On August 19, 2013, the SEC announced that it settled with a hedge fund and its manager (the defendants) and required them to admit wrongdoing. In the consent, the defendants admit to a series of facts, including that the...more
On January 2, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a securities class action complaint filed against an online provider of medical information and three of its directors and officers,...more
The number of women judges in New York has increased 6 percent over the last 10 years, according to a Law360 article on a study conducted at the Albany Law School. The decade-long study, titled Women in Federal and...more
11/5/2012
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently ruled that a company's board of directors is vested with discretion to choose between competing buyout offers — even if the ultimate choice is favorable to the personal interests of the...more