Fiduciary Duty, Due Care

Blog: Fiduciary Duties And Financial Distress In The Time Of COVID-19

Cooley LLP on 3/23/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic disruption, creating sudden financial distress across industries. Companies are now facing impacts ranging from a dramatic decline in revenue of uncertain duration, to...more

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: What Dutch Companies Need To Know

International Lawyers Network on 9/1/2019

What constitutes sexual harassment? Sexual harassment occurs if someone shows verbal, non verbal or physical behavior with sexual connotation which aims at and results in the affection of the dignity of the other person....more

Chris Lazarini Discusses Financial Institution’s Fiduciary Duty to Beneficiary

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/16/2018

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed a case centered around three IRA accounts and the duty that UBS had to the beneficiary following the death of the client/IRA account holder. Prior to the client’s death,...more

Getting to Business Judgment in an Interested Transaction: Controlling Stockholder Must Put Procedural Protections in Place Prior...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/18/2018

In Flood v. Synutra Int’l, Inc., No. 101, 2018, 2018 Del. LEXIS 460 (Del. Oct. 9, 2018), the Delaware Supreme Court (Strine, C.J.) held that a controlling stockholder who pursues a merger with the controlled company will have...more

Insights: The Delaware Edition - October 2015

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/23/2015

We are pleased to share with you the inaugural issue of Insights: The Delaware Edition, a periodic publication addressing significant Delaware deal litigation and corporation law developments. In This Issue: - Q&A...more

"Delaware Supreme Court Reaffirms Important Protections for Corporate Directors"