Corporate Update

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    The 'Two Hats' Doctrine for Shared Directors and Officers Falters When Assessing Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege Suggesting Caution on Sharing Legal Advice

    By Corinne Ball | April 21, 2021

    In her Distress Mergers and Acquisitions column, Corinne Ball discusses recent rulings from the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, which highlight the risk of relying on the "two hats" doctrine to protect attorney-client privilege covering communications involving shared personnel.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    The PEB Comments!

    By Barbara M. Goodstein | April 1, 2021

    On March 4th, the PEB issued four new draft commentaries, which address choice-of-law rules, enforcement of obligations of securities intermediaries, and priority of liens on receivables perfected by financing statements. In this edition of her Secured Transactions column, Barbara M. Goodstein surveys all four draft commentaries and touches on their importance as they relate to finance practitioners.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Integrating ESG Into Corporate Culture: Not Elsewhere, but Everywhere

    By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh | March 24, 2021

    In this edition of their Corporate Governance column, David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh write that in order to be a meaningful factor in effectuating corporate purpose, ESG—or, more accurately, EESG (including Employees as well as Environmental, Social, and Governance)—must be integrated throughout corporate affairs, not just in the boardroom.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Stop the Game!: How To Chill Bubbles Sensibly

    By John C. Coffee Jr. | March 17, 2021

    In this edition of his Corporate Securities column, John C. Coffee Jr. discusses issues stemming from the recent GameStop stock frenzy. He writes: Bubbles are bad; GameStop was a bubble; and the influences that caused it (which were indeed new and novel) need to be chilled. But how you chill a bubble is not a simple question.

  • New York Law Journal

    The Anti-Money Laundering Act Expands Whistleblower Protections

    By Philip M. Berkowitz | March 10, 2021

    The recently-enacted Anti-Money Laundering Act significantly increases the potential value of awards for whistleblowers under the Bank Secrecy Act. The challenge for a financial services employer is to establish that discipline against an employee in a compliance role is supported by evidence that the decision was based on the employee's incompetence or other inappropriate behavior, and that any whistleblowing activity he or she engaged in was not a consideration. Philip M. Berkowitz explores the issues in this edition of his Employment Issues column.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Courts Continue To Recognize Equitable Mootness, But Discomfort With Important Confirmation Issues Escaping Review Grows

    By Corinne Ball | February 24, 2021

    Two recent circuit-level decisions determined that appeals of confirmed plans of reorganization were equitably moot despite criticizing the doctrine. These two decisions suggest that sooner or later reconsideration of the doctrine and meaningful review of bankruptcy court decisions should occur. Corinne Ball explores the issues in this edition of her Distress Mergers and Acquisitions column.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Taxpayer Prevails on Substance Over Form: 'Complex Media v. Commissioner'

    By Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen | February 17, 2021

    In their Taxation column, Elliot Pisem and David E. Kahen discuss 'Complex Media v. Commissioner', in which a corporate taxpayer that acquired a business in exchange for stock and other property prevailed over the IRS, on the basis of an argument that the substance of the transaction was different from its form, and was allowed to claim amortization deductions attributable to a basis step-up arising from the substance of the transaction.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    The Class Action Ascertainability Requirement

    By Joseph M. McLaughlin and Shannon K. McGovern | February 10, 2021

    May a damages class be certified if the proponent of certification is unable to show a reliable, administratively feasible way to identify putative class members? Federal circuit courts continue to answer this question in varying ways, with the Eleventh Circuit recently contributing to a deepening division of federal authority on what is required of a proposed class representative in order to demonstrate the existence of an ascertainable Rule 23(b)(3) class.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Drawing Property Lines: Personal Property Versus Real Property Under UCC Article 9

    By Barbara M. Goodstein | February 3, 2021

    In her Secured Transactions column, Barbara M. Goodstein discusses 'In re Le Tote', which involved an attempt by a secured creditor to enforce payment obligations of Lord & Taylor under a master lease agreement for 24 retail stores. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Keith Phillips rejected that attempt, citing numerous reasons, but among them being that the plain language of §9-109 applied and the exception under §9-604 did not.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Thank You, Chairman Clayton

    By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh | January 27, 2021

    In their Corporate Governance column, David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh reflect on the tenure of Chairman Jay Clayton, under whose leadership the SEC experienced an era of great productivity and rational reform.

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