Corporate Governance

Big Drop In Merger Litigation, Law Firms Regroup

In 2014, nearly 95 percent of all M&A deals generated a lawsuit. It was down to less than 22 percent […]

“Materiality” Definition May Change, Investor Groups Livid

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has proposed revising the definition of “materiality,” an important concept for serious investors and often […]

Ten Mistakes In Buying D&O Insurance

Writing in Kevin LaCroix’s D&O Diary, King & Spalding attorney Michael J. Biles draws on his experience defending officers and […]

Sloan Lambastes Pfizer “Inversion” Deal

“Takes tax avoidance to a whole new level,” says the popular NPR Marketplace commentator,

Is Climate Change The Next Tobacco?

The possibility that a campaign to mislead the public about environmental harm from carbon pollution is analogous to the long campaign by the tobacco industry to mislead about the dangers of smoking, and that similar legal strategies for critics might be in the cards…

Don’t Get Ambushed By Administrative Dissolution

It’s a not uncommon occurrence, typically the result of inadvertent failure to pay a tax or tardiness with an annual […]

Analytics Can Detect FCPA And Other Risks

Rooting out organizational risk is a major responsibility for many legal departments, and to do it they typically rely on […]

Directors Risk From Data Breaches

board cybersecurity oversight

Rethinking The Legal Function

A look at the expanding role of the GC as legal advisor, nay-sayer, business advisor, yea-sayer, compliance overseer and increasingly […]

Union Questions IPO Of A Non-Union Vegas Casino

A local of the Culinary Workers has asked the SEC to review the registration filing of Station Casinos, which operates […]

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