The Spotlight strives to provide a forum to discuss the latest news and compelling issues impacting fiduciaries and those to whom fiduciaries owe duties. Whether you are an officer, director, trustee, beneficiary, trust...more
3/21/2025
/ Arbitration ,
Asset Management ,
Beneficiaries ,
Business Litigation ,
Business Succession ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Estate Planning ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Trustees ,
Trusts ,
Wealth Management
A common adage tells us that in the absence of information, people tell themselves a story. In the corporate version, add in frayed business relations, and the plotline quickly thickens with suspicion and distrust. Minority...more
The Spotlight strives to provide a forum to discuss the latest news and compelling issues impacting fiduciaries and those to whom fiduciaries owe duties. Whether you are an officer, director, trustee, beneficiary, trust...more
As a parent of three young children, Disney’s excellent new movie, Encanto, has been on heavy rotation in my household. It’s a story of an extended family whose members possess unique magical gifts. Through several humorous...more
This isn’t the 1990s: Email isn’t a new technology. By now, we all know that our work emails aren’t private, and most of us exercise some discretion in deciding what to “put in writing” in our business communications. We’ve...more
Any supplier or manufacturer that uses sales reps in Minnesota should understand the Minnesota Termination of Sales Representatives Act (MTSRA) because it could have drastic consequences for their businesses. Contracts...more
Last spring popular author Michael Lewis described the world of high-frequency stock trades and dark pools in his book, Flash Boys. Between then and now, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”), a group of public investors,...more
11/21/2014
/ Attorney General ,
Banks ,
Barclays ,
Class Action ,
Credit Suisse ,
Dark Pool ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Flash Boys ,
High Frequency Trading ,
Investors ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Popular ,
UBS
In this Issue:
- New Developments
- U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Patent Agreements That Postpone the Sale of Generic Drugs Violate Antitrust Laws
- Direct Purchasers Have Standing to Bring Antitrust...more
12/1/2013
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Barclays ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Direct Purchasers ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraudulent Procurement ,
Generic Drugs ,
Interest Rates ,
Libor ,
Patents ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements ,
SCOTUS ,
Sherman Act ,
Walker Process Claims ,
Wireless Devices
In This Issue:
- It All Falls Down: As banks continue to settle Libor-rigging charges with regulators, institutional investors consider pursuing individual actions
- The Next Wave of Asset-Backed Securities...more