The Situation: BlackRock, the world's largest asset management firm, announced initiatives to make climate change and other sustainability issues a cornerstone of its investment strategy, including plans to increase offerings...more
The Background: A shareholder challenged an extraordinary and extremely lucrative incentive-based compensation package awarded by Tesla to its chair, CEO, and controlling shareholder, claiming a breach of fiduciary duties....more
11/8/2019
/ Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
CD&A ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Entire Fairness Standard ,
Executive Compensation ,
Judicial Review ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Standard of Review ,
Tesla
The Background: Technology has transformed the way that directors receive and review information and communicate with each other and with management.
The Issue: Although many modern board practices are more secure and...more
7/16/2018
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Best Practices ,
Board of Directors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Retention ,
Discovery ,
Document Retention Policies ,
Duty to Preserve ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Internal Communications ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Risk Assessment
A MESSAGE FROM LYLE GANSKE, WORLDWIDE M&A PRACTICE LEADER -
Early expectations for an outstanding year for M&A activity in 2017 (based on the very promising conditions in place at the end of 2016) were fulfilled in part,...more
1/25/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
China ,
Client Services ,
Contract Terms ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
Foreign Acquisitions ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Adviser ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Real Estate Companies ,
Technology Sector