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D&O Penalties For Disclosure Failures On SEC Questionnaires

D&O Penalties For Disclosure Failures On SEC Questionnaires

In June, the SEC settled charges against Stanley Black & Decker Inc., for allegedly failing to disclose perquisites and personal […]

AI Trolls Will Mirror Patent Trolls

AI Trolls Will Mirror Patent Trolls

The odds are that AI prompts will output proprietary code, according to Sean O’Brien, a lecturer in cybersecurity at Yale […]

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Reasonableness Test For Scienter

The knowledge that a claim a contractor makes is false is the linchpin of a False Claim Acts Case. The […]

A Lesson In Due Diligence

A Lesson In Due Diligence

Short-seller Hindenburg Research makes a lot of money by uncovering over-valuations at publicly traded companies, and potentially fraudulent activity. Harry […]

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Privacy Ruling In Illinois

In April the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision that could have significant implications for the state’s litigation landscape and […]

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Impact of Climate Litigation On Share Price

A London School of Economics study shows that climate-related lawsuits have an increasing effect on market capitalization. The first climate-related […]

Goodbye SEC Enforcement

He Could’ve But He Didn’t

A class action lawsuit brought by former shareholders of Oracle alleged that the company overpaid when it acquired NetSuite. According […]

Corporate Transparency Act Kicks In Soon

Design Patent Bar Proposed

Companies in certain industries – bicycle manufacturers, mobile phones, robots – find that design patents offer protections that utility patents […]

Report on IP Theft Due Soon

The Intellectual Property Act of 2022 is now law. It requires the President to impose sanctions on any foreign person […]

Claims Alleging Breach of Oversight By Directors Clarified

A claim for breach of duty of oversight by directors and officers is known as a “Caremark claim,” after the […]

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