News for In-House Counsel at Corporations | Legal Dive
Alphabet case echoes 50 years of antitrust overreach. New technologies, not antitrust actions, have tended to humble tech giants of the past. There ’s no reason to believe that won’t be the …
Merger guidelines will likely go away under Trump | Legal Dive
Nov 7, 2024 · One of the first things to go away will likely be the Biden administration’s 2023 merger guidelines.The guidelines are “very hostile to mergers and acquisitions,” Jon Dubrow …
Contract Law News & Analysis - Legal Dive
Oct 28, 2024 · Parties can contract around transfer of attorney-client privilege. The default in Delaware is for privilege to transfer to the surviving company post-merger but parties can …
GAAP is letting companies get away with anticompetitive mergers ...
2 days ago · The researchers think companies are closing hundreds of deals a year without reporting them. “If regulators required firms to include intangible capital … we estimate that the …
Opinion - Legal Dive
Nov 5, 2024 · Let’s avoid legal patchwork for credit card surcharging. “All parties in the payments ecosystem would benefit greatly from state laws that provide clarity and consistency between …
Legal Technology News & Analysis - Legal Dive
Oct 24, 2024 · Legal AI sees wide adoption but most teams unprepared for talent impact: survey. In-house counsel expect process efficiencies and cost savings but a majority say their …
‘Active times’ for employment law as courts wade through new rules
Sep 18, 2024 · Weeks later, 18 states sued to block the guidance arguing that the EEOC exceeded its authority in expanding the Civil Rights Act. Beyond the federal level, state …
Court advisory committee OKs look at third-party funding disclosure
Oct 30, 2024 · When the U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules agreed earlier this month to create a subcommittee to look at litigation funding disclosure, it marked a big …
9 of the year’s biggest in-house legal stories - Legal Dive
Dec 2, 2022 · Ann Kappler, executive vice president and general counsel at Prudential Financial Courtesy of Prudential Financial. General counsel and chief legal officers are trying to add …
Supreme Court poised to weigh in on legal test for FLSA exemptions
Nov 5, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court took up a wage and hour case, E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, on Nov. 5 to clarify a circuit split regarding the standard of proof that employers must …