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Preparing for the New Normal: How Legal Can Survive (and Thrive) Beyond COVID-19?

The current situation is real and serious. If we all focus on the things that are in our control, there is a path forward that can help the business community not only survive, but also thrive.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Counsel: Prosecutors Won't Overlook Remote Wrongdoing in COVID-19 Times

Two things are certain even during these challenging times: corporate and employee wrongdoing will not stop; and the Department of Justice (DOJ) and state prosecutors will be even more alert for and will continue to investigate wrongdoing.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Recent Developments in Rights Plans in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant worldwide disruptions of business operations and has negatively impacted stock prices globally. As a result, many corporations find themselves potentially vulnerable to abusive takeover tactics.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Do Boies Schiller Departures Spell Trouble or Transition?

As the firm's second generation of leadership took the helm, more than one-fifth of its partnership headed for the exits.
16 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Permits Parties to Seek Relief in Del. Despite a NY Forum Selection Clause

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that despite a forum selection clause designating New York as the appropriate venue to litigate disputes arising under an agreement, the parties could seek relief in the Court of Chancery because New York courts were unavailable.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Video Interview Tips Specifically for In-House Counsel

To be clear, we all absolutely HATE video interviewing. Outside recruiters like me, internal HR folks, and especially the actual hiring manager CEOs and GCs … none of us want this. And so a strong preference to wait for the traditional process has become an added reason, beyond macro conditions, to kick the hiring can down the road.
3 minute read

Law.com

How I Made Partner: Fried Frank's Matthew Howard

"I would also recommend giving people the opportunity to offer you feedback, whether you want to hear it or not. It is beneficial to take tough feedback early on in your career so you have the opportunity to improve and grow."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What General Counsels Are Telling Us About Innovation

The changing face of the legal department calls for highly innovative law firms, particularly in times of global crisis.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Dismisses Effort to Plead Around Rule 23 in CEO's Attempt to Escape Alleged Oversight Failures

In a recent Court of Chancery opinion, Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights rejected the plaintiff's effort to recharacterize what was essentially an inadequate Caremark claim into a self-interested, unfair dealing claim against the board arising from its termination of a CEO accused of sexual misconduct.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Adding R&W Insurance to the Toolkit for Tech Sector M&A

Competition to acquire privately-held startups continues to increase as cash-rich strategic acquirors from all sectors (including old-line industrial companies) and financial sponsors enshrine engagement in these transactions as a core part of their strategic plans.
7 minute read

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