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Daily Business Review

Google Sets Great Example of How Not to Handle a Corporate Crisis

In my experience managing all types of crises for corporate giants in a spectrum of industries including technology, law, financial services and health care, I have been consistently amazed how well-pedigreed professionals can lack a fundamental ingredient in crisis management: common sense.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Lessons Learned: 8 Predictions for Regulatory Enforcement in 2020

As we enter a new decade and the fourth year of the Trump administration, many of the questions about what to expect in the post-Obama era in regulatory enforcement have been answered and there is greater clarity about what to expect going forward.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Stockholder Derivative Litigation Update

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently addressed a nearly unprecedented issue: the discovery and privilege implications of a special litigation committee's decision to hand over control of a company claim to a stockholder derivative plaintiff who initiated the claim and survived a motion to dismiss. As Joseph M. McLaughlin and Shannon K. McGovern discuss in this edition of their Corporate Litigation column, the framework established by the court to provide the plaintiff with the benefit of the SLC's work has expansive disclosure aspects and important boundaries to be understood by practitioners.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Filming Location Agreements: Lights, Camera ... Negotiate … Action!

When filming occurs on private property, a location agreement is a must, from the perspectives of both the production company and property owner.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Superior Court Holds Jurisdiction Over Enforcement of Charging Order Vests in Chancery Court

In Hanna v. Baier, C.A. No. S12J-03-058-RFS (Del. Super. Jan. 22, 2020), Delaware Superior Court Judge Richard F. Stokes considered whether the Superior Court was the appropriate forum for enforcement of a charging order requiring the court to consider the validity of conveyances between a limited liability company and its members.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Board's Discretion to Select Among Competing Acquisition Proposals Confirmed

The Delaware Court of Chancery has again confirmed that it will not entertain lawsuits that seek to second-guess a board of directors' good-faith decision to accept one acquisition proposal over another as long as a majority of the board is unaffected by conflicts or the influence of a controlling stockholder.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Planning Ahead to Avoid Judicial Dissolution: Avenues Unlocked by Fla.'s Revised Corporate Statute

The revisions to the FBCA have added two new sections to the existing FBCA to bypass the rigidity of judicial dissolution proceedings while increasing the court's ability to use discretion to choose alternative methods in lieu of judicially dissolving the entities in Florida.
8 minute read

International Edition

Still Much Legal Work Ahead as New North American Free Trade Agreement Advances

Clients will seek guidance to comply with rules of origin, labor and other commitments.
4 minute read

Law.com

Beyond Borders: What Lawyers Need to Know About the Global Legal Market

In conjunction with the launch of our new website, Law.com International, Lisa Shuchman, senior editor of the site, takes us around the world to explain what the implications of political unrest in Hong Kong, the Coronavirus, Brexit, the growth of class actions in Australia, and much more mean for Big Law and beyond.
1 minute read

Law.com

My Weekday Workout: DLA Piper's Chris Giordano

"Exercise is crucial to my mental and physical well-being. It keeps my head clear and my thinking positive, which makes me a better lawyer."
3 minute read

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