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Daily Business Review

ESG: Increasing Reach Into Supply Chains

Regulatory and market demands will likely continue to push ESG deep into supply chains. The result is every business along those chains could be made to take up ESG efforts, regardless of a given business's order of magnitude.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court of Chancery Holds 'Corwin' Inapplicable to Claims Governed by 'Unocal' Standard

In In re Edgio Stockholders Litigation, the Delaware Chancery Court was asked to apply the same cleansing effect to a claim for injunctive relief analyzed under Unocal, but Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn found that Corwin was inapplicable.
6 minute read

Law.com

'No More Straight White Males': Former Gannett Employees File Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit Against Media Giant

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Data Analytics' Importance in Compliance: What Companies Need to Know

This article explains the DOJ's recent emphasis on robust data analytics in anti-corruption compliance programs, outlines how data analytics can and should be used in these programs, and suggests an approach to help legal counsel and companies determine if corporate programs will pass muster with the DOJ.
12 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Kohl's Summary Judgment Motion in Slip-and-Fall Case Denied by Judge, Settlement Talks or Potential Trial to Be Decided

Taylor's attorney, Edwin Camacho of Ventura Law in Norwalk, said he believes the judge's decision was correct, as there's sufficient facts to merit presenting the case to a jury, rendering a motion for summary judgment inappropriate.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Important Franchise Issue: Enforcing a Breach of Settlement Agreement

Our clients expect settlement agreements to be enforceable. Such agreements often contain activity restrictions, like noncompete agreements and confidentiality provisions. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Michelle Jerson of the Northern District of Texas had the opportunity to consider the consequences of a flagrant breach of a settlement agreement in the case of Pirtek USA v. James Bradley Lager, (Bankr. N.D. Texas, 2023).
6 minute read

The Recorder

Honeywell Hit With Negligence Suit for Allegedly Failing to Recall Malfunctioning Fire Sprinkler Devices

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Recent Complaint Unsuccessfully Challenged 'Standard Plain Vanilla' Rights Plan

In Building Trades Pension Fund of Western Pennsylvania v. Desktop Metal, a stockholder plaintiff brought derivative claims against Desktop Metal, Inc., alleging that a provision of the company's rights plan, which was adopted in connection with a proposed merger transaction, impermissibly chilled the free exercise of stockholder voting with respect to the merger agreement at an upcoming stockholder meeting.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

3 Keys to Successfully Litigating Alter Ego Claims

David Perez, Aaron Ver and Jake Dean of Perkins Coie write that when it comes to establishing or piercing the corporate veil, it's best to be a storyteller rather than a box-checker.
10 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Affirms Rare Entire Fairness Win for Defense

The decision clears the way for an $875 million deal between financial services companies BGC Partners Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald to move forward.
2 minute read

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