistakes With Retirement Plans and Estate Planning

Do you have an estate plan? If not, you are not alone. Fewer than half of Americans have an estate plan—the percentage varies between 55 percent and 70 percent, depending on which survey you rely upon.
4 minute read

International Edition

Latham Hires Back Kirkland Securities Partner in Hong Kong, Loses One in Beijing

As Benjamin Su returns to a former firm, only four remain more than six years after Kirkland's record-setting eight-partner hire in Hong Kong.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How to Redo Estate Plans and Save on Taxes Under New Tax Reforms

Recent changes to the federal estate tax system have turned traditional estate planning on its head. Now under the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, most traditional estate plans for a married couple are likely to increase taxes at death, instead of saving taxes. This means attorneys who want to keep their clients happy had better redo existing estate plans and shift the focus of estate planning services moving forward.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Protecting and Planning for Your Estate During a Divorce

Even happily married couples often neglect to estate plan. It may seem overwhelming, perhaps time-consuming, and it certainly isn't as appealing as planning a vacation or a retirement party or any of the myriad of more attractive items on their lists. For those in the process of a divorce it is even more distasteful.
8 minute read

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