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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Hodl or Fold? The Insurance and Liability Minefield of Bitcoin for Business

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Cryptocurrency isn’t just for tech startups and X (formerly Twitter) enthusiasts anymore. Mainstream corporations are increasingly forced to consider Bitcoin—the undisputed “king” of crypto—and other investments into digital...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Calm Before the Storm: Building Crisis Resilience for Boards and Management Teams

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Corporate crises happen—and that means we have to plan for them. While it isn’t practical to prepare for every possible corporate crisis, there are steps that boards and management teams can take to be better prepared. In...more

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The SEC’s Cybersecurity Incident, Governance, and Management Reporting Requirements: What you Need to Know to Avoid Cyber and D&O...

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The SEC public company cyber disclosure rule raises issues that companies should consider in reviewing existing insurance coverage and in assessing overall risk....more

Perkins Coie

Preparing for the 2025 Public Company Reporting Season

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In anticipation of the upcoming reporting season, this Update highlights some of the most significant rule changes, guidance, institutional investor areas of focus, and trends for public companies to consider while preparing...more

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Navigating the Road Ahead: How AI and Vehicle Automation are Transforming the Transportation Industry

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to impact almost every modern industry, with no exception for the automotive and transportation industries. Today’s cars are more “connected” than ever, offering features such as...more

Perkins Coie

Glass Lewis Voting Policy Changes for 2025: 8 Things to Know

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Recently, Glass Lewis announced the release of its 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines and guidelines for Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues that apply across markets. Here are 8 things to know about this year’s...more

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Recent Developments for Directors - November 2024

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SEC Penalizes Director for Misleading D&O Questionnaire Response - The SEC recently brought an enforcement action against a director for causing violations of the proxy rules by failing to disclose a close personal...more

Cooley LLP

Public Companies Update – August One-Minute Reads

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Federal court dismisses some – but not all – of SEC’s complaint against SolarWinds - As originally reported in our November 2023 edition of One-Minute Reads, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Navigating the Legal Landscape of AI

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Bennett Jones welcomed the opportunity to present a practical, opportunity and risk focused approach to the governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the board level to the Institute of Corporate Directors. While AI is...more

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SEC to Continue Aggressive Enforcement Efforts in 2024 After Record-Setting 2023

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This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Public Company Watch: February 2024

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In the February edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including Exxon Mobil filing a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment to exclude a shareholder proposal from Arjuna...more

NAVEX

Risk & Compliance as a Strategic Imperative for the Board

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In an era marked by heightened global regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, the landscape of risk and compliance is undergoing an evolution making the strategic imperative for effective, risk-based compliance initiatives...more

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The Informed Board - Winter 2024

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The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

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Directors Quarterly: January 2024

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Taking stock, looking ahead - The start of a new year is an important opportunity for boards to take a step back and reassess their agendas to help ensure that they are appropriately focused on the most critical issues for...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q4 2023)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

Cooley LLP

Public Companies Update – December One-Minute Reads

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Share repurchase rules stayed, inching toward vacatur Our November One-Minute Reads addressed the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) violated the Administrative...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Public Company Watch: October 2023

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In the October edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the SEC adopting rules modernizing beneficial ownership reporting and short sale reporting, and issuing new C&DIs...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - October 2023

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Welcome to the October edition of Akin Intelligence. We continue to see bipartisan and international interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch, agencies are working towards developing...more

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SEC’s New Cyber Disclosure Rule: Challenges, Consequences, And Compliance

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) impending cyber disclosure rule, slated to commence on 15 December 2023, underscores an imperative shift towards a more transparent and accountable cybersecurity posture for...more

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V&E Quarterly Securities & ESG Updates - Summer 2023

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Welcome to Vinson & Elkins’ Securities and ESG Updates. Our aim is to provide insights into notable developments in securities reporting and the environmental, social and governance space over the quarter and, where...more

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SEC Adjusts Anticipated Action Date for Publication of Final Rules for Cybersecurity Reporting and Enhanced Standardized...

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Earlier this month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2023 Spring Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was released. The agenda identifies the rules that the agency expects to consider in...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Best Practices for Selecting, Staffing, and Supporting Complex and High-Velocity Legal Document Reviews

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Editor’s Note: In this insightful webcast hosted by HaystackID on April 19, 2023, our expert panel delved into the best practices for selecting, staffing, and supporting complex and high-velocity legal document reviews. The...more

Ankura

What Is on the Minds of CFOs?

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2022 was an eventful and tumultuous year that will long be remembered for aggressive Fed tightening, the Russia and Ukraine conflict, the cryptocurrency meltdown, and a sharp reduction in IPO and SPAC activity. 2023 is...more

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ISS and Glass Lewis Voting Guideline Updates

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As is customary this time of year, both Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis issued updates to their voting guidelines for the 2023 proxy season. At a high level, the updates focused on director...more

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Court of Chancery Dismisses Caremark Claims Because of Reporting Systems

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Delaware courts have historically been reluctant to allow Caremark (or “board oversight”) claims to gain traction, describing such a claim as “possibly the most difficult theory in corporation law upon which a plaintiff might...more

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