Corporate Governance

Examining how lawyers, both in-house and outside, interact with boards of directors in times of challenge and crisis and trends in corporate law and board operations that affect companies.

International Edition

HSF Advised Post Office to Send 'Without Prejudice' Compensation Letters to Postmasters, Committee Hears

By Jack Womack | February 28, 2024

The controversial letters allegedly told postmasters that they could not share the details of their settlement offers to others.

4 minute read

International Edition

Bird & Bird CEO: 'We Want to be a €1B Law Firm in 5 Years'

By Jack Womack | February 15, 2024

With a current global revenue of €568.7 million, the target means the firm will have to nearly double its income by 2029.

3 minute read
International Edition

Australian Senator Criticizes PwC Over Failure to Publish Tax Scandal Report

By Christopher Niesche | February 12, 2024

The senator says PwC is hiding behind legal privilege.

4 minute read

International Edition

'There Is Concern': A&O Shearman Insiders on Initial Hurdles Facing Firm

By Jack Womack | February 8, 2024

Questions are being asked internally about how the impending tie-up will work in the US, the timing of merger architect Wim Dejonghe's departure, and the integration of certain offices.

8 minute read
International Edition

Milbank Leaders Praise Non-Equity Partnership Tier Amid London Growth

By Jack Womack | February 1, 2024

In an interview with Law.com International, London co-managing partner Andrej Wolf said the firm's famously high NQ pay is "indirectly demanded" by clients.

4 minute read
International Edition

Osborne Clarke Drops Signature from Law Firm Climate Charter

By Jack Womack | January 19, 2024

The firm is still a 'dialogue partner' of the charter that was signed by several large UK law firms last year.

2 minute read
International Edition

CVC Capital Partners' General Counsel Leaves Firm

By Jack Womack | January 11, 2024

Lauren Livingston had been with the private equity giant, one of Europe's largest institutions, for 17 years.

2 minute read
International Edition

WhatsApp Messages Between Ex-Clifford Chance Lawyer and Brother Examined in Insider Trading Trial

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | December 21, 2023

The brothers have been on trial at Southwark Crown Court, after being charged by the FCA with six offences of insider dealing and three offences of fraud by false representation.

2 minute read
International Edition

Revolving Door: Ex-Cabinet Minister Joins DLA Piper as Lawyers Take Up Government Roles

By Jack Womack | December 20, 2023

The moves reveal a clear pathway between private practice and government.

2 minute read
International Edition

BP Brings in Freshfields to Investigate Former CEO's Alleged Misconduct

By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | December 18, 2023

BP's former chief executive officer Bernard Looney dramatically resigned earlier this year after admitting he had not been "fully transparent" about personal relationships he had maintained with colleagues.

3 minute read
Corporate Counsel

Apple Investor Uses Proxy Proposal to Assert That 'Silicon Valley Is Hostile to Right-of-Center Thought'

By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2024

The tech giant's shareholders defeated a proposal from the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research seeking a prohibition against discrimination based on "ideology" or "viewpoint."

3 minute read
New York Law Journal

Shareholder Claims Mount Against NY Community Bancorp in EDNY

By Ellen Bardash | February 28, 2024

Three new lawsuits bring the total number of new EDNY cases filed this month against NYCB, which has been the parent company of Flagstar Bank for more than a year, to six, all related to how the company handled a postmerger spike in loan losses.

3 minute read
New York Law Journal

Business Divorce Cases of 2023

By Peter A. Mahler and Matthew D. Donovan | February 26, 2024

A look at a trio of significant rulings by the Appellate Division which dominated the business divorce caselaw arena in 2023.

13 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

Staying Ahead of the Growing Data Protection and Privacy Wave: Avoiding Common Pitfalls

By Nicole M. Danner | February 22, 2024

How do you navigate this ever-changing data protection and privacy landscape?

8 minute read
Corporate Counsel

'Reckless and Negligent': Ousted CEO's Caustic Email Underscores Perils of Giving Top Brass the Boot

By Chris O'Malley | February 21, 2024

The Planet Fitness board in September removed Chris Rondeau as CEO but said he would remain on the board. Rondeau now has resigned as director and sent the board a parting message lamenting the direction of the company.

5 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Partnership's Anti-Competition Provision

By Molly DiBianca | February 21, 2024

In Cantor Fitzgerald v. Ainslie, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the validity of a post-employment restriction in a limited partnership agreement. The decision overturned the ruling of the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidating a forfeiture-for-competition provision, which permitted the partnership to withhold distributions to partners who voluntarily withdrew from and then competed with the partnership.

3 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholders May Challenge Corporate Conversion From Delaware on Fairness Grounds

By Ellen Bardash | February 20, 2024

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said the doctrine of entire fairness applies and TripAdvisor shareholders have adequately pleaded a claim that a conversion would affect the value of their investments.

3 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

NDAs Can Prevent Business Idea Hijackings

By Craig R. Tractenberg | February 20, 2024

A nondisclosure agreement (NDA) can protect against misappropriation and misuse of information.

5 minute read
The Legal Intelligencer

The 'Company Applicant' Conundrum: CTA's Impact on Law Firms

By Ashleigh Taylor | February 14, 2024

The most salient element of the CTA for legal practitioners is the definition of the "company applicant" and the required disclosure that this individual is mandated to provide. Understanding and interpreting this definition thrusts law firms into a complex decision-making process, raising fundamental questions about their internal processes, the kind of personal information they are prepared to submit, and, most importantly, how they interact with their clients.

7 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider

'Grabski v. Andreessen': Chancery Addresses 'Brophy' Claims Against Officers and Directors in a Direct Listing

By Nathaniel J. Stuhlmiller | February 14, 2024

In Grabski v. Andreessen, the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss fiduciary claims against officers and directors of Coinbase Global, Inc. who sold shares in a going-public transaction.

6 minute read

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