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Inside Counsel

6 notable GCs in the news

General counsel sound off on the NSA, cigarette settlements, TV negotiations and more
7 minute read

International Edition

Boardroom battlefield – winning the right to re-elect directors in company boards

Corporate governance practices continue to evolve in the US, with increased focus on board and director-related practices. In today's challenging environment – marked by public distrust of corporate management and board 'insiders' and increased shareholder activism – the US corporate governance environment is a battleground. Over the past decade, traditional proxy advisory groups – such as Glass Lewis and International Shareholder Services (ISS) – and several corporate reform groups have gained significant influence over many corporate issuers and institutional investors with respect to corporate governance practices.
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

US Airways defends American Airlines merger

The proposed merger would also make them the largest airline in the world, which raised concerns about the monopolization of certain flight routes and a reduction of competition across the industry.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Canadian law complicates potential Blackberry sale

The Canadian government automatically reviews any foreign takeover bid of more than C$344 million.
2 minute read

Inside Counsel

Lawyer calls Yelp’s suit against him retaliation

Yelp Inc.the website that allows almost anyone to review businesses around the worldis nothing more than a bully, according to one unhappy customer, who happens to be a lawyer.
5 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Carefully examine the layers of LLC citizenship for federal diversity jurisdiction

The citizenship of an LLC may require analyzing the citizenship of the individual members, any corporate members and the citizenship of the members of any related LLCs.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Big Tobacco’s claim against State of New York extinguished

The $800 million claim filed against New York asserted that in 2003 the state had erroneously collected payment on untaxed cigarettes sold on Indian reservations
3 minute read

Inside Counsel

Litigation: Jurisdiction by association: Defining the limits of due process

Jurisdictions have taken three distinct approaches to protect due process rights that require more than conclusory allegations that the nonresident defendant was involved in a conspiracy.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

FDIC sues former bank over cow-leasing scheme

The Federal Deposit Insurance Co. (FDIC) has a beef with an insurer.
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: A Lone Pine order for trade secrets litigation?

For the defendant, the best strategy may be to lull the plaintiff into a false sense of confidence until it is too late for the plaintiff to correct its mistakes.
3 minute read

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