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Corporate Counsel

FedEx, Procter and Gamble Oppose Shareholders' Diversity Proposals

The proposals, which P&G and FedEx disclosed in recent proxy filings, are the latest examples of mounting ESG pressures on major corporations.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Collaboration Platforms May Require a More Collaborative Approach to E-Discovery

An ILTACON 2021 panel examined how the swell of collaboration platforms inside organizations has raised new questions around not only how to preserve data, but how much of it can be reasonably produced for discovery.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

2021 Amendments to Delaware Corporate Law and Alternative Entity Statutes

The 2021 amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act went into effect Aug. 1.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Nike Investors Want to Know if the Company Is 'Woke-Washing'

A new shareholder proposal would force Nike to disclose the results of its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Four Signs Your Law Firms Might Pose a Risk to Your Business

Different law firms present different supplier risk profiles along different lines, including business continuity risk, cyber risk, as well as risk around environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Updates to Guidelines for Lawyers Practicing in the Court of Chancery

The revised guidelines include practice tips on remote courtroom proceedings—a necessary consequence of the pandemic that will likely remain a permanent feature of Chancery practice to some degree.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

What Is Fraud on the Board? 3 Opinions Seek to Answer That Question

Delaware courts have recently applied the once-obscure theory to serve at least three distinct doctrinal ends. This article describes, at a high level, what fraud on the board is by pinpointing the various doctrinal roles it has played in three recent opinions issued by the Delaware Court of Chancery.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Uncharted Waters: Environmental Justice in Federal and State Regulation

While the EJ movement gains momentum in activist, academic, and private-sector circles, federal and state government actors around the country are grappling with how best to achieve EJ through policy, regulation and enforcement.
9 minute read

International Edition

White & Case UK Accounts: Profits Soar, Emissions Plummet and an Office Sold for £6

The firm's London office energy usage dropped sharply during the lockdown and the UK LLP sold its Johannesburg branch.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Diversity Dipped Among Fortune 1000 GCs in 2020

When looking solely at the gender composition in the Fortune 1000, the numbers are increasing at a more rapid pace, according to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's 2020 General Counsel Survey.
4 minute read

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