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Board of Directors Antitrust Provisions Corporate Governance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Winter 2025

Boards face a multitude of challenges, and opportunities, with the change in administrations. As we describe in the latest issue of The Informed Board, the new administration is forcing companies to reexamine their approaches...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Agency Guidance for Avoiding “Interlocking” Directors and Officers

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the U.S. Antitrust Agencies) have recently reinvigorated antitrust enforcement against company “interlocks”—i.e., when a director or...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

DOJ Levels-Up Section 8 Enforcement: Gaming Company Director Resigns from Competitor’s Board in Response to DOJ Scrutiny

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On December 18, 2024, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced that Tencent Holdings Ltd. (“Tencent”) had removed two directors from the board of Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”) and relinquished its right to unilaterally...more

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How Can Our Board Work Better? A Brief, Practical Guide to Legal Considerations for Trade Association Board Governance

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Trade association boards, like the boards of other private companies, often consist of stakeholders who are personally and professionally invested in the organization. Board members typically also possess significant business...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for Directors - February 2023

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SEC Amends Trading Plan Rule, Requires More Disclosure for Insider Trading Amended - Rule 10b5-1 for trading plans takes effect on February 27, 2023. The amended rule adds new conditions to the affirmative defense against...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Increase in HSR Reportability Thresholds and Other HSR Developments

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On January 28, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the annual adjustment of the thresholds that trigger premerger reporting obligations (and the mandatory waiting period) under the Hart-Scott Rodino (HSR) Act,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

HR and HSR: Insider Purchases and Executive Compensation Can Require Antitrust Reporting

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Quick: Does your company have any insiders who either now or in the future may own $90 million or more in company stock?  The CEO?  The founder?  A member of the board?  If so, then now is the time for a crash course in the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2017

Here is our annual list of hot topics for the boardroom in the coming year: Corporate strategy: Oversee the development of the corporate strategy in an increasingly uncertain and volatile world economy with new and more...more

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