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Delaware Business Court Insider

Icahn Sues to Stop AmTrust's $2.7B Go-Private Deal

Activist investor Carl Icahn on Monday sued AmTrust Financial Services Inc. in the Delaware Court of Chancery, accusing the New York-based workers' compensation insurer of undervaluing the company in a $2.7 billion go-private bid in order to benefit its controlling family.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Implicit Bias Training: Helpful Training Tool or Corporate Fad?

Employers—particularly human resources professionals and in-house employment lawyers—have long battled bias in hiring and other employment decisions. Employers have many tools at their disposal, such as anti-discrimination policies, employee handbooks and various trainings.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

From Frying Pan to Fire: MSU Names Robert Young as New General Counsel

Still reeling from the Larry Nassar scandal, MSU has hired a former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice to head its legal department. Robert Young, who was once on President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court shortlist, is an experienced attorney, but has also been criticized.
4 minute read

The Recorder

After Just 16 Months at Square, GC Hillary Smith Resigns

It's unknown where Smith will land next, but another in-house lawyer at Square, Sivan Whiteley, has been named as her successor.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

GDPR—A New Fundamental Right Protecting Personal Identifiable Information and More

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a broad and comprehensive European Union (EU) data privacy law going into effect on May 25.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Most US and EU Companies Not Ready for New Data Privacy Law, Survey Says

With the Friday GDPR deadline approaching, the report said 63 percent of U.S. respondents stated they will be largely or completely compliant. The report said there is “a mixed picture across Europe,” however.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Examines Theft of Computer Code in 'Aleynikov'

Technological advances, for all the good they bring to the world, often bring with them significant challenges for existing legal structures.
10 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Justices OK Dismissal of Suit Over Viacom Payments to Sumner Redstone

The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a derivative suit challenging more than $13 million in payments the Viacom Inc. board made to founder and former chairman Sumner Redstone, even as the billionaire media mogul's declining health prevented him from providing any services of value to the company.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

After 38 Years at Dow, GC Charles Kalil Announces Retirement

Associate General Counsel Amy Wilson will step in as general counsel-elect after Kalil's exit later this year.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

In CBS Board's Showdown With Shari Redstone, Whose Move Is Next?

The next chapter of CBS Corp.'s ongoing feud with Shari Redstone is set to turn on the validity of a board of directors' vote late Thursday to strip its controlling stockholder of her voting power and whether Redstone's National Amusements Inc. has the authority to block the move.
5 minute read

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