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Sustainability Accounting Standards as the New GAAP

It took the 1929 crash, fueled in part by misleading financial reports, to prod congress to create the SEC and […]

Becoming a Third-Party Witness When Competitors or Suppliers Merge

To determine if a merger is good or bad for competition, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice […]

Major Issues in Real Estate Transactions

It is incumbent upon general counsel to have a full understanding of the major issues involved in an office lease. […]

General Counsel and the Headquarters Lease

A general counsel is often asked to spearhead a company’s efforts in connection with a headquarters lease. There are numerous […]

Legal Competence and the Role of Technological Expertise

Twenty-six states have now adopted some version of the 2013 ABA Model Rule 1.1, which requires awareness of “the changes […]

Keep Your Third-Party Communications Privileged

Corporations increasingly rely on third parties in global bribery investigations, data security incidents and other investigations. The extent to which […]

When “Big Data” Takes A Vacation

Attorneys general and private attorneys in more than a dozen states have opened a new front in the battle against […]

Survey: How Law Departments are Working Smarter

The 2016 HBR Consulting survey found that worldwide corporate law department spending increased a modest one percent from the prior […]

Regulatory Enforcement Post-Election

The Trump Administration will likely seek to scale back many forms of regulatory enforcement. However, President Trump campaigned on a […]

Implications of the SEC’s Universal Proxy Card Rules

In October 2016, the SEC proposed amendments to the federal proxy rules that would require universal proxies in connection with […]

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