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M & A Law Prof Blog

M & A Law Prof Blog

By Professors Brian J.M. Quinn, Afra Afsharipour, and Michael A. Woronoff.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mergers/
  • Jun 14

    Tee'ing up the Google litigation

    Tee'ing up the Google litigation
    Next week (Tuesday) we'll hear arguments in the Google shareholder litigation (Complaint). Shareholders are challenging a recapitalization plan that would have Google issue a new series of shares, Series C, that would have no voting rights.…
  • Jun 13

    Use restrictions in confidentiality agreement

    Use restrictions in confidentiality agreement
    OK, Rick and Keith again - this time negotiating use restrictions in confidentiality agreements. In this video, they take up the question that tripped up the parties in Martin Marietta v Vulcan - the limits on the use of confidential...
  • Jun 13

    Civil penalty for Revlon

    Civil penalty for Revlon
    The SEC has just imposed an $850,000 civil penalty on Revlon for misleading disclosures in the run up to its going-private transaction that were the subject of litigation (2009-2010) before the Chancery Court. Vice Chancellor Laster's opinion…
Rank this Week: 119

The D & O Diary

The D & O Diary

News and commentary on Directors and Officers Liability. By Kevin M. LaCroix.

http://www.dandodiary.com/
  • Jun 19

    The Curse of Post-Close Merger Objection Litigation

    The Curse of Post-Close Merger Objection Litigation
    There days, virtually every M&A transaction attracts litigation, usually involving multiple lawsuits. These cases have proven attractive to plaintiffs’ lawyers because the pressure to close the deal affords claimants leverage to…
  • Jun 18

    A Critical Question Directors Should Be Asking Company Management About Cyber Risk

    A Critical Question Directors Should Be Asking Company Management About Cyber Risk
    Cyber security and related privacy issues increasingly dominate the headlines. And for good reason: according to statistics cited in a recent Wall Street Journal article, cyber attacks --ranging from malicious software to denial of…
  • Jun 17

    Guest Post: J.P. Morgan Decision Curtails the Phantom "Restitution Defense" to D&O Coverage

    Guest Post: J.P. Morgan Decision Curtails the Phantom "Restitution Defense" to D&O Coverage
    As I discussed in a recent post (here), in a June 11, 2013 opinion, the New York Court of Appeals held that J.P Morgan (which had acquired Bear Stearns) is not barred from seeking insurance coverage for a $160 million portion of an SEC…
Rank this Week: 126

Law Department Management

Law Department Management

Covers managing in-house counsel groups. By Rees Morrison.

http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/
Rank this Week: 130

InhouseBlog

InhouseBlog

Covers corporate, employment law, environmental, forms, insurance, IP, litigation and more. By Geoffrey G. Gussis.

http://www.inhouseblog.com
  • Jun 19

    Sleep Better – Attend To Your Directors and Officers Insurance In Advance

    Sleep Better – Attend To Your Directors and Officers Insurance In Advance
    When a company is in financial or regulatory trouble is not the best time to analyze or try to modify D&O insurance. This post looks in detail at how companies should address the issue before problems arise, and what if anything can be…
  • Jun 18

    Conducting Regular Employee Handbook Reviews Key

    Conducting Regular Employee Handbook Reviews Key
    Employee handbook reviews should be conducted regularly, as a recent piece at InsideCounsel discusses: Although there is no federal law that requires a private employer to provide handbooks to its employees, the happiest employees are those…
  • Jun 17

    Employer Obligations Under the Affordable Care Act

    Employer Obligations Under the Affordable Care Act
    Need to get up to speed on your company’s obligations under the Affordable Care Act? Head over to the National Law Review to read a recent piece on employer obligations under the Affordable Care Act: For most employers, the most…
Rank this Week: 285

Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot

Nancy Rapoport's Blogspot

Covers governance in higher education and in law firms, bankruptcy ethics, popular culture and the law, Enron and other corporate fiascos, and professional responsibility generally. By Nancy Rapoport, a law professor at UNLV's Boyd School of Law.

http://nancyrapoport.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 301

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We…

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)

Edited by University of Miami School of Law Professor Michael Froomkin, The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)–JOTWELL–invites law professors to join us in filling a telling gap in legal scholarship by creating a space where legal academics will go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new legal scholarship.

http://jotwell.com/
  • Jun 19

    Regulating Financial Innovation

    Regulating Financial Innovation
    Niamh Moloney, The Legacy Effects of the Financial Crisis on Regulatory Design in the EU, in Eilís Ferran, Niamh Moloney, Jennifer G. Hill & John C. Coffee, Jr., The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis…
  • Jun 18

    State Boundaries and Constitutional Limit

    State Boundaries and Constitutional Limit
    Clyde S. Spillenger, Risk Regulation, Extraterritoriality, and the Constitutionalization of Choice of Law, 1865-1940, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 12-01 (February 15, 2012), available at SSRN.William BaudeMost…
  • Jun 17

    Public Agencies Going Private

    Public Agencies Going Private
    Jon D. Michaels, Privatization’s Progeny, 101 Georgetown Law Journal (forthcoming 2013), available at SSRN.Anne O'ConnellAdministrative law loves binaries. There are executive agencies and independent regulatory commissions. There…
Rank this Week: 306

Manpower Employment Blawg

Manpower Employment Blawg

Covers employment law. By Mark Toth.Covers employment law. By Mark Toth.

http://manpowerblogs.com
  • Nov 26

    DECEMBER WORKPLACE CELEBRATIONS

    DECEMBER WORKPLACE CELEBRATIONS
    To help ensure that you stay on top of all the latest workplace developments, the following is our guide to some of the lesser-known holidays your employees might be observing in December.
  • Nov 20

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
    The Blawg is truly really extremely very THANKFUL for each and every one of its wonderful visitors.
  • Nov 19

    FACEBOOK FESTIVAL FROLICKING = FMLA FRAUD FIRING?

    FACEBOOK FESTIVAL FROLICKING = FMLA FRAUD FIRING?
    Last week, we asked you to be the judge in a rather fascinating FMLA case. To review … The Fact
Rank this Week: 313

The Wired GC

The Wired GC

Covers compliance, corporate governance, management, regulations, tactics and technology.

http://www.wiredgc.com
  • Jun 14

    Lawyers and the State of Surveillance

    Lawyers and the State of Surveillance
    Early last year, I wrote this: Personal data privacy is an interesting issue for lawyers. For some, it’s part of their corporate practice. For most, it’s a confusing technological jumble, something they want to trust to someone…
  • May 13

    Bloomberg: Through the Looking Gla

    Bloomberg: Through the Looking Gla
    When reporters become the story, you have something worth reading about. Late last week, multiple media sources revealed that Bloomberg news reporters had accessed information about customer usage of the Bloomberg financial terminal. The New…
  • Apr 1

    Is the Real April Fool the Lawyer Who Sues a Client?

    Is the Real April Fool the Lawyer Who Sues a Client?
    So there is this large dust-up, undoubtedly you’ve heard. A client doesn’t pay a law firm invoice after repeated requests. Law firm threatens to sue. Client doesn’t pay. Law firm sues. Client counterclaims. Client gets…
Rank this Week: 763

InHouse Insider

InHouse Insider

Forum, News, and Career Center for In-House Counsels.

http://www.inhouseinsider.com/
Rank this Week: 1048

In-house ACCess

In-house ACCess

Covers corporate counsel best practices. By the Association of Corporate Counsel.

http://www.inhouseaccess.com/
  • May 24

    Channeling Your Inner Writer

    Channeling Your Inner Writer
    (June/2013) I find writing the most rewarding — yet most difficult — part of my job. I start with a blank page that I must fill with words, As the page begins to fill up (or down, depending on how you look at it), my goal is to…
  • May 3

    Ten Rules for Proving Your Value

    Ten Rules for Proving Your Value
    Being valuable is like being a lady.  If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. - Margaret Thatcher In-house counsel must be focused on providing value in today’s corporate legal environment. Failure to do so likely…
  • Apr 24

    Commuter Life: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Commuter Life: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    (May/2013) I get to my job at ACC via a commuter train. Most of the people I ride with work for the government, hospitals and nonprofits. Some of them are contractors; others are military personnel. I spend three hours commuting, round trip.…
Rank this Week: 1280

Lawdable

Lawdable

Discusses cost-effective and flexible legal solutions for corporate legal departments and law firm. By Counsel on Call.

http://www.lawdable.com/
  • May 28

    Five Provider Options for Medicare and Medicaid Appeals and Audit

    Five Provider Options for Medicare and Medicaid Appeals and Audit
    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE By guest blogger Libby…
  • May 22

    DS5.0 Takeaways: Process is Still King

    DS5.0 Takeaways: Process is Still King
    Last week we had approximately 50 of our discovery clients and colleagues in Nashville for Counsel On Call’s annual Discovery Symposium. It was a brief but content-rich event where 75 of the brightest, on-the-ground in-house counsel,…
  • May 14

    Discovery Symposium 5.0

    Discovery Symposium 5.0
    It’s Discovery Symposium week here at Counsel On Call, which is one of our favorite times of the year. We invite many of our clients and e-discovery managers to Nashville for 24 hours of high-level programming, with plenty of fun mixed…
Rank this Week: 1687

Jonathan B. Wilson

Jonathan B. Wilson

By the Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development for Web.com, Inc.

http://www.jonathanbwilson.com/index.html
Rank this Week: 1790

Cisco High Tech Policy Blog

Cisco High Tech Policy Blog

Thoughts and Opinions on High Tech Public Policy.

http://blogs.cisco.com/gov
  • Sep 28

    Incentive auctions: Preparing for the Avalanche of Data

    Incentive auctions: Preparing for the Avalanche of Data
    It’s begun! The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today launched an important new proceeding that, together with a lot of hard work and some policy leadership, will allocate much-needed radio spectrum for broadband. Called…
  • Jun 6

    Government and Industry Leaders Want Broadband Everywhere

    Government and Industry Leaders Want Broadband Everywhere
    The latest update of the Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast of Internet protocol (IP) data traffic from 2011 to 2016 is just astonishing. At [...]
  • May 30

    Internet Traffic Continues to Explode, No End in Sight

    Internet Traffic Continues to Explode, No End in Sight
    “In 2016, over 1.3 Zettabytes of data will travel across Internet protocol (IP) networks. That’s over 10 times the traffic [...]
Rank this Week: 2197

The General Counsel Blog

The General Counsel Blog

Covers legal and compliance issues faced by executives and general counsels. By the General Counsel, LLC.

http://blog.thegeneralcounsel.net
Rank this Week: 2289

Standards Law

Standards Law

Unoffical Standards Law Blog. By David Rudin, an Official Microsoft Standards Attorney.

http://standardslaw.com/wordpress
  • Nov 17

    Introducing the Open Web Foundation Agreement

    Introducing the Open Web Foundation Agreement
    After a little more than a year, the Open Web Foundation has just announced its agreement for Specifications.   Having worked with the Open Web Foundation on the legal committee and on the board, I am extremely proud of this accomplishment,…
  • Nov 2

    Link – Nokia vs. Apple: the in-depth analysi

    Link – Nokia vs. Apple: the in-depth analysi
    Engadget recently posted an interesting article that gives a lot of good background on patent issues in standards setting organizations.
  • Sep 12

    A Few Standards Resource

    A Few Standards Resource
    Here's a few resources that might come in handy if you're interested in standards. http://www.standardslearn.org/ - standards e-learning. http://xml.coverpages.org/ - standards news and background. http://www.talkstandards.com/ - standards…
Rank this Week: 2882

Corporate Law and Democracy

Corporate Law and Democracy

A repository of ideas, comments and papers on a range of issues related to corporate law and democracy. By Boston College Law School Professor Renee Jones.

http://reneejones.wordpress.com/
  • Nov 18

    Whither State Securities Enforcement?

    Whither State Securities Enforcement?
    Susan Antilla of Bloomberg news published a recent column  revisiting the question of the continued viability of state securities regulators’ enforcement authority.  I spoke to Susan about my research  on the issue and I am quoted in…
  • Sep 19

    Bailout-palooza

    Bailout-palooza
    The federal goverment’s proposal for a bailout of the financial industry sounded somewhat familiar to me.  I remembered that I had blogged about a similar proposal about a year ago on Conglomerate.
  • Sep 17

    What a Difference a Year Make

    What a Difference a Year Make
    One year ago discussions surrounding corporate law policy were driven by the Sarbanes-Oxley ‘backlash.”  The Paulson Committee and others were warning about how excessive regulation and litigation would lead to the ruin of Wall Street. …
Rank this Week: 3140

the legal thing

the legal thing

Notes from Sun's Former General Counsel. By Mike Dillon.

http://blogs.oracle.com/dillon/
  • Jun 18

    Change

    Change
    I shake my head whenever I read articles like this that suggest that the legal services profession will continue unchanged. It feels like so much "whistling past the graveyard." The reality is that we are in the early stages of a seismic…
  • Jun 18

    Change

    Change
    I shake my head whenever I read articles like this that suggest that the legal services profession will continue unchanged. It feels like so much "whistling past the graveyard." The reality is that we are in the early stages of a seismic…
  • May 27

    On two wheel

    On two wheel
    Earlier this month, the Bay Area recognized "Bike to Work Day".
Rank this Week: 3549

Employers' Lawyers

Employers' Lawyers

Provides best practice tips, checklists and updates designed to keep organizations of all sizes in compliance with federal and state employment laws. By Holland & Hart.

http://www.employerslawyersblog.com/
  • Jun 18

    Interns – To Pay or Not to Pay?

    Interns – To Pay or Not to Pay?
    By Alyssa Yatsko Unpaid interns may seem like a great way to get some additional help without breaking the budget. Recent lawsuits, however, reveal the danger in having unpaid interns perform work that otherwise would be done by paid…
  • Jun 17

    New Nevada Law Restricts Use of Credit Checks for Employment Purpose

    New Nevada Law Restricts Use of Credit Checks for Employment Purpose
    By Anthony Hall and Dora Lane Nevada recently joined the ever-growing list of states that restrict the use of credit reports by employers. Effective October 1, 2013, Senate Bill 127 will, with limited exceptions, prohibit Nevada employers…
  • Jun 10

    Fired for Dating a Client, Employee Fails to Prove Violation of Colorado’s Lawful Activities Statute

    Fired for Dating a Client, Employee Fails to Prove Violation of Colorado’s Lawful Activities Statute
    By Mark Wiletsky Dating a client is probably never a good idea. In some professions, it is a violation of ethical responsibilities. In other cases, it may be bad for business when the relationship goes sour. In the case of a family advocate…
Rank this Week: 4843