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30 Oct 2018, 6:38 am by Kevin LaCroix
For example, over the summer, a plaintiff shareholder filed a securities class action lawsuit against CBS following revelation of allegations of sexual misconduct against the company’s CEO. [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 6:03 am
Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Independent Directors and Controlling Shareholders by Lucian Bebchuk and Assaf Hamdani (discussed on the Forum here). [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 6:01 am
Chemmanur (Boston College), Harshit Rajaiya (Boston College), Xuan Tian (Tsinghua University), Qianqian Yu (Lehigh University), on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Tags: Entrepreneurs, Firm valuation, Information environment, Intellectual property, IPOs, Private equity, Trademarks, Venture capital firms CBS-NAI Dispute, Part III: Can Stockholders Rely on Stock Exchange Rules to Prevent Dilution of Their Voting and Economic… [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 7:00 am by John Jascob
The Division of Corporation Finance has issued 27 new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations related to the cross-border exemptions. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 6:08 am
Gow (The University of Melbourne), Aida Sijamic Wahid (University of Toronto), and Gwen Yu (University of Michigan), on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Tags: Boards of Directors, Director qualifications, Disclosure, Information asymmetries, Information environment, Reputation, Securities regulation Additional Lessons from the CBS-NAI Dispute: The Limitations of “Street Name” Ownership in Effectively Exercising Stockholder Rights… [read post]
15 Oct 2018, 6:01 am
(“NAI”) owns approximately 80% of the voting shares of CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc., and in early 2018, NAI proposed that CBS and Viacom consider a merger. [read post]
12 Oct 2018, 6:28 am
Himelfarb and Alicia Alterbaum, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Tags: Boards of Directors, Disclosure, Elon Musk, Going private, Management, Mergers & acquisitions, Regulation FD, SEC, SEC enforcement, Securities enforcement, Securities fraud, Settlements, Social media, Tesla Activism: The State of Play Posted by Martin Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday,… [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 1:39 pm by zamansky
Recent high-level departures at CBS, following Les Moonves’ alleged sexual harassment scandal, and the John Schnatter ouster from Papa John’s Pizza for insensitive racial remarks show that corporate leaders will be held accountable if they violate norms and hurt shareholders. [read post]
28 Sep 2018, 7:58 am by Michael Lowe
  Consider the CBS-Chicago expose on how fake celebrities (posing as Bruce Springsteen, etc.) convinced people to send them lots of money in various ways (cash, ITunes gift cards, etc.) [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 6:00 am by Edward M. McNally
Pincus, C.A. 9512-CB (July 2, 2018) Corporate investigations present complicated issue surrounding what must later be produced in litigation. [read post]
23 Sep 2018, 3:15 am by Barry Sookman
Senate support for Music Modernization Act is further evidence Canada must act to close the Value Ga… https://t.co/FavuXuMGFf 2018-09-20 Landslide European Copyright Directive vote is a call to action for legislators globally to fix the Value Gap – Mus… https://t.co/gKUDI5Jv5v 2018-09-20 Computer and Internet Updates for 2018-09-20 https://t.co/enXcr2ykhX 2018-09-21 Computer and Internet Updates for 2018-09-20 https://t.co/HTNUb5maNP 2018-09-21 Torstar signs agreement to… [read post]
22 Sep 2018, 3:15 am by Barry Sookman
Computer and Internet Updates for 2018-09-20 https://t.co/enXcr2ykhX 2018-09-21 Computer and Internet Updates for 2018-09-20 https://t.co/HTNUb5maNP 2018-09-21 Torstar signs agreement to purchase political website iPolitics https://t.co/HeZa7weyiV 2018-09-21 Groupon Says $82M Verdict In IBM Patent Suit Was Too High https://t.co/bZ4hFNa0Nb 2018-09-21 CBS Wants 9th Circ. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 6:07 pm by Orly Lobel
My terrific friend and collaborator Rachel Arnow-Richman (Denver Law) has an op-ed today in the San Francisco Chronicle about CBS's ousted CEO Moonves and the contractual obligations of corporation toward their highest executives in the case of firing for cause, in the midst of severe sexual harassment allegations: If #MeToo is to have lasting impact, companies must consistently take a hard line against high-level harassment, not just when it aligns with their other interests.… [read post]
4 Sep 2018, 3:35 pm by Kevin LaCroix
Every year just after Labor Day, I take a step back and survey the most important current trends and developments in the world of Directors’ and Officers’ liability and D&O insurance. [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 4:49 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  In August, a CBS shareholder filed a purported securities class action lawsuit against CBS and certain of its executives following news reports of sexual harassment involving the company’s CEO, Leslie Moonves, as discussed here. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 4:49 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  In August, a CBS shareholder filed a purported securities class action lawsuit against CBS and certain of its executives following news reports of sexual harassment involving the company’s CEO, Leslie Moonves, as discussed here. [read post]