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Cooley LLP

AI Note-Taking: Many Things to Ponder

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AI note-taking is today’s topic du jour. The first thing to know about this topic is that you need to experience it for yourself to see why it’s so attractive. (I’ll run a blog soon summarizing how AI note-taking works in...more

Goldberg Segalla

Navigating the Non-Profit Boardroom: Best Practices for Defense Counsel in Attorney-Client Relationships

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Introduction - Non-profit boards are the backbone of countless community institutions – from homeowners associations and religious congregations to private schools and arts organizations. Yet, when these boards face...more

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California And Vice Chancellor Laster Are 180˚  Apart On The "Circle Of Confidentiality"

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In Hyde Park Venture Partners Fund III, L.P. v. FairXchange, LLC,  2023 WL 2417273 (Del. Ch. Mar. 9, 2023), Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster ruled that two investment funds were within the "circle of confidentiality" that...more

Allen Matkins

Are Directors Joint Clients?

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In a ruling this week, Vice Chancellor Lori Will addressed whether one-half of an evenly divided board could gain access  privileged communications between the corporation and its long-time outside counsel.  In re Aerojet...more

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Risky Business: Recording Board Meetings

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With the Delta variant surge, many companies have delayed plans for a return to in-person board and committee meetings. The go-to alternative, in many cases, will be a return to video conferences, which worked well in the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Spring 2021

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What questions do prospective SPAC directors need to ask? What are the 10 most common misconceptions regarding attorney-client privilege? The Informed Board aims to provide insights into the key issues directors face...more

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Corporate Law & Governance Update - June 2018

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Executive Compensation Recoupment - The most recent development in the prominent University of Louisville Foundation controversy is the release of an independent analysis suggesting that its senior executive leadership was...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments in Association Law 2015–2016

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The Nonprofit Organizations Practice at Pillsbury has prepared this summary of significant legal and policy developments that have occurred in approximately the past year. All of these developments have potential impacts upon...more

Troutman Pepper

Counsel to the Company: A Framework for Corporate Governance

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As a threshold matter, counsel must identify, and remain clear as to, the identity of its client, which may be the company or a subsidiary, the Board or Board committee, or one or more executives. The identity of the client...more

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The Importance of Risk Management for Rhode Island Nonprofits

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The Problem - The explosion of nonprofits across the country in recent years has been accompanied by significant increases in employment and capital management in the nonprofit world. Rhode Island is no different in...more

Allen Matkins

Kalisman v. Friedman – A California Analysis

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A few months ago, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster issued an interesting decision involving director inspection rights and the attorney-client privilege. Kalisman v. Friedman, 2013 Del. Ch. LEXIS 100 (April 17, 2013). ...more

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