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Corporate Counsel

GCs: How to Manage New Hire Expectations

The results from the 2018 Career Satisfaction survey for in-house counsel make it abundantly clear that most of you crave upward mobility.
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Daily Business Review

Brazil Emerges as New Star in EB-5 Investment, With Further LatAm Growth Likely

Brazilians have been courted in recent years by U.S. developers seeking to raise capital through the EB-5 program. But last month, the industry took a big step to cement Brazil's status as one of the fastest-growing players in the EB-5 world—a shift that could be a boon for South Florida's economy.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Dr Pepper Investors Blocked From Pursuing Appraisal, Bouchard Rules

Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard said the statutory remedy was not an option for two Florida-based pension funds because Dr Pepper itself would not be merged with Keurig, but would merely participate as a parent company in the transaction.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

High Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Applicability of 'American Pipe' Tolling Rule

Nearly 45 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in American Pipe & Construction v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538, 553 (1974), holding that the filing of a class action “tolls the running of the statute of limitations for all purported members of the class who make timely motions to intervene after the court has found the suit inappropriate for class action status.”
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Cadwalader Picks Up Ex-Kirkland Partner, Pershing Square Vice Chair

Stephen Fraidin, a former senior M&A partner at Kirkland & Ellis, has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft after more than three years at hedge fund giant Pershing Square Capital Management.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

In Crypto Litigations Mandatory Arbitration Agreements May Not be Immutable

Permissionless blockchains, like the one underlying the bitcoin payment network, were created to provide the public with transparency over transaction information and records.
1 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

CBS Investors File Class Action Against Redstone, Saying She Improperly Blocked Dividend

The new lawsuit, filed Thursday by a Pennsylvania-based pension fund, asserted individual and class action claims against CBS's controlling stockholder, adding yet another layer to the unfolding saga in Delaware Chancery Court.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training Now Required in New York State 

This increase in legislation is a clear outgrowth of the #MeToo movement that swept the United States following the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Tosses Derivative Suit Against Hortonworks Directors

The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a derivative suit accusing the directors of California-based software company Hortonworks Inc. of hiding the firm's troubled financial status from investors as they headed toward a capital raise to help the company pay its bills.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AutoGravity Kicks Legal Growth Into High Gear With Its First GC

The Irvine, California-based digital car-buying and financing platform announced that in-house legal veteran Jennifer Ishiguro will be the company's first general counsel.
1 minute read

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