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Do Your Insider Trading Policies Cover The Prediction Markets? Should They?

Prediction markets now offer contracts tied directly to public company events—including stock price movements, earnings call language, regulatory outcomes, corporate announcements, and management decisions. These contracts...more

Weintraub Tobin

The One Document Every Founder Should Sign on Day One

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When an early-stage company falls apart, it’s rarely because the founders disagreed about the product. More often, it’s because they never documented the relationship between themselves. I’ve seen promising companies...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Heightened Protection for Controlling Stockholder Transactions

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On Feb. 27, the Delaware Supreme Court in Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC, No. 248, 2025 (Del. Feb. 27, 2026), upheld the constitutionality of recent amendments to Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2 Gurus Talk Compliance - Episode 72 - The Kristy in London Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court of Appeal Confirms Director and Officer Liability for Environmental Offences Does Not Require Knowledge of the Offence

On February 26, 2026, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its unanimous decision in R. v. Mossman, confirming that corporate directors and officers can be held personally liable for environmental offences without...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: March 13, 2026, The Unfair Trade Practices 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

Mayer Brown

DOJ Releases First-Ever Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement Policy For All Criminal Matters

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On March 10, 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a department-wide Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy (the “CEP” or the “Policy”), marking the first time the Department has adopted a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

DOJ Introduces First-Ever Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement Policy

On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) announced its first-ever Department-wide Corporate Enforcement Policy (“CEP”). This marks another significant step this Administration has taken in its...more

Akerman LLP

Pandora’s Bots: Autonomous Agentic AI as Enterprise Risk

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Executive Summary: A major new study by researchers at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Northeastern, and other leading institutions tested what happens when AI agents — the kind that can send emails, run software,...more

Nossaman LLP

Delaware Continues to Strike Down Overbroad Restrictive Covenants in Business Sales

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The Delaware Court of Chancery has reminded us again that the parties in business‑sale transactions must precisely draft restrictive covenants to be enforceable. In its March 4, 2026 decision in BluSky Restoration...more

Polsinelli

Florida Passes Sweeping Modernization of State Nonprofit Law, Effective July 1

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Key Takeaways: HB 797 will comprehensively modernize the Florida Nonprofit Corporation Act, with changes taking effect July 1, 2026....more

Jones Day

SEC Grants Section 16(a) Exemption for Directors and Officers of Foreign Private Issuers Organized in Certain Jurisdictions

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The Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act ("HFIAA"), which becomes effective on March 18, 2026, removes the historically available exemption from the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act ("Section...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

March 2026 CDI Updates

On March 6, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance published another series of updated and new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”), this time focusing on portions of...more

Integreon

The Next Operating Model for Knowledge Workers

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Consultants advising clients. Bankers structuring complex transactions. Lawyers navigating regulatory change. Marketers shaping brand and growth strategy. Analysts turning data into direction. These are today’s knowledge...more

Verrill

Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t – Avoiding Parent Corporation Liability for Environmental Violations at Subsidiary...

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In United States v. EES Coke Battery LLC, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found three parent corporations liable for a total of $120,000,000 in penalties and other damages for violations...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Above Board: Securities Litigation & Enforcement Outlook for 2026

In this episode of the Above Board podcast, hosts Scott Lesmes and Haima Marlier are joined by Morrison Foerster Securities Litigation partners Jamie Levitt and Ryan Keats to discuss what public companies can expect in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Red Flags Everywhere! – Ten Risks for Directors – Week 2

Each week for the next 10 weeks, we will publish an installment of our Red Flags Everywhere! series, highlighting key risk areas that public companies and their board of directors should keep top of mind. This series...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Lone Star Ambitions: More Public Companies Propose Moving to Texas

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In the preliminary proxy statement for its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, Exxon Mobil Corp (“Exxon”) proposes that shareholders approve a plan to reincorporate the company in Texas, which would end its 144-year legal...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Family office investing in private funds: The principal’s short-list

As the family office principal, you likely do not live in the weeds of fund documents. However, you do need clarity on the handful of issues that most directly affect your wealth, influence, and legacy....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Invest with confidence: Private equity funds for family offices

Consider whether extension rights are reasonable. Is it possible to tie any extension of the fund term to a reduced management fee, or require that a near-term exit plan for remaining assets be delivered to investors if the...more

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Pennsylvania LLC Disputes: Who Has Standing to Sue?

As a member of a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company (“LLC”), you may encounter disputes over company management, conflicts with outside vendors, disagreements among members, or concerns about LLC assets. In these...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Private credit funds: How family offices can protect the downside

One early 2025 survey reported that about a third of family offices intended to increase their allocations to private credit during 2025 and 2026 – the highest among alternative asset classes....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

No guesswork: Building a playbook for family office private fund investing

For sophisticated investors, including family office principals and executives, investing in private funds requires more than a red flag review of the governing agreement and a completed subscription agreement....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Make the right move: Hedge fund investing for family offices

Reports suggest that most family offices allocate capital to alternative assets, with a good portion of that capital flowing into hedge funds. As compared to other private fund categories, hedge funds offer investors relative...more

Offit Kurman

When Will the IRS Compromise Tax Liability?

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We have all seen the television commercials hawking tax relief with “satisfied clients” shilling for the promoter. But will the IRS really compromise a tax liability? If so, when, how, and why?...more

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