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In Delaware, You Live or Die Under Your LLC Operating Agreement

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Put on your Member B hat in the following not-so-hypothetical fact pattern: Member A and Member B form a Delaware LLC to invest in a third-party biotech company....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC conditionally approves charter for digital-focused bank

On January 29, the OCC conditionally approved an application for a national bank charter filed in September 2025. According to the company’s announcement, the proposed entity must now satisfy specific OCC conditions,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

New York City Cooperatives Face New Timelines for Reviewing Purchase Applications

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Effective July 28, 2026, cooperatives face new requirements governing the way in which they process applications to purchase apartments. As many of you know, New York City Council held hearings concerning three proposed...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Rise of Trade Secret Litigation: Are You Prepared to Stop Your Trade Secrets from Walking Out the Door? (Part One)

Recent reports show that trade secret litigation hit a historic high in 2025 with more than 1,550 cases filed in federal courts across the United States. Experts may attempt to sift through this data and explain the what and...more

Patomak Global Partners

A New Chapter for Shareholder Proposals: Best Practices for Navigating the 2026 Proxy Season

In November 2025, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that, for the 2025–2026 proxy season, it will no longer issue substantive “no-action” letters for Rule 14a-8...more

Offit Kurman

So, The IRS Has Selected Your Return for Audit

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) audits 1% to 2% of small business income tax returns annually for one of two reasons: (1) something about the return (or information reported on the return) flagged the return for a closer...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Automatic Forfeiture Provision Does Not Invalidate Contract With Restrictive Covenants

On February 3, 2026, an en banc Delaware Supreme Court issued an order reversing the Court of Chancery’s holding that the exercise of an automatic forfeiture provision in an equity agreement rendered that agreement —...more

Conyers

Key Insurance Regulatory Updates

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We are only a few weeks into the start of 2026 and already there are new and important updates relevant to certain stakeholders operating in Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance industry....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Still No Certainty In Forum Selection for Derivative Litigation

Issuers facing threats of securities litigation have been trying to obtain as much certainty as possible concerning their potential exposure in such lawsuits for years. The effort has included attempts to have securities and...more

Vedder

Delaware High Court “Course Corrects” Restrictive Covenant Consideration in Equity Grant Setting

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In a decision issued earlier this week, North American Fire Ultimate Holdings, LP v. Doorly, the Delaware Supreme Court held that consideration for restrictive covenants is measured at the time of contracting and not at the...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Governor Phil Murphy Signs New Jersey’s Publics Works Contractor Registration Act into Law

On January 12, 2026, Governor Phil Murphy signed S-4281 (substituted by A-4006) into law, updating New Jersey’s Public Works Contractor Registration Act. The new statute meaningfully changes how partnerships and joint...more

Goodwin

Nasdaq Proposes Immediate Delisting for Companies Below $5 Million Market Value

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On January 26, 2026, The Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq) filed a rule proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would permit the immediate suspension and delisting of a company listed on the Nasdaq Global...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Unlocking Value in a Middle Market Rebound

The 2025 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape showed a robust resurgence at the megadeal level, and many are hopeful that current macroeconomic tailwinds will give a much-needed jolt to middle market M&A in 2026. This...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

AI Today in 5: February 9, 2026, The AI Agents Doing Compliance Edition

Welcome to AI Today in 5, the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network. Each day, Tom Fox will bring you 5 stories about AI to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the AI Today In...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report: FCPA Enforcement Shifts: Volatility and Uncertainty

Welcome to the award-winning FCPA Compliance Report, the longest-running podcast in compliance. In this episode, host Tom Fox welcomes Anik Shah, the Global Director of Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Compliance at Sandisk,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: February 9, 2026, The Is Netflix a Monopoly Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Sunday Book Review: February 8, 2026, The Books on Creativity Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or...more

Mayer Brown

Principales mesures issues de la loi de finances pour 2026

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Le 2 février 2026, le projet de loi de finances pour 2026 (le « PLF 2026 ») a été considéré comme définitivement adopté dans le cadre de la procédure de l’article 49.3 de la Constitution. Cette version définitive du PLF 2026...more

Burr & Forman

How IP Litigation Can Make Strategic Business Sense for Midsize Companies

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For most executives at middle-market companies, pursuing intellectual property litigation might seem like a prospect to avoid at all costs. Litigation, they believe, is expensive, time-consuming, and unpredictable. Those...more

Mayer Brown

Delaware Law Alert: New Perspectives on Earnouts

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The Delaware Supreme Court has clarified important aspects of Delaware law in the context of an earnout dispute that the Delaware Chancery Court decided in favor of the sellers in 2024. We analyzed the Chancery Court’s...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Approval of Minimum Corporate Tax on Multinational Groups Law: Israel Joins the New Global Standard

On December 31, 2025, Israel enacted legislation imposing a minimum corporate tax on multinational groups, which applies to Israeli resident entities that are members of an MNE as of the 2026 tax year....more

Holland & Knight LLP

Washington Legislature Proposes Sweeping CPOM Restrictions, Reporting Statute Amendments

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The Washington state legislature on January 12, 2026, introduced Second Substitute Senate Bill 5387 (2SSB 5387), which seeks to significantly expand and codify Washington's corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) doctrine. 2SSB...more

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Antitrust and Competition Life Sciences Year in Review 2025

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After four years of unpredictably aggressive—and often controversial—merger review, the expectations were that under the new leadership, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s review of life sciences transactions would return...more

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FCA Enforcement Watch and Beyond - Five Headline Trends for 2026

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The FCA’s launch of its inaugural Enforcement Watch newsletter provides fresh visibility into the regulator’s enforcement caseload, priorities and approach. Coupled with the High Court’s recent two-part judgment endorsing the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

5 Strategies to Strengthen Corporate Governance

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Major investors are increasingly using AI to decide how to vote proxies, and JPMorgan’s industry-first decision to replace its external proxy advisors with an in-house AI tool signals that the trend is accelerating....more

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