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When Do Venture Capitalists Owe Fiduciary Duties To Their Portfolio Companies?

by Keker & Van Nest on 5/23/2012

In the typical venture-backed company, the Board often includes some members designated by the venture capital firms who are investors in the company. When things go awry, lawsuits often follow, and litigators are left to...more

Debenture - the new security instrument soon to be introduced in Macedonia

by Karanovic & Nikolic Law Office on 5/23/2012

Originally published in LEGAL AND REGULATORY - Emerging Macedonia | Spring 2012 | Issue 33. The Solvency Problem A number of companies in Macedonia are having problems with maintaining their solvency at a desirable...more

Will the FDIC’s Claims Against Directors and Officers of Failed Banks for Simple Negligence Yield to the Protections of the...

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 5/23/2012

Federal legislation has yet to specify the extent to which state law may protect directors and officers of failed banks against claims of simple negligence by FDIC, and Congress may soon be urged to step in. For now,...more

Big Four to Localize in China

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/23/2012

Earlier this month, China’s Ministry of Finance, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Notice on...more

M&A and Private Equity Update

by Akerman Senterfitt on 5/23/2012

This year’s edition reflects relative consistency of national trends with the prior year. While aggregate transaction activity nationally in 2011 was only marginally higher than in 2010, we are pleased that our clients...more

Consulting Payments To A Related Entity Did Not Avoid Unreasonable Compensation Issues

by Charles (Chuck) Rubin on 5/23/2012

An accounting firm operated as a C corporation. The firm paid substantial fees to three related entities created by the founding shareholders of the firm. The fees were so high as to reduce the net income of the firm to a de...more

Little Hoover Commission Votes To Approve Governor’s Reorganization Plan

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/23/2012

Yesterday morning, the Little Hoover Commission voted to approve the Governor’s Reorganization Plan, subject to the members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly (Mark Vargas) and the Senate Rules Committee (Jonathan...more

Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report - May 7, 2012: Summary of Required Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired or to Be Acquired

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/22/2012

Reproduced with permission from Mergers & Acquisitions Law Report, 15 MALR 686, 05/07/2012. Copyright 2012 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X requires audited financial statements to be...more

A Whole New Ball Game: SIFI Designations in the Dodd-Frank Paradigm

by K&L Gates LLP on 5/22/2012

The process for designating systemically important financial institutions (“SIFIs”) under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) is moving forward apace. On April 3, 2012, the Financial...more

Quinn Emanuel D.C. Litigation in Brief -- Spring 2012

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 5/22/2012

In This Issue: The Supreme Court Confronts Controversies Overseas, But Will Congress Have the Final Word? Cover; When in Rome...(U.S Law Still Applies): Lessons of Wal-Mart, News Corp. & the Foreign Corrupt Practices...more

Massachusetts Senate Considering Budget Amendment Limiting Compensation of Directors and Officers of Public Charities

by Foley Hoag LLP on 5/22/2012

An amendment to the state budget under consideration by the Massachusetts Senate would cap the compensation of officers and senior managers and would prohibit the compensation of members of the board of directors of public...more

How Blogging Changed the Practice of Corporate Law—Francis Pileggi [Video]

by LXBN on 5/22/2012

So often at LexBlog we talk about how blogging can enhance a lawyer’s practice, or even completely change the way that individual attorney operates. But we don’t talk about, but still sense, is that blogging has an impact on...more

The Troubles With The New Crowdfunding Law?

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/22/2012

Everyone is very excited about the new crowdfunding-for-securities law. Crowdfunding is a great idea–in concept. And now we have a new law which is about to make crowdfunding for securities a reality, at least in some sense....more

SEC Implements Secure E-mail System for Confidential Submissions

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/21/2012

Effective May 14, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission has implemented a secure e-mail system that allows it to receive confidential submissions from “emerging growth companies” (EGCs)...more

NASAA And The DOC Warn Investors Of The “Madding Crowd’s Ignoble Strife”

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/21/2012

Crowdfunding Caveats Issued To say that the North America Securities Administrators Association was not pleased when Congress enacted the JOBS Act is like saying that Captain George Pollard and his crew had an unpleasant...more

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