There has been a growing deference in Delaware courts for transactions approved by independent special committees and minority stockholders.

In the wake of the recent tragic events at the music festival, Astroworld, in which at least 10 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured...

New York, N.Y. (June 2022) - In recent years, there has been a concerning development regarding judicial analysis of Labor Law § 241(6). Specifically, Courts...

On February 1, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis released the Obama administration’s proposed fiscal year 2011 budget for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department).

The pattern is familiar: A proposed merger or acquisition involving a publicly traded company is announced and almost immediately law firms issue press releases announcing "investigations" into whether the target company and its board of directors breached their fiduciary duties.

In a decision with great potential significance for the structuring of going-private transactions, Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine recently held in In re MFW Shareholders Litigation that a merger with a controlling stockholder would be reviewed under the highly deferential business judgment rule rather than the "entire fairness" standard if the merger is structured to include certain procedural safeguards for minority shareholders.

The overall strength of the crypto asset markets in 2024 resulted in a year with significantly less crypto securities class action litigation than in recent years.

Health Canada has given U-Systems the go-ahead to market its somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound System in the country.

The rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence ("GenAI") — capable of autonomously producing text, images, and video — is nothing short of astounding.

In the winter months, many Canadians travel to resorts nationwide to engage in snow-related activities such as skiing, inner-tubing, and snowmobiling.

The last few years have ushered in an unprecedented wave of activity by Congress, the Obama Administration, and the courts in the False Claims Act (FCA) arena. This renewed focus by all three branches of government means that companies doing business with the federal government must remain vigilant of these changes in order to avoid liability.

The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of employment-related criminal background checks in the United States has been written, and one of the authors had some particularly strong words for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The subprime mortgage market consists of loans to borrowers with high credit risk, and the mechanisms that have evolved to originate, service, and finance those loans. While this market has existed since the early 1980s, it was not until the mid-1990s that the growth of the subprime industry gained significant momentum.

Every year, there are numerous state laws and local ordinances that take effect after the first of the year — and 2019 is no exception.

The following are this week's summaries of civil decisions released by the Court of Appeal.

Although this year's labor- and employment-related legislative activity was down slightly from that of 2013 – in part due to congressional gridlock