Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Is your M&A target a manufacturing company with automated production, a consumer products business with online sales and marketing or an education company that creates content for students? The...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/05/ma-transactions-drafting-ai-representations-and-warranties-for-non-ai-companies/

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, approv...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/04/ftc-votes-to-ban-noncompete-agreements/

In Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, No. 22-1165, 2024 WL 1588706 (U.S. Apr. 12, 2024) (“MIC”), the United States Supreme Court (Sotomayor, J.) held unanimously that “pure o...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/04/supreme-court-holds-pure-omissions-are-not-actionable-under-rule-10b-5b/

Over the last several years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has been laser-focused on the use of so-called “off-channel communications” in the financial services industry...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/04/what-private-equity-firms-need-to-know-about-the-ongoing-sec-investigation-of-off-channel-communications/

Beginning on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) requires each domestic and foreign entity that qualifies as a “reporting company” to file a Beneficial Ownership ...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/03/the-corporate-transparency-act-which-business-entities-are-impacted-and-what-is-required/

In Ap-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard, Inc., C.A. No. 2022-1001-KSJM, 2024 WL 863290 (Del. Ch. Feb. 29, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery (McCormick, C.) declined to dismiss a claim alleging t...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/03/the-delaware-court-of-chancery-puts-practitioners-on-notice-regarding-voting-formalities-around-merger-agreements/

In Palkon v. Maffei, C.A. No. 2023-0449-JTL, 2024 Del. Ch. LEXIS 48 (Del. Ch. Feb. 20, 2024) (Laster, V.C.) the Delaware Court of Chancery considered whether a controlling stockholder’s approv...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/02/delaware-corporations-must-employ-procedural-safeguards-when-approving-a-reincorporation-that-could-benefit-a-controlling-stockholder-to-avoid-entire-fairness-standard-of-review/

In Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, 601 U. S. ____, 2024 WL 478566 (2024), the United States Supreme Court (Sotomayor, J.) held that whistleblowers do not need to prove their employer acted with �...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/02/united-states-supreme-court-endorses-low-burden-of-proof-for-whistleblowers/

In Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. v. Ainslie, No. 162, 2023, 2024 WL 315193 (Del. Jan. 29, 2024), the Delaware Supreme Court held enforceable a “forfeiture for competition” provision in a limited p...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/02/delaware-supreme-court-enforces-forfeiture-for-competition-provision-in-partnership-agreement/

1. Higher Jurisdictional Thresholds For HSR Filings On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced revised, higher thresholds for premerger filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Ant...

https://www.corporatesecuritieslawblog.com/2024/01/higher-jurisdictional-and-filing-fees-thresholds-for-hsr-act-premerger-notifications-and-interlocking-directorates-announced-2/