What’s in Your Operating Agreement? Legal Tips for Healthcare Providers
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Avoiding a Bored Board
Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework - Part 5, People
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 4, Culture
Daily Compliance News: July 17, 2025, The COSO Yanked Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 2, Oversight
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Governance Framework: Part 1, Introduction
Daily Compliance News: July 14, 2025, The Secret Business Sauce-Reading Edition
Episode 377 -- Refocusing Due Diligence on Cartels and TCOs
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Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
Treating Compliance Like an Asset
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: Assessing Internal Controls
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 5 – Monitoring Activities
Compliance Tip of the Day: COSO Objective 4 - Control Information and Communication
Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more
The Texas Legislature has refined the structure and jurisdiction of the Texas Business Court through amendments signed by Governor Abbott on June 21, 2025. The changes aim to broaden the court’s authority, streamline complex...more
One of the most important rights owned by LLC members is the right to inspect the LLC’s books and records. For an overview of LLC books and records requests, see the prior LLC Jungle post: Why LLC Managers Should Take Member...more
In the digital age, businesses may assume that firewalls, login credentials and restricted access are enough to shield proprietary data. But a recent federal court decision shows that a “trade secret” under the Defend Trade...more
California Court Recognizes LLC Member Lists as Trade Secrets in Recent Ruling - When an LLC member suspects the company is playing favorites with redemption requests, how much access should they have to the membership rolls...more
Yesterday's post considered one of several matters raised on appeal in Perry v. Stuart, 2025 WL 1501935. The case involves a former member's demand for inspection of records of a California limited liability company. ...more
Welcome to the April 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more
In today’s competitive business environment, trade secrets have emerged as some of an organization’s most prized assets. They are the hidden formulas, proprietary processes, and specialized know-how that give companies their...more
The French High Court has just handed down a ruling confirming the weakening of the force of business secrecy in the name of the right to evidence principle, based on the right to a fair trial found in article 6 of the...more
Each February, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts publishes its Report on North Carolina Business Court. The Report includes data on case types, number of cases, pending motions, and average age, with...more
For companies, maintaining a competitive advantage over the market is necessary for long-term growth. In many cases, this competitive advantage takes the form of a federal- or state-protected trade secret, such as a...more
Welcome to the January 2025 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more
The Delaware Supreme Court recently clarified that forfeiture-for-competition clauses under the Employee Choice Doctrine may be enforceable against a broader range of employees, including middle managers, not just...more
Due diligence is a necessary part of any M&A transaction. This process can be an exhaustive deep dive into the target company’s history. In some cases, the buyer wants to assure itself of certain highly confidential and...more
미국의 영업 비밀 소송 호황기 This is a boom time for trade secret litigation in the U.S. The underlying conditions driving the boom include the growing mobility of the global workforce, the ease with which electronic data can be...more
Public companies should take note of several recent developments, including: ..Reversal of the Pegasystems trade secrets lawsuit that nevertheless preserves guidance to take care when describing litigation as “without...more
Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more
In 2023, the world-wide value of intangible assets (e.g., contractual rights and intellectual property (IP), such as patents, copyrights, and proprietary technology) reached USD57.3 trillion, surpassing pre-pandemic levels...more
In this issue, we discuss recent Delaware court developments regarding officer liability, who can recover “lost-premium” damages, and trends in books and records actions, among other topics....more
On September 1, 2023, Vice Chancellor Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. of the Court of Chancery delivered a decision finding that the president of a plaintiff company and a second business the president had formed and served...more
The U.S. is one of the easiest jurisdictions in the world in which to do business and continues to be the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment. Regulatory barriers are generally low, establishing a branch...more
On Sunday evening, CBS's 60 Minutes aired a segment featuring “The Five Eyes” and the critical issue of state-sponsored intellectual property ("IP") and trade secret theft. While geopolitics and national security issues might...more
The Life Cycle of a Business podcast discusses the many phases of a company’s life: startup, business planning, the selection of an entity, as well as the importance of business succession planning. Ms. Allen touches on the...more
What happens when an individual, to benefit their own employer, solicits confidential corporate information held by a spouse or partner? A damages award in the several millions may be the result. In BioPoint, Inc. v....more
It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we might expect to see in the workplace in the coming year. After all: - At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted COVID-19. - None of us had heard the phrase...more