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• October 27, 2025

  Chinese E-Commerce Giant Can't Block Class Arbitration

  Chinese e-commerce giant Dangdang must face class arbitration of claims that it grossly shortchanged minority shareholders when it went private in 2016, after a judge in New York ruled that the tribunal did not exceed its power despite the underlying arbitration clause not mentioning class arbitration.

• October 27, 2025

  Anticipating FTC's Shift On Unfair Competition Enforcement

  As the Federal Trade Commission signals that it will continue to challenge unfair or deceptive acts and practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, but with higher evidentiary standards, attorneys counseling healthcare, technology, energy or pharmaceuticals clients should note several practice tips, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

• October 27, 2025

  Skadden, Gibson Dunn Steer $40B Public Water Utility Merger

  American Water Works Co. and Essential Utilities said Monday that they have agreed to an all-stock merger that will unite the two major regulated water and wastewater providers into a $40 billion public utility. 

• October 27, 2025

  Chancery Mulls Shorter Fuse For Some Court Of Equity Suits

  A Delaware jurist questioned Monday some applications of the Court of Chancery's "laches" counterpart to regular, statutory courts' three-year deadline for bringing claims, saying during arguments on dismissal of a special purpose acquisition company suit that claims in equity "may well" get less time to file.

• October 27, 2025

  Del. Dispatch: Chancery Expands On Caremark Red Flags

  The Delaware Court of Chancery’s recent Brewer v. Turner decision, allowing a shareholder derivative suit against the board of Regions Bank to proceed, takes a more expansive view as to what constitutes red flags, bad faith and corporate trauma in Caremark claims, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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