Corporate

  • March 12, 2025

    Caribou Biosciences Brass Face Investor's Clinical Trials Suit

    Executives and directors of Caribou Biosciences Inc. have been hit with a shareholder's derivative suit alleging that they overstated the safety and efficacy of Caribou's cell therapy and concealed that the company was at risk of being unable to fund its operations.

  • March 12, 2025

    Del. Justices Uphold LG Co.'s Loss In Firing Challenge

    Delaware's top court has backed a Chancery Court ruling that Alphonso Inc., a TV data company majority-owned by an LG subsidiary, was not permitted to push out five co-founders.

  • March 12, 2025

    Publix Policies Don't Cover Opioid Claims, Court Says

    Insurers for Publix have no duty to defend or indemnify the supermarket chain in dozens of public nuisance lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, a Florida federal court said Wednesday, following Publix's renewed request that the court enter a final judgment so it could proceed with appeal.

  • March 12, 2025

    Crypto CEO Linked To Jack Abramoff Convicted Of Fraud

    A California federal jury on Wednesday convicted a cryptocurrency company founder of fraud and money laundering over allegations he stole more than $10 million from tens of thousands of investors in a scheme that involved disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

  • March 12, 2025

    Son Of Ex-FIFA VP Avoids Prison In Fraud Case

    The son of former FIFA vice president Jack Warner was spared prison time Tuesday, almost 12 years after he pled guilty to falsifying a mortgage application for a Miami condominium and structuring transactions to evade currency reporting requirements.

  • March 12, 2025

    PwC Singapore Fudged Compliance Test Data, PCAOB Says

    PricewaterhouseCoopers' Singapore unit has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that the firm failed to have proper policies and procedures in place for periodic reviews of staff members' financial independence.

  • March 12, 2025

    Senate Confirms Trump's Pick For DOL Deputy Leader

    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday in a party-line vote confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee for deputy labor secretary, the second-in-command of the U.S. Department of Labor.

  • March 12, 2025

    Comcast Fights CEO Deposition Order In Easement Spat

    Comcast has told a Washington state judge that an order requiring CEO Brian Roberts to sit for a deposition in an easement dispute with a local landowner could expose him to a series of similar requests in the hundreds of lawsuits naming the telecommunications giant each year.

  • March 12, 2025

    TikTok Faces Copyright Suit Over Livestreaming Software

    TikTok allegedly copied a company's livestreaming software to create a new feature on the app without complying with the company's open source requirements, according to a complaint filed in California federal court.

  • March 12, 2025

    Canada Announces Steel, Aluminum Retaliatory Tariffs On US

    Canada will impose CA$29.8 billion ($20.7 billion) in retaliatory tariffs in response to the 25% rates that President Donald Trump has levied on all steel and aluminum imports, a senior Canadian government official announced on Wednesday.

  • March 12, 2025

    Starbucks' Sourcing Aided $1.3B Low-Tax Profits, Report Says

    Starbucks leveraged its private certification program for coffee growers to boost profits transferred almost tax-free from Switzerland to the Netherlands to the U.K., amounting to an estimated $1.3 billion between 2011 and 2021, according to a report from a union-funded nonprofit organization.

  • March 12, 2025

    Kroger Waited Too Long To Seek Sanctions, Judge Says

    An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday denied Kroger's bid to sanction prolific consumer advocate lawyer Spencer Sheehan for filing a meritless suit over the effectiveness of its lidocaine patches, saying the amount of time it took to file the motion "is not reasonable by any stretch of the imagination."

  • March 12, 2025

    Judge Blocks Order Limiting Perkins Coie Government Access

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday halted enforcement of the Trump administration's executive order against law firm Perkins Coie LLP that cited issues including its representation of Hillary Clinton during her 2016 presidential run, calling the order "viewpoint discrimination, plain and simple."

  • March 12, 2025

    Ex-Smartmatic Execs Seek FCPA Reprieve After Trump Order

    Two former executives of electronic-voting system developer Smartmatic asked a Florida federal judge on Wednesday to push back the schedule in their bribery case while the U.S. Department of Justice reviews pending Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases.

  • March 12, 2025

    As Perkins Coie Fights Order, How Will Other Firms Respond?

    Perkins Coie LLP, represented by Williams & Connolly LLP, is challenging President Donald Trump's executive order revoking its security clearance and launching investigations into its diversity efforts. But other firms have remained silent, raising questions about the order's potential effects on how firms handle public policy litigation, publicly support their right to defend all clients and pursue hiring initiatives.

  • March 12, 2025

    HHS To Eliminate 6 Regional Offices For Legal Staff

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday it will close six out of 10 regional offices where attorneys for the agency work.

  • March 12, 2025

    Tech Co. Says Remote Worker Kept Old Job With Competitor

    A Texas-based technology company said a Massachusetts man hired to work remotely as an account executive last year secretly continued working for his former employer, a direct competitor.

  • March 12, 2025

    Nelson Mullins Real Estate Ace Joins Kutak Rock In Fla.

    A former Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP partner who has helped close more than $1 billion in real estate transactions in just the past two years has moved her practice to Kutak Rock LLP's Tallahassee, Florida, office.

  • March 12, 2025

    Feds, Ex-Cognizant Execs Ink April Date For FCPA Trial

    A New Jersey federal judge set an April 7 trial date for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives on Wednesday, firming up a case timeline that's been beset by multiple delays, most recently due to the Trump administration's retreat from enforcing the statute.

  • March 11, 2025

    Musk Opens Del. Appeal To Recover $56B In Tesla Pay

    Elon Musk on Tuesday launched his Delaware Supreme Court appeal aimed at a Court of Chancery decision that had short-circuited the electric car company's 10-year, $55.6 billion compensation plan for the celebrity CEO.

  • March 11, 2025

    Ex-Mohawk CIO Seeks Lighter Sentence For $1.8M Fraud Plea

    Flooring giant Mohawk's former head of information technology pushed back Tuesday on the government's recommendation that he serve 96 months in prison, pay nearly $1 million in restitution and a $150,000 fine for running a third-party vendor scheme that ripped off his employer to the tune of $1.8 million.

  • March 11, 2025

    USPTO Acting Director To Review Bitcoin, Railway Patents

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's current acting director made some of her first moves wading into patent board rulings, deciding last week to take a closer look at two board decisions involving blockchain mines and railway signs.

  • March 11, 2025

    SDNY Illicit Finance Unit Co-Chief To Depart US Atty's Office

    The co-chief of the Southern District of New York's Illicit Finance and Money Laundering Unit said in a withdrawal notice that he's leaving the U.S. attorney's office at the close of this week and requested that he be removed as counsel of record in an ongoing criminal case.

  • March 11, 2025

    More ITC Patent Cases Expected After Fed. Circ. 'Sea Change'

    A recent Federal Circuit decision discarding the U.S. International Trade Commission's limits on what types of domestic expenses qualify a company to bring a patent suit at the agency marks a pronounced shift that will likely spur considerably more ITC cases, attorneys say.

  • March 11, 2025

    Chemical, Carpet Cos. Seek Toss Of Ga. County's PFAS Suit

    Nearly a dozen carpet and chemical manufacturers have moved to dismiss a Georgia county's lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for an alleged public health crisis in the northwestern part of the state brought on by the sale and use of toxic chemicals in carpet manufacturing.

Expert Analysis

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law

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    Legal precedents that date back as far as 1990 demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent challenge to the proposed $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard and Juniper is misplaced because no evidence of collusion or coordinated conduct exists, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

  • Handbook Hot Topics: Back To Basics After Admin Change

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    Having an up-to-date employee handbook is more critical now than ever, given the recent change in administration, and employers should understand their benefits and risks, including how they can limit employers’ liability and help retain employers’ rights, say Kasey Cappellano and Meaghan Gandy at Kutak Rock.

  • Potential Impacts Of IRS' $1M Affiliate Pay Deduction Cap

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    If finalized, a recent Internal Revenue Service proposal expanding Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code to include the highly compensated employees of affiliates would make tracking which executives may be subject to the limit from year to year far more complex, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • Suggestions For CFTC Enforcement's New Leadership

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    The recent change in leadership at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission presents an opportunity to reflect on past practices and consider opportunities for improvement at the commission's Enforcement Division, including in observing precedent and providing greater enforcement transparency, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • Drug Kickback Ruling Will Make FCA Liability Harder To Prove

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    The First Circuit's ruling in U.S. v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, requiring the government to prove but-for causation to establish False Claims Act liability based on violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute, raises the bar for FCA enforcement and deepens a circuit split that the U.S. Supreme Court may need to resolve, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

  • What Reuters Ruling Means For AI Fair Use And Copyright

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    A Delaware federal court's recent decision in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence is not likely to have lasting effect in view of the avalanche of artificial intelligence decisions to come, but the court made two points that will resonate with copyright owners who are disputing technology companies' unlicensed use of copyright-protected materials to train generative AI models, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law Group.

  • The Current And Future State Of Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Donald Trump seems likely to cultivate an environment friendlier to the financial services industry, bank-fintech partnerships should stay devoted to proactive compliance and be ready to adapt to regulatory shifts that may intensify scrutiny from enforcers, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Chancery Ruling Holds Authorized Share Takeaways For Cos.

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    The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent ruling in Salama v. Simon resolved statutory ambiguity in favor of boards seeking authorized share increases, and has important implications for litigators presenting extrinsic evidence in support of contract or statutory interpretation arguments, says Robin Wechkin at Sidley.

  • McMahon SEC Settlement Warns Of Nondisclosure's Price

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent financial nondisclosure settlement with former WWE CEO Vince McMahon illustrates the breadth of executives' reimbursement obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and highlights the importance of building robust internal corporate reporting processes, say attorneys at BCLP.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Bill Would Bring Welcome Clarity To Del. Corporate Law

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    A recently proposed bill in Delaware that would provide greater predictability for areas including director independence and controlling stockholders reflects prudential adjustments consistent with the state's long history of refining and modernizing its corporate law, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

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