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Representing Clients in Occupational Licensure Investigations/Enforcement Actions

The obvious starting point for representing many licensed professionals is the enabling legislation. These acts—such as the Medical Practice Act and Architects Licensure Law, for example—typically set forth the powers and duties of the governing board, the requirements for licensure, the prohibition against unlicensed activity, procedures for the handling of impaired professionals, and the grounds for the refusal, revocation or suspension of a license.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Silos Have Broken Down': Why Collaboration Drives Successful ESG Programs

"My goal is to get all those subject matter experts—our packaging, our sustainability engineers, every single person within our company—to be a subject matter expert on how we can reduce that footprint," said Kelly Crosier, deputy general counsel of TreeHouse Foods.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Despite Challenges, Amazon Holding Tight to Exec Pay Approach

Amazon general counsel David Zapolsky received total compensation of $18.2 million in 2022, returning him to the ranks of the nation's highest-paid legal chiefs.
5 minute read

International Edition

Adrian Biles Registered New 'Ince' Companies Days Before Firm Collapsed

The Ince Group announced it was appointing administrators earlier this week.
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'Now Is the Appropriate Time': Chancery Court Rejects Walmart's Laches Defense in Opioid Prescriptions Case

The decision provides guidance on the timeliness of claims seeking to hold management accountable for not putting in place adequate central compliance risk reporting systems.
3 minute read

International Edition

Ince Group Fallout: Widespread Uncertainty Over Staff Shareholdings and Partner Tax Liability

According to one piece of research, 60 lawyers have left the firm since the start of 2022, while just 12 have joined.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Tech Giant Apple, Other Big Firms Face Rising Shareholder Heat Over China Reliance

Activists concerned about China's human rights violations and other behavior hope to spur change, and perhaps cause corporate titans to squirm, by pushing shareholder proposals at the companies' annual meetings.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'SC SJ Holdings': Plan Modification/Revocation Deadlines Are Strictly Construed and Enforced

In a recent decision in the case of SC SJ Holdings v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (In re SC SJ Holdings), Civil Action No., 22-00689 (MN), the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (the court) affirmed a May 12, 2012, decision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the Bankruptcy Court) denying the debtors' motion for relief from certain releases contained in their confirmed plan (the plan).
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Re-Affirms That Director-Designating Investor Is Entitled to Privileged Communications From Company Counsel in Appraisal Litigation

In Hyde Park Venture Partners Fund III v. Fairxchange, the Delaware Court of Chancery reaffirmed the joint client concept of corporate privilege and held that the company could not assert privilege against a former director or his designating investor except as to a books and records demand in which the company and the director were contemporaneously adverse.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

CEO: 'Hubris, Incompetence and Greed' Led to FTX's Mismanaged Billions

The report enumerates FTX's internal shortcomings identified in the past five months, from sloppy accounting to leaving hundreds of millions of dollars in easily accessible storage.
5 minute read

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