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Social Media Assets in M&A Transactions

February 23, 2015

A company’s social media pages and profiles, and associated followers, friends and other connections, may constitute valuable business assets. However, […]

Billion Dollar Failures

February 23, 2015

2014 was an active year for the M&A market due to low interest rates and available capital. Last year saw […]

Op-Ed: SCOTUS Justices Shouldn’t Attend State Of Union

January 12, 2015

Having the Supreme Court Justices in attendance at the annual State of the Union is a relatively recent trend and […]

Posner Gets Real

December 10, 2014

Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner, who has not been short on strong opinions of late, reveals some more personal details […]

Compliance Plans Should Reduce Risk, Not Create Liability

December 3, 2014

Calls for improved corporate compliance are coming from boards of directors, shareholders and government. Board members are now exposed to […]

Strategies for Minimizing Risk of Privacy Class Actions

December 3, 2014

Businesses are increasingly facing class action lawsuits alleging that they have violated someone’s privacy, under state or U.S. laws. Privacy […]

Day In The Life: Walmart’s GC In China

November 4, 2014

“It is critical for me to quickly zero in on the ‘business critical’ issues …

Rakoff: A System That Runs On Plea Bargaining Leads The Innocent To Plead Guilty

November 2, 2014

Innocent people plead guilty because the American justice system has evolved to give prosecutors undue power, Judge Jed S. Rakoff […]

Why U.S. Internet Service Is Awful

November 2, 2014

U.S. customers in major markets get approximately one tenth the speed and they pay at least ten times more for it, compared to major cities from Seoul and Tokyo to Bucharest and Paris.

Law Prof: Negative Judicial Ads Undermining Public Trust

November 1, 2014

In the wake of Citizens United, there has been a huge influx of cash from outside groups for political ads, […]

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