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Dismissal of Shareholder Derivative Suit for Failure to Allege Demand Was Excused

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On September 27, 2022, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey dismissed a consolidated derivative action allegedly brought on behalf of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation against certain...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Corporate Governance 2021 Year in Review (and a First Look at 2022)

2021 was a busy year for corporate governance matters, with new legislation passed early in the year and new enforcement priorities emerging under the Biden administration. Kramer Levin lawyers published numerous articles...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

HorrorFest 2020 Celebration – Hammer, Frankenstein and Final Thoughts on Sargeant Marine

Today, October 2, is the first Friday in October so I begin my annual month of Friday HorrorFest Film highlights. The great thing about this blog post series is that I get to re-watch these great old horror films. While I...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Novartis US Corruption Settlements: Part 3 – Compliance Failures

I have written extensively about the Novartis International AG (Novartis) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) settlement, which was announced in late June. However, the enforcement action paled next to the Stipulation and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - October 2017

Supreme Court to Hear Important Whistleblower Case - Why it matters: Must an employee “whistleblower” specifically provide information about alleged corporate misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Dismisses Caremark Claim For Failure To Adequately Allege That The Board Consciously Disregarded FCPA...

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On June 16, 2017, Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed breach of fiduciary duty and other claims brought derivatively against the directors and former chief financial officer of...more

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