Vice Chancellor Laster Extends This Fiduciary Duty, Previously Recognized only as to Corporate Directors -
On January 25, 2023, the Delaware Court of Chancery answered an important question of officer liability, holding...more
1/31/2023
/ Class Action ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corporate Officers ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Delaware ,
Derivatives ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Duty of Oversight ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Harassment ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Shareholders
On November 30, 2020, parties to legacy LIBOR contracts breathed a collective sigh of relief as LIBOR’s administrator Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) announced that US Dollar LIBOR would continue to be published until...more
2/18/2021
/ Adjustable-Rate Mortgage ,
Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Class Action ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
HELOC ,
Interest Rates ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
UK
On July 23, 2020, Judge Paul A. Englemayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a motion to certify a proposed class of direct purchasers of aluminum in a decision that may signal a trend...more
8/7/2020
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Burden of Proof ,
Civil Conspiracy ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Direct Purchasers ,
Expert Testimony ,
FRCP 23 ,
Market Manipulation ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Predominance Requirement ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Statistical Sampling