Keeping up with the Joneses is a whole lot easier when you read the JD Supra Corporate Brief every morning: There is no way to keep your company from being hacked. So you need to be prepared… (LXBN) Fasten your seat belts: the road ahead for global economic growth will be bumpy… (Bennett Jones) Corporate… Read more »
Taking the A Train into the office? Take the JD Supra Corporate Brief with you: How to lead a corporation in crisis? Go light on the consensus building and democratic decision-making… (Bloomberg Law) Is your anti-corruption compliance program as good as Ralph Lauren’s? (Polsinelli) Counterfeit electronic parts in the supply chain are a problem for… Read more »
Earlier this month, the bipartisan “Group of Eight” – Senate Republicans John McCain, Jeff Flake, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham, and Democrats Charles Schumer, Dick Durbin, Robert Menendez, and Michael Bennet – introduced their long-awaited immigration reform bill. From Jennifer Roeper of law firm Fowler White Boggs: “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization… Read more »
“Trademark owners have a duty to police their mark… The cost of dropping the ball on this duty can range from a bar on future enforcement of your rights against a particular company to a complete loss of all trademark rights.” (Mintz Levin) Applying for and obtaining a trademark is just the first step –… Read more »
From online privacy, to revised labor laws, to health care considerations, and more … here’s a roundup of recent legal advisories covering a broad range of issues on doing business in the People’s Republic of China. For your reference: Privacy in China: New Rule to Protect Personal Information (Dechert LLP): “The Standing Committee of the… Read more »
Happy Valentine’s Day, and welcome to the latest edition of the Corporate Law Report. You know what to do: Watch the video overview above and, for any topics that interest you, go deeper with the legal analysis and commentary below>> Latest Need-to-Know… H-1Bs for FY 2014 – Fowler White Boggs P.A. Petitioners File Opening Brief… Read more »
Welcome to our latest Corporate Law Report. You know what to do: Watch the video overview above and, for any topics that interest you, go deeper with the legal analysis and commentary below>> 1. Need-to-know – in the workplace: Employers Should Use Revised FCRA Disclosure for Employees and Job Applicants – Sutherland Asbill & Brennan… Read more »
The net of international sanctions on Iran and entities that do business with the Iranian regime continues to tighten. For your reference, here’s a roundup of latest commentary and analysis on sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe: U.S. Activity New Iran Sanctions Enacted (BakerHostetler): “The [latest] law, which comes just shy of five… Read more »
Cooking up an international M&A deal? Your first assignment – check in with the celebrity chefs. Like the corporate development heads at Honeywell, Cisco, and Johnson & Johnson and the chair of law firm Pepper Hamilton’s international practice. Their secret recipe involves equal parts due diligence, integration, and access to talent, tossed together with perseverance,… Read more »
[Link: Bill on Bankruptcy: Who's to Blame for the Hostess Liquidation? - Bloomberg Law] The impending dissolution of Hostess Brands – maker of Twinkies, Ho Hos, and Wonder Bread – has captured headlines over the past few weeks. But Hostess’s story isn’t the only bankruptcy law news of relevance to Corporate America. For your reference:… Read more »
From Canadian law firm Bennett Jones, a comprehensive look at key indicators of economic growth in North America and around the globe. Their prognosis? “Bumpy road ahead:” “Since our spring 2012 economic outlook, the crisis in the eurozone has worsened and growth in the emerging economies has fallen more than expected, with negative spillovers on… Read more »
“Foreign exchange (FX) swaps, the second largest derivatives trading market, [have] been exempted from Dodd-Frank regulation by the U.S. Treasury. Though some Democratic legislators criticized the move, the Treasury went forward with the exemption citing the high-levels of risk management inherent in FX trading. ‘Unlike other derivatives, FX swaps and forwards already trade in a… Read more »
“Health care, media, technology and communications, and financial services all are industries where we have seen merger and nonmerger antitrust activity; for financial services, there even has been cartel behavior… The intersection of intellectual property and antitrust also is likely to be active, as we have witnessed in the public statements of government officials around… Read more »
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of England and Wales ruled that a United States Bankruptcy Court decision against an individual not subject to US court jurisdiction could not be enforced in the United Kingdom. From Skadden Arps: “Traditionally, under English conflict of law rules, a foreign judgment may only be enforced in England at… Read more »
On October 9, President Obama issued an Executive Order that makes foreign subsidiaries of U.S. corporations subject to sanctions on doing business with Iran. From law firm King & Spalding: “Under Section 4 [of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act], no entity that is owned or controlled by a U.S. person and… Read more »
