Shareholders, Investors, Financial Institutions

Consequences of Forming or Acquiring a Depository Institution

Goodwin on 5/7/2025

This second installment in a series of insights on bank charter considerations describes the consequences of operating through an insured depository institution charter, including capital requirements, supervision and...more

British Virgin Islands: Special Purpose Vehicles for Luxury Assets

Conyers on 12/23/2024

For family offices, high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) and ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) considering the purchase of luxury assets (in particular yachts, artworks and aircraft) there are multiple factors to...more

Acting Behind The Scenes: High Court Confirms Duties Of Shadow Directors

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/1/2020

In Standish & Ors v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc & Anor (the “Judgment”), the High Court confirmed that the duties owed by a shadow director are limited to the subject matter of their instructions. This alert is...more

Delaware Encourages Blockchain Technology Through Legal and Technological Innovations

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/3/2017

On July 21, Delaware governor John C. Carney Jr. signed into law a series of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) that will allow companies to keep shareholder information on blockchain technology-based...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/21/2017

Shareholders have accused Under Armour of “concealing the impact” of Sports Authority’s bankruptcy from investors in order to artificially inflate its stock price. The suit comes on the heels of a disastrous Q4 for UA, in...more

U.S. SEC Proposes Liquidity Risk Management Programs, Optional “Swing Pricing,” and Liquidity Reporting for Mutual Funds and...

K&L Gates LLP on 10/26/2015

On September 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a new rule and amendments to rules and reporting forms under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), designed to standardize...more