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Kohlberg & Company will acquire Worldwide Clinical Trials, according to a news release. Worldwide, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., is a full-service contract research organization.

It used to be so simple. Business contacts and useful client information were kept on an employer's IT system, belonged to the employer, and could not be copied or taken away when the employee left.

The English Court of Appeal has recently handed down a landmark decision confirming that an individual can recover damages under the UK's Data Protection Act 1998 for non-financial losses.

Antitrust Experts Urge Tougher Criminal Penalties for Corporate Violators

As previously reported, in fiscal year 2011 (the period running from Oct. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2011), the Antitrust Division obtained more than $520 million in criminal fines.

A federal jury in Kansas City deciding a class-action lawsuit involving a class of home sellers recently found that the National Association of Realtors (NAR)...

On December 6, 2013, Frank Peake, former president of Sea Star Line, was sentenced to five years in prison and a $25,000 criminal fine.

For hospitals and physicians, this article and this type of regulatory attention means renewed attention to assessing the antitrust aspects of consolidation efforts.

In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, regarding affirmative action in college admissions, the United States Supreme Court vacated a Fifth Circuit decision in favor of the University of Texas because the Fifth Circuit did not hold the University to the demanding burden of strict scrutiny.

Currently, furniture makers and retailers may opt to comply with voluntary stability and tip-over standards established by the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM).

Abercrombie & Fitch has negotiated a settlement to a shareholder derivative suit alleging excessive CEO pay for up to $2.78 million in attorneys’ fees.

In July 2013, the SEC proposed significant changes affecting private offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D, the most frequently used exemption from the registration requirements.

Courts have traditionally recognized what was called the "bright-line" test in assessing whether a corporate transaction conveyed the benefits of an attorney-client relationship (including the privilege).

The Carlyle Group’s recent settlement, reportedly $115 million, combines with earlier settlements by six other defendants for a total of nearly $600 million.

Two December 2011 court decisions interpreting Michigan law have challenged widely held expectations about the extent to which guarantors may be liable under so-called "bad boy" guarantees.

A new Conference Board report on proxy voting in 2014 reports a decline in shareholder proposals on executive compensation matters.

Many corporations and their lawyers assume that both the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine will protect communications and documents created during an internal corporate investigation, as long as a lawyer directs and supervises the investigation.

Shareholders approved a higher percentage of non-binding "golden parachute" proposals in M&A deals in 2013 than in 2012, despite ISS’s increasing resistance to such proposals, according to this report in the WSJ from Monday.