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Daily Business Review

Puerto Rico Offers Investment Opportunities for the Prepared and Selective

One of the oldest clichés in motivational speeches, and management in general, is that the Chinese character for “crisis” is composed of two subsidiary characters, one of which symbolizes “opportunity” and the other “danger.”
21 minute read

The American Lawyer

At Morgan Lewis, McKee Nelson's Securitization Legacy Lives On

McKee Nelson ran laps around its competitors during the mortgage-backed securities boom. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which nearly three years ago absorbed the remnants of that firm, recently recruited another ex-McKee Nelson lawyer to join its now market-leading securitization practice.
86 minute read

Daily Business Review

Clearing Up the Confusion Over Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

While there is a steady rise in awareness and interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, there is still a lot of misinformation regarding this new form of payment, and much of the confusion is coming from some very influential individuals.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

When Can a Former Employee-Turned-Whistleblower Use Internal Company Documents?

Imagine you own a company, and your chief compliance officer one day "blows the whistle" and alleges your company broke the law. After she leaves your company, you receive a demand letter from her attorney alleging that you have retaliated against her for blowing the whistle.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Contracts With E-Discovery Vendors: Do You Want In or Out and Why?

I spend most of my work week writing, reviewing, discussing and executing contracts between my company and clients, and have pretty much done so since 2005. In those 12 years, the contracts I typically receive from clients, as well as our contract template, have changed considerably, for a number of reasons: the parties better understand both that many choices can be made in drafting contracts and the consequences of those choices, and the number and shape of factors involved in such contracts has grown as e-discovery has.
30 minute read

International Edition

Chinese Kindergarten Faces US Securities Fraud Class Action Following Child Abuse Allegations

Four New York-based firms have accused RYB Education Inc. of making misleading statements to investors and of failing to implement measures at its kindergartens to protect children from abuse.
3 minute read

International Edition

'This is about the future' - Keystone's James Knight on the thinking behind the firm's IPO

Keystone's founder explains why the firm decided to become the third to list on the London Stock Exchange
4 minute read

International Edition

'This is about the future' - Keystone's James Knight on the thinking behind the firm's IPO

Keystone's founder explains why the firm decided to become the third to list on the London Stock Exchange
4 minute read

The Recorder

Corporate Departments of the Year, Finalist: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Simpson Thacher handled Dell's historic acquisition of EMC, represented underwriters and managers in $32 billion in aggregate Apple public offerings and took the lead on $36.75 billion in debt offerings on behalf of Microsoft Corp.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Corporate Departments of the Year, Capital Markets: Wilson Sonsini

The firm advised GoDaddy in complex follow-on and repurchase deals, Mulesoft Inc. in its IPO and Tesla in common stock and convertible senior note offerings.
20 minute read

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