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05.10.2013 Delaware District Court Permits WARN Class Action to Proceed Against Equity Sponsor as De Facto Employer
04.19.2013 Proposed Amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law Could Streamline Process for Acquiring Public Companies Incorporated in Delaware
04.03.2013 SEC: Social Media May be Used for Company Announcements if Investors are Alerted
03.29.2013 Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: The Supreme Court Holds That Rule 23(b)(3) Class Certification Requires Consistent Proof of Predominance with Respect to Liability and Damages
03.27.2013 Securities and Exchange Commission v. The NIR Group, LLC: E.D.N.Y. holds that SEC's 180-day Enforcement Requirement under Section 929U of the Dodd-Frank Act is not a Statute of Limitations
03.22.2013 Third Circuit Sets "Reasonable Belief" Standard for Corporate Whistleblowers Bringing Claims under Sarbanes-Oxley
03.15.2013 Delaware Chancery Court Holds that a Reverse Triangular Merger is not an Assignment by Operation of Law
03.15.2013 Chancery Court Holds that a Board’s Refusal to “Approve” the Nomination of a Dissident Slate of Director Nominees for Purposes of Deactivating a Change of Control Put Provision is a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
03.13.2013 Nasdaq Proposes Change to Listing Standards to Require that Listed Companies Have an Internal Audit Function
03.08.2013 Consensual Deal Ends Restructuring of Vitro S.A.B., de C.V.; Predicting its Potential Impact Begins
03.01.2013 Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds: Proof of Materiality Is Not Required For Class Certification in a Fraud-on-the-Market Action
02.28.2013 United States Supreme Court Limits Time for SEC to Bring Civil Penalty Actions
02.11.2013 Caldwell v. Cablevision Systems Corp.: The New York Court of Appeals Rules that High-Paid Witness Testimony is Admissible, But May Require a Jury Charge as to Potential Bias
02.04.2013 ISS Opens “Governance QuickScore” Web Portal with February 15 Deadline for Issuer Data Review
02.01.2013 The New York City Bar Association Opinion 2013-1: Duties Owed to Prospective Clients
01.24.2013 SEC Approves Changes to NYSE's and Nasdaq’s Listing Standards Regarding Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers
01.11.2013 FTC Revised Antitrust Thresholds: HSR Pre-Merger Reporting Threshold Increased to $70.9 Million
12.19.2012 New FINRA Rule 5123 Requires Notice Filing for Certain Private Placements
12.18.2012 Nasdaq Proposes Clarifying Amendments to Proposed Compensation Committee Listing Standard
10.26.2012 FTC and ITC Issue New Final and Proposed Rules on Electronic Discovery