Corporate

  • March 08, 2024

    Nelson Mullins Grows In Atlanta With New Corporate Partners

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has expanded its Atlanta office, adding two seasoned corporate attorneys, one from Thompson Hine LLP and the other from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP.

  • March 08, 2024

    Cybersecurity Co. Promotes Attys To GC, Chief People Officer

    Florida-based cybersecurity company ReliaQuest announced it has promoted two of its in-house attorneys to general counsel and chief people officer.

  • March 08, 2024

    Activist Battle Tips, 'Hair-Raising' Red Flags Detailed At Tulane

    Companies attending Tulane University Law School's annual Corporate Law Institute conference got distinctive insights into how they can responsibly fend off activist investor attacks, heard diverging views about activists' motivations, and were warned about potential red flags in board members' pasts. 

  • March 08, 2024

    Justices Urged To Review Immunity Law In Snapchat Abuse Suit

    A man who alleges that his high school teacher used Snapchat to send him sexually explicit material when he was 15 is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fifth Circuit decision dismissing his claims, saying it's an ideal vehicle for the justices to fix an overbroad interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

  • March 07, 2024

    Chemours Internal Review Reveals Violations By Top Execs

    Chemical giant Chemours announced on Wednesday that an internal investigation revealed that three executives engaged in unethical financial practices to boost their incentive compensation.

  • March 07, 2024

    Tesla Can Force Individual Arbitration In EV Mileage Fight

    A California federal judge on Thursday ruled that Tesla can force individual arbitration in two proposed class actions alleging the carmaker falsely advertised inflated mileage ranges for its electric vehicles, but stayed the suit in case an arbitrator determines that certain relief is barred under Tesla's arbitration agreement.

  • March 07, 2024

    Petition Watch: Student Athletes, Oil Spills & Preemption

    The U.S. Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for review each term, but only a few make the news. Here, Law360 looks at four petitions filed in the past three weeks that you might've missed: questions over whether student athletes have a business interest in being eligible to play college sports, how much oil is needed to qualify as an oil spill, whether an exemption to the Fourth Amendment applies to artificial intelligence and whether consumers can sue drug companies under state law for violating federal regulations.

  • March 07, 2024

    Ralph Lauren Settles With Convicted Ga. Fake Polo Dealer

    The parent company of fashion giant Ralph Lauren said Thursday the company has reached a settlement with a convicted seller of counterfeit apparel, ending nearly three years of litigation against the Atlanta-area clothing store owner.

  • March 07, 2024

    House Panel Advances Bills To Ban TikTok, Block Data Sales

    The House Commerce Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a pair of bills targeting national security concerns related to foreign adversaries' access to personal information about Americans, including a measure that would effectively ban TikTok from the U.S. unless it's cut from its Chinese parent company. 

  • March 07, 2024

    Judges Say Facing Threats And Vitriol Now Part Of The Job

    Federal judges spoke Thursday about the challenges of the profession in the 21st century, describing how they've either received threats or know of warnings against colleagues, with one jurist saying she received 11 death threats during her first three months on the bench.

  • March 07, 2024

    Full 9th Circ. Must Review $90M Facebook Deal, Objectors Say

    Objectors have urged the Ninth Circuit for an en banc review of a $90 million settlement for claims Facebook illegally tracked logged-out users' browsing activity, with one attorney saying the service awards conflict with controlling precedent while limiting the 124 million other individuals affected to just 73 cents per person.

  • March 07, 2024

    Skechers Fined $1.25M Over Execs' Family Member Payments

    Skechers will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $1.25 million to resolve claims it failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments made to its directors and their immediate family members who were hired by the sneaker giant as contractors or nonexecutive employees.

  • March 07, 2024

    Wells Fargo, Goldman Escape Some Climate Proxy Proposals

    The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. may exclude from their upcoming proxy statements shareholder proposals calling for reports on their clients' climate change commitments, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange staff, which also wouldn't let Wells Fargo or Texas Instruments Inc. escape including separate labor and human rights-related proposals.

  • March 07, 2024

    Deputy AG Unveils DOJ Whistleblower Rewards Pilot Program

    Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Thursday said the U.S. Department of Justice will soon begin a pilot program to financially reward whistleblowers who alert prosecutors to significant corporate misconduct.

  • March 07, 2024

    Del.'s Corp. Law Dominance A Hot Topic At Tulane Conference

    Whether Delaware will continue to be where many companies choose to incorporate and its courts will remain the go-to venue for deciding high-stakes business disputes was a hot topic of conversation as Tulane Law School commenced its annual Corporate Law Institute on Thursday.

  • March 07, 2024

    Exxon Investors Say Shareholder Proposal Suit Is Moot

    Activist investors Arjuna Capital and Follow This have again urged a Texas federal judge to dismiss a case against them brought by Exxon Mobil Corp., saying the company "refuses to take 'yes' for an answer" and is trying to run a proxy battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission through the case.

  • March 07, 2024

    Harpoon Shareholder Sues For Records On $680M Merck Buy

    A shareholder of Harpoon Therapeutics Inc. sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery Thursday for corporate documents related to the company's proposed $680 million cash buyout by Merck, saying the proposed deal appears to unfairly "lock in a windfall for select Harpoon investors."

  • March 07, 2024

    CenturyLink Cut From Suit Blaming Utilities For Road Delays

    The city of Sammamish, Washington, has quietly dropped CenturyLink from a state court lawsuit accusing it, Comcast and other companies of causing millions of dollars in roadwork delays by failing to move their infrastructure in a timely manner.

  • March 07, 2024

    FTC Extends Telemarketing Fraud Rule To Protect Businesses

    The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday unveiled new initiatives to protect businesses from telemarketing fraud, a move it said will help to protect small businesses from deceptive marketers.

  • March 07, 2024

    FTC Slams 'Unprecedented' 7-Eleven Defense In Agency Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission is calling 7-Eleven's theory that only the U.S. Department of Justice can seek civil penalties for violating commission orders "unprecedented," asking a D.C. federal judge to deny the company's motion to dismiss the commission's suit for allegedly violating a 2018 consent order.

  • March 07, 2024

    Renesas Sued In Chancery Over $315M Merger Payments

    A representative for shareholders of an Israel-based software company have hit Renesas Electronics Corp. with a contract suit in Delaware Chancery Court accusing the Japanese semiconductor maker of failing to pay "earnout" milestones after it merged with the software company in December 2021.

  • March 07, 2024

    Towers Watson Insurers Off Hook For $90M Merger Coverage

    Towers Watson's insurers do not need to cover settlements totaling $90 million in two shareholder suits stemming from the company's merger with Willis, a Virginia federal judge ruled, saying the transaction was barred by a so-called bump-up exclusion.

  • March 07, 2024

    Investor Sues In Del. Over Space Co.'s Lockheed Bid Block

    The board members of satellite maker Terran Orbital Corp. are protecting their power and infringing on shareholders' rights by adopting "an unreasonable and overbroad poison pill" in response to Lockheed Martin Corp.'s recent $606 million takeover attempt, a stockholder alleges in a new Delaware Chancery Court complaint.

  • March 07, 2024

    Robinhood Teams With Rich Paul, Klutch To Expand To Sports

    Robinhood is partnering with Klutch Sports Group to help it extend its reach into sports, entertainment and media, with Klutch founder and CEO Rich Paul as its strategic brand adviser, the financial investment app announced Thursday.

  • March 07, 2024

    An M&A Rebound? Nowhere In Sight, Tulane Panelists Say

    High interest rates, regulatory heat and the low availability of debt continue to delay both megadeals and the broader mergers and acquisitions rebound that deal-makers had been hoping for, attendees heard Thursday at the annual Corporate Law Institute conference at Tulane University Law School.

Expert Analysis

  • The SEC's Cooled Down But Still Spicy Private Fund Rules

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    Timothy Spangler and Lindsay Trapp at Dechert consider recently finalized U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules, which significantly alter the scope of obligations private fund advisers must meet under the Investment Advisers Act, noting the absence of several contentious proposals and litigation that could result in implementation delays.

  • 5th Circ. Ruling Sets Bostock, Faith Exemption Up For Review

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    The Fifth Circuit's Braidwood v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decision could tee up U.S. Supreme Court review of whether employing an individual to whose protected class the employer objects infringes on the employer's religious beliefs, potentially narrowing LGBTQ worker protections from the high court's 2020 Bostock v. Clayton County decision, says Adam Grogan at Bell Law.

  • Expect CFPB Flex Over Large Nonbank Payment Cos.

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    A recent enforcement action and a new rule proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau indicate a growing focus on the nonbank payment ecosystem, especially larger participants, in 2024, say Felix Shipkevich and Jessica Livingston at Shipkevich.

  • Breaking Down High Court's New Code Of Conduct

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently adopted its first-ever code of conduct, and counsel will need to work closely with clients in navigating its provisions, from gift-giving to recusal bids, say Phillip Gordon and Mateo Forero at Holtzman Vogel.

  • 7 Critical Copyright And AI Questions Courts Need To Address

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    U.S. courts have yet to rule on many copyright issues regarding generative artificial intelligence technologies, so developers and users should consider several questions when evaluating risks, developing risk mitigation plans and making decisions about particular use cases, say John Delaney and Sean West at Perkins Coie.

  • How Purdue High Court Case Will Shape Ch. 11 Mass Injury

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent arguments in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma, addressing the authority of bankruptcy courts to approve nonconsensual third-party releases in Chapter 11 settlement plans, highlight the case's wide-ranging implications for how mass injury cases get resolved in bankruptcy proceedings, says George Singer at Holland & Hart.

  • Mitigating Antitrust Risk Amid Increased Dealmaking Scrutiny

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    While deals continue to get done despite 60% of significant merger investigations in the U.S. last year concluding with a complaint or abandoned transaction, private equity firms should identify and assess potential antitrust risks and develop strategies to mitigate them early in the deal process, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Opinion

    Legal Profession Gender Parity Requires Equal Parental Leave

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    To truly foster equity in the legal profession and to promote attorney retention, workplaces need to better support all parents, regardless of gender — starting by offering equal and robust parental leave to both birthing and non-birthing parents, says Ali Spindler at Irwin Fritchie.

  • Business Takeaways From Biden's Global Labor Rights Memo

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    President Joe Biden's recent memorandum on protecting worker rights is one of the most expansive statements the administration has made regarding international labor rights policy, and reflects several points of which businesses should take note, including the government’s interest in working with the private sector on these issues and a notable focus on the transition to clean energy, say Tom Plotkin and Pegah Nabili at Covington.

  • 'Manufacturing' Amid Mass. Adoption Of Single-Sales Factor

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    Massachusetts’ recent adoption of single-sales-factor apportionment will benefit companies that have a greater in-state physical presence, reinforce the importance of understanding market-sourcing rules, and reduce the manufacturing classification's importance to tax apportionment, though the classification continues to be significant to other aspects of taxation, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    Activist Short-Sellers Are The Dark Knights Of Wall Street

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    While so-called activist short-sellers have been subject to increased scrutiny in recent years, these investors work in the shadows like Batman to expose fraud on Wall Street, often generating leads that may move regulators to take action, say attorneys at Labaton Sucharow.

  • New Regs Will Strengthen Voluntary Carbon Offset Market

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    Voluntary carbon offsets are a vital tool for organizations seeking to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions — and recent efforts by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the state of California and others are essential to enhancing the reliability and authenticity of carbon credits, says David Smith at Manatt.

  • 2nd Circ. Defamation Ruling May Chill NY Title IX Reports

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    The Second Circuit’s recent decision, holding accusers in Connecticut Title IX sexual misconduct cases are not immune to defamation claims, means that New York higher education institutions should reassess whether their disciplinary hearing procedures both protect due process and encourage victim and witness participation, says Nicole Donatich at Cullen and Dykman.

  • Series

    Writing Thriller Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Authoring several thriller novels has enriched my work by providing a fresh perspective on my privacy practice, expanding my knowledge, and keeping me alert to the next wave of issues in an increasingly complex space — a reminder to all lawyers that extracurricular activities can help sharpen professional instincts, says Reece Hirsch at Morgan Lewis.

  • What Lawyers Must Know About Calif. State Bar's AI Guidance

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    Initial recommendations from the State Bar of California regarding use of generative artificial intelligence by lawyers have the potential to become a useful set of guidelines in the industry, covering confidentiality, supervision and training, communications, discrimination and more, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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