On November 2, 2004, Californians voted overwhelmingly in favor of curbing abuses related to the state’s Unfair Competition Law (commonly referred to as the UCL or Section 17200). Proposition 64 adds standing requirements for private enforcement of consumer lawsuits, requiring the plaintiff to have suffered injury or lost property as a result of the challenged business practice. It also requires any plaintiff who purports to sue on behalf of others to follow California class action procedures, w

Carey Olsen's corporate team in the Cayman Islands has advised Global Technology Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)...

In the recent opinion by Vice Chancellor Glasscock, The Williams Companies, Inc. v. Energy Equity, LP, the Court of Chancery considered a request by plaintiff to enjoin defendant, Energy Equity, LP from attempting to terminate a Merger Agreement.

On November 24 the president-elect began the roll out of his cabinet, with additional nominations expected in the coming weeks.

We have had numerous guests on the podcast focused on legal tech, but in today's conversation, we talk about practical governance strategies for AI and other frontier technologies with Karen Silverman

For a decade, SEC rules have permitted general solicitation in private offerings. However, this flexibility has been underutilized as a result of restrictive SEC guidance on verifying accredited investor status.

On August 21, 2024, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas held that, while the debtor breached an agreement arising from an uptier transaction...

On October 14, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) that would, under certain circumstances, require public companies to include in their annual meeting proxy statements and on their proxy cards nominees for director that are submitted by shareholders meeting specified standards.

ZL Technologies brought suit, alleging libel per se and online impersonation, against seven anonymous individuals who represented themselves as current or former ZL employees and who posted critical reviews of ZL's management ...

Michaelin Higgins-Williams worked as a clinical assistant in Sutter's Shared Services Department. Higgins-Williams reported to her treating physician that she was stressed because of interactions at work with human resources and her manager.

Samantha Elauf, a practicing Muslim, wore a headscarf when she interviewed for a job with Abercrombie & Fitch.

The ubiquitous nature of arbitration clauses has led to a surge in the number of class action arbitrations. Several recent decisions in federal and state courts - including the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle have shed some light on this topic, although many issues remain unresolved. Parties should be cognizant of these unresolved issues when defending class actions filed in court and when drafting and reviewing arbitration clauses.

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In her complaint, Patterson alleged that she and Renee Miranda were employed by Domino's (the franchisor).

Earlier this year, RPX noted the transfer of roughly 80 US patents from NETGEAR to Estelgia LLC, an entity created in Delaware on December 13, 2024.

ImberaTek, LLC, an Ideahub, Inc. subsidiary, has sued over patents that it acquired from GE Embedded Electronics (f/k/a Imbera Electronics) in early 2020.

What are the Legal Issues Limiting the Scope of the Collateral Package in Second Lien Bond Deals?

Welcome to the latest edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands.

The tenth of the FTC's Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, held at the FTC Constitution Center in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2019,

The new EU Prospectus Directive (the Prospectus Directive) has been published December 31, 2003 in the Official Journal of the European Community with certain of its provisions taking effect as of this date. The Prospectus Directive is the first directive to be implemented under the EU Financial Services Action Plan and EU member states are expected to bring it into legal effect by July 1, 2005.