The Delaware Court of Chancery recently ruled that a settlement agreement does not have to be fully executed by all parties to be enforceable....more
5/16/2013
In a case involving “several questions of first impression,” the US District Court for the Southern District of New York denied summary judgment for all but one of the defendants in a case alleging violations of the...more
5/15/2013
Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently announced changes to the division’s “carve-out practice” regarding corporate plea agreements. The changes aim to...more
4/26/2013
- Carve Out Provisions DOJ Plea Agreements
The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida confirmed that third-party beneficiaries of a contract containing an arbitration clause may be compelled to arbitrate their claims notwithstanding that the...more
12/29/2012
- Arbitration Agreements Beneficiaries LLC Third-Party
Bruce Karpati, Chief of the Securities Exchange Commission Enforcement Division’s Asset Management Unit (AMU), spoke before the Regulatory Compliance Association earlier this week to address the AMU’s current enforcement...more
12/28/2012
- Asset Management Hedge Funds SEC
