Webinar: Is Your DEI Policy Setting You Up for a Lawsuit?
Podcast: Health Equity – Behind the Buzzwords – Diagnosing Health Care
Juneteenth and Legal: The Work for Advancing Equity
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - The Protectability of Short Phrases
CMO Series REPRESENTS: Embracing Equity - Holding your own and finding joy in legal marketing
CMO Series REPRESENTS - Embracing Equity: Building confidence in your capabilities
A Journey from One to All in Legal with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 124: Juana Slade, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Language Services, AnMed Health
DE Under 3: Disability Unemployment, Cornell ILR & USDOL Women's Bureau Webinar Series & More
Spotlight Series "The Importance of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Tax Law"
Inclusive Trade at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR): A Conversation with Jamila Thompson
Equity and Codeswitching in the Workplace [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 27]
A Closer Look at One Fortune 500 Company’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Efforts
From Tulsa to Now: Dismantling Systemic Racism in Our Financial Systems
#McGlincheyForward and Leaders at the Front [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 20]
NGE On Demand: Profits Interests: Granting & Receiving with Patty Cain and Josh Klein
Leaders Moving Business Forward with Alphonso David of the Human Rights Campaign
Leading Through Crisis: Addressing Anti-Racism in the Workplace Amidst Protest and Pandemic: On Record PR Episode 18
Breaking Mindsets | Bradley Gayton From Ford On Globally Promoting Diversity In The Workplace
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In this edition of UK Equity Capital Markets Insights, we report on proposals to refresh the rules for companies on AIM following the introduction last year of new Listing Rules for Main Market companies; an update from the...more
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The most distinguishing feature of Delaware law is that it is interpreted and applied by a court of equity. A recent post by Professor Stephen Bainbridge illustrates this point...more
You've spent years developing the idea, all-nighters and weekends building the business. You've courted investors and customers. You could never leave your company. Or could you?...more
A side letter in the venture capital sector is an agreement between an investor and the company it is investing in that entitles the investor to certain contractual rights, which supplement and are in addition to other rights...more
One common denominator links nearly all stressed businesses: tight liquidity. After the liquidity hole is identified and sized, the discussion inevitably turns to the question of who will fund the necessary capital to extend...more
Challenges to corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs have gained momentum over the past year. As challengers refine their legal strategies, companies need a new playbook to protect and improve their DEI programs...more
On April 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Contract Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Advantage (MA) Final Rule (Final Rule), which will have significant implications for MA plans and other industry...more
MoFo continued its celebration of Black History Month by hosting a fireside chat with Washington, D.C. partner Val Dahiya and guest speaker Anita Hill. A Brandeis University Professor of Law, Social Policy & Women’s and...more
When debt restructuring discussions are at an impasse and the reservoir of goodwill between the parties has run dry, stakeholders face difficult choices. For a lender, one of the most powerful tools available is the exercise...more
A strong correlation exists between a multinational company’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts and the company’s financial performance. Racial equity audits often are utilized to measure the precise quality and...more
A multitude of questions over who must approve the grant of equity awards frequently arise when designing equity compensation programs. Do shareholders need to approve the grant? Is approval from the Board of Directors...more
A SAFE is designed to be short and straightforward. In essence, the investor provides cash now against a promise to receive shares in the future. The challenges of negotiating full transaction documents, including agreement...more
One of the many frustrations of practicing family law is that there is rarely, if ever, a decisive victory. Divorce is about doing “equity” and that rarely means a result where the Court finds that one side “wins” and the...more
Investors and shareholders are more frequently requesting racial equity audits of large companies to demonstrate their attention to ESG and DEI goals. Moore & Van Allen PLLC attorneys Valecia M. McDowell and Elena F. Mitchell...more
Not Selling Your Business This Year? Beginning shortly before the House Ways and Means Committee released its version of the President’s Build Back Better plan, several posts on this blog have explored the uptick in M&A...more
Today, Shearman & Sterling released its 19th annual Corporate Governance & Executive Compensation Survey, which finds that the boards of directors of the largest 100 U.S. companies have maintained their strong focus on...more
Italy – Italian Government acts to facilitate equity injections in Italian companies - With Law Decree no. 16/7/2020, n. 76, which entered into force on 17 July 2020 (the "Simplifications Decree"), the Italian Government...more
In Borealis Power Holdings Inc. v. Hunt Strategic Utility Investment, L.L.C., the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery and held the ROFR in an investor rights agreement was not applicable to an indirect...more
“Direct-to-consumer” offerings enable companies to raise capital directly from their customers, with or without the use of underwriters or other financial intermediaries. Direct-to-consumer offerings have garnered attention...more