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GCs to Employees: Think Before You Send
"Don't put this in writing, but ... " Those are the opening words of an e-mail that got the writer's company in legal hot water. And there are plenty more where that came from. These examples of troublesome e-mails general counsel say they've run across don't include the countless off color so-called jokes forwarded to contact lists of colleagues, interested or not, or links to Web sites that are definitely not part of a corporate job description.Report Draws Road Map For New GC
Last week's report on how to clean up bankrupt MCI read like a to-do list for its new general counsel, Anastasia Kelly.N.Y. Judge Rebuffs Request for Shareholder Records in Airline Takeover Bid
An attempt by AirTran to use a provision of New York law to force an airline it is trying to buy to produce its shareholder records has been rebuffed by New York Supreme Court Justice Helen E. Freedman. AirTran argued that Wisconsin-based Midwest Air Group was directly doing business in New York through its subsidiary Midwest Airlines, and therefore the state's Business Corporation Law should apply. Freedman rejected this argument, holding that Midwest does not conduct business in New York under �1315.Company Entitled to Shareholder List in Hostile Takeover Attempt
Since a Wisconsin airline is "directly doing business" in New York, it was obliged to give a copy of its shareholder list to a competitor that had purchased its stock to facilitate a hostile takeover, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled. In the case, AirTran registered a subsidiary in New York that bought 100 shares of the target company, Midwest Air Group, and then took advantage of state law allowing stockholders to obtain a shareholder list. Last month, Midwest agreed to be acquired by another party.LeClairRyan Boosts New York Office With Eight From Epstein Becker
Leading the team headed for LeClairRyan is Adrian Zuckerman, cochair of New York-based Epstein Becker's corporate services practice. Zuckerman will cohead the real estate industry group at LeClairRyan.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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