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Expect More Extreme Anti-Corporate Attitudes

In modern times at least, corporations have not been terribly popular. However, since the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO about a half a year ago in New York City, observers and the corporations themselves have been paying...more

Proskauer - Trade Secrets

$30 Million Message: Jury Awards Substantial Punitive Damages for Trade Secret Theft

A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict, underscoring the potentially severe consequences of trade secret theft...more

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Texas House Bill 40 Will Reshape the New Texas Business Courts

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On June 1, 2025, the Texas legislature passed HB 40, and Governor Greg Abbott signed it on June 21, 2025. The new law helps further define the jurisdiction of Texas’s Business Courts, originally established in 2023. This is...more

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Texas Governor Signs HB 40, Expanding Jurisdiction of the Texas Business Court - Delaware Court System Faces Increased Industry...

On the final day of the 89th Legislative Session, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 40 (HB 40) to expand the jurisdictional and operational framework of the Texas Business Court. The Bill has since been signed by...more

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The Effect of Irregularities on the Validity of a Creditors’ Meeting

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The courts are generally reluctant to interfere with the outcomes of creditors’ meetings at which resolutions are voted on and passed. After all, such resolutions are decided and voted on by the creditors, thereby...more

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The Importance of Collaborative Legal Strategy: China Medonline Inc.’s Withdrawal of Winding Up Petition and Sale of Material...

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Conyers’ litigation and corporate teams were recently pleased to assist China Medonline Inc. (the “Company“) in relation to the withdrawal of a winding-up petition against the Company in the Cayman Islands Grand Court, and in...more

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Wolfspeed, Durham-Based Semiconductor Producer, Fighting Financial Peril in the Market and Employee Exits in the Courts

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Wolfspeed, a Durham-based silicon carbide semiconductor business, has plenty on its plate these days amid media reports of an impending bankruptcy reorganization. While such a filing would be aimed at a short(ish) judicial...more

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Delaware Law Alert: Court of Chancery Orders Specific Performance in Acquisition of a Company Approaching Insolvency

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On March 24, 2025, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial opinion in Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Nano Dimension Ltd.,1 ordering the parties to comply with a merger agreement and close...more

McGinnis Lochridge

Can "Free of Cost" Term Achieve Point-of-Sale Royalty Base?

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A lessee who halts production for less than 40 days and resumes without drilling or reworking does not terminate the lease. The continuous development clause keeps the lease active, and the cessation clause allows resumed...more

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Generative AI and Trade Secrets: A New Frontier for IP Litigation

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As legal and business professionals focused on protecting intellectual property—especially those of us in business litigation—it's crucial to stay attuned to the expanding influence of generative AI (“GenAI”). While patents...more

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Ninth Circuit Privacy Ruling Could Be Used to Expand Potential Forums for E-Commerce Lawsuits

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On Monday, April 21, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued an opinion in Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., __ F.4th __ (9th Cir. Apr. 21, 2025), that plaintiffs will cite to attempt to expand...more

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Segregated Portfolio Companies: Cayman Courts Upholding the Segregated Principle

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A Segregated Portfolio Company (SPC) provides for the protection of the assets held under one portfolio by ring-fencing them from the liabilities of other portfolios in the same company. SPCs were introduced in the Cayman...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Check Your Footing: $36 Million Money Judgment Eviscerated in Brutal Appellate Standing Loss

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To prevail on a cause of action in a business divorce lawsuit, the plaintiff has many essential boxes to check. Pleading requirements vary from one claim to another, but all business divorce cases have one thing in common....more

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Conditional Grants of Membership Interests Are a Roadway to Courtroom Conflict

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In the world of business divorce litigation, this summer saw everything but a slowdown.  We witnessed (and blogged about) Justice Crane cap a long-running fair value proceeding with helpful guidance on appraisals and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Phishing Subpoenas – A New Privacy Threat?

Privacy issues are inherent in almost all facets of a business — from operations, employment, and technology to customer service, contracts, legal and compliance — all with varying degrees of risk. Most companies mitigate...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

A Dive Into Intellectual Property Liability for E-Commerce Platforms

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Online shopping has become increasingly popular in recent years. E-commerce sales surpassed $6.5 trillion in 2023 and are expected to total over $8.1 trillion by 2026. Convenience of product variety and online competition...more

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Diversity Driven Derivative Suits: Culture Wars Come to the Boardroom

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Traditionally deployed to protect a corporation from its board’s imprudent investment or financial decision-making, in recent years shareholders have taken to bringing derivative actions on a corporation’s behalf for its...more

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Utah's New Commercial Email Act: A Warning to Businesses Engaged in Internet Marketing

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All businesses who advertise their services or products through any form of email marketing have a new worry: a new Utah state law providing for sweeping remedies and a private right of action that can result in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Post-Trial Oracle Ruling Provides a Roadmap for Navigating Transactions With an Influential Fiduciary on Both Sides of the Deal

The mere potential for a prominent, highly respected officer, director and minority holder to influence a board’s decision to approve a deal where the minority holder sits on both sides is insufficient to confer controller...more

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Delaware Supreme Court reverses US$690 million judgment in Boardwalk Pipeline Partners

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In Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, L.P. v. Bandera Master Fund, LP, 288 A.3d 1083 (Del. 2022), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a Delaware Court of Chancery decision that had awarded nearly US$690 million to plaintiffs....more

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Supreme Court Restricts 28 U.S.C. § 1782 Discovery in Aid of Arbitration

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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that 28 U.S.C. § 1782 authorizes discovery to assist only governmental or intergovernmental adjudicative bodies, and not private adjudicative bodies like the international commercial and ad hoc...more

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Court takes hard line on late rent payment into court registry during COVID-19

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Under a particular Florida statute, in a commercial eviction, where there is a court order requiring the tenant to pay rent into the court registry during the lawsuit and the tenant fails to pay, the tenant is considered to...more

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Commercial Division Denies Pfizer’s Motion To Dismiss, Holds Allergan’s Claims for Defense Costs Are Ripe

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It’s back to business as usual for Commercial Division Justice Andrew Borrok, who recently issued a slew of decisions contributing to New York’s robust Commercial Division jurisprudence....more

Blank Rome LLP

The Rise of Mobile App Lawsuits and New ADA Litigation Trends for 2020

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Blank Rome Of Counsel Martin S. Krezalek will co-present the online webinar “The Rise of Mobile App Lawsuits and New ADA Litigation Trends for 2020” on February 19, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. EST. Martin will be joined by UsableNet...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Termination of Merger Agreement Based on Material Adverse Effect

In Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected an attempt by Boston Scientific to terminate and thus avoid consummating a merger agreement with Channel on the grounds...more

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