Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Posted by Erin Shortell (New York University), on Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Editor's Note: Erin Shortell is a Legal Fellow at the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law. This blog post is based on a recent Institute for Policy Integrity report by Ms. Shortell, Donald L.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Posted by Jennifer Arlen (New York University School of Law), and Lewis A. Kornhauser (New York University School of Law), on Monday, September 26, 2022 Editor's Note: Jennifer Arlen and Lewis A. Kornhauser are both Professors of Law at New York University School of Law. more…).

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Compliance 186

Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This post is based on their recent paper. and how it intersects with systemic racism (New York Times, 2020). and how it intersects with systemic racism (New York Times, 2020). Specifically, do demands for racial justice damage companies that contract heavily with the police? more…)

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Marketability 218

Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 24, 2022

Posted by Jeffrey A. This post is based on a recent paper by Prof. When the list was first published the week of February 28, only several dozen companies had announced their departure from Russia. Sonnenfeld (Yale School of Management), on Friday, June 24, 2022 Editor's Note: Jeffrey A. more…).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 12, 2023

Posted by Joni S. This post is based on a Dechert memorandum by Ms. A majority (20) of these lawsuits were filed in the Southern District of New York, followed by the Eastern District of New York (8). issuer lawsuits were against companies with headquarters and/or principal places of business in China.

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Banking 292

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 10, 2024

Fredricks and Bora P. Department of Justice (DOJ) Innovation: The Bright Side of Common Ownership? Hu (University of Texas) and Lawrence A.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Posted by Merel Spierings, The Conference Board, on Friday, November 24, 2023 Editor's Note: Merel Spierings is Senior Researcher at The Conference Board ESG Center in New York.

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Equity 322

Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 30, 2023

Posted by Margaret Engel and Bonnie Schindler, Compensation Advisory Partners, on Thursday, March 30, 2023 Editor's Note: Margaret Engel is a founding partner and Bonnie Schindler is principal at Compensation Advisory Partners. This post is based on their CAP memorandum. What is the timing for compliance?

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Compliance Marketability 225

Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, September 30, 2022 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of September 23-29, 2022. Posted by Maria Castañón Moats and Shannon Schuyler, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on Friday, September 23, 2022.

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Compliance Marketability 216

Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Posted by Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board, on Thursday, December 7, 2023 Editor's Note: Merel Spierings is Senior Researcher at The Conference Board ESG Center in New York. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 18, 2023

Posted by Marcel Kahan and Edward Rock (New York University), on Thursday, May 18, 2023 Editor's Note: Marcel Kahan is the George T. Rock is the Martin Lipton Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. This post is based on their recent paper. Lowy Professor of Law and Edward B. Strine, Jr.

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Firm Value 244

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 15, 2023

Posted by James J. This post is based on his recent article , forthcoming in the Wake Forest Law Review. Vale, the public corporation that owned the dam, had New York Stock Exchange-traded securities, which lost 25 percent of their value in the wake of the crisis. Park is a Professor of Law at UCLA.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 26, 2023

Posted by James R. This post is based on his testimony. Since 2003, I have been a scholar with the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a nonprofit public-policy think tank in New York City, where I have long been a senior fellow and directed the Institute’s legal policy research. My name is James R. 2] Overall, U.S.

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Marketability 189

Harvard Corporate Governance

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Posted by Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Editor's Note: Steve Newman is a Contributing Author at The Conference Board ESG Center in New York. more…)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Posted by Stephen Choi (New York University), Jessica M. Pritchard (University of Michigan), on Thursday, February 23, 2023 Editor's Note: Stephen Choi is the Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law, Jessica M. This post is based on their recent paper.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Posted by Pamela Marcogliese, Taryn Zucker, and Lauren Lee, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on Sunday, September 11, 2022 Editor's Note: Pamela Marcogliese is partner, Taryn Zucker is counsel, and Lauren Lee is an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. This post is based on their Freshfields memorandum. more…).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Posted by Neil Q. This post is based on their Milbank memorandum and is part of the Delaware law series ; links to other posts in the series are available here. Coates, Darius Palia, and Ge Wu; and The New Look of Deal Protection (discussed on the Forum here ) by Fernan Restrepo and Guhan Subramanian.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 29, 2022

Posted by Colleen Honigsberg (Stanford Law School) and Shivaram Rajgopal (Columbia Business School), on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Editor's Note: Colleen Honigsberg is an Assistant Professor at Stanford Law School; and Shivaram Rajgopal is the Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. This post is based on a rulemaking petition submitted to the U.S.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 29, 2024

Posted by Gary Gensler, U.S. Supreme Court The SEC’s Proposed Safeguarding Rule Will Cost Investors Posted by R.J. Millstein tribute Posted by Stephen Davis (Harvard Law School), on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Tags: ICGN , Ira M. Millstein , NACD , SOM COVID-19 Risk Factors and Boilerplate Disclosure Posted by Adam C.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ritter (University of Florida), and Donghang Zhang (University of South Carolina), on Monday, February 20, 2023 Tags: EGCs , IPO , JOBS , SEC , SPAC , VC Funds Retail Financial Innovation and Stock Market Dynamics: The Case of Target Date Funds Posted by Jonathan A. Bell, and Ron C.

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Marketability 189

Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Posted by Ning Chiu, Robert A. This post is based on their Davis Polk memorandum by Ms. On September 8, Judge Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York denied motions for summary judgment filed by both the SEC and the defendants in litigation alleging Regulation FD violations. Chiu, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kaplan, Martine M.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 20, 2022

Posted by Jason Halper, Mark Beardsworth, and Duncan Grieve, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, on Friday, May 20, 2022 Editor's Note: Jason Halper and Mark Beardsworth are partners and Duncan Grieve is special counsel at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. more…).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 31, 2022

Posted by David N. This post is based on an article first published in the New York Law Journal. Determining the proper composition of a public company board is a bit like trying to find the solution to a challenging, dynamic puzzle. Katz and Laura A. Katz is partner and Laura A. Strine, Jr. more…).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 13, 2022

Posted by Atinuke O. This post is based on her recent paper , forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review. I provide empirical evidence that in the last five years, public companies have firmly integrated diversity disclosures into their CSR/ESG disclosures.

Marketability 236

Marketability 236

Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 18, 2023

Posted by Samuel P. Background In 2019, Slack, a workplace messaging company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange via a direct listing instead of a traditional IPO. Groner, Katherine L. Romain, Michael P. Sternheim, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Sunday, June 18, 2023 Editor's Note: Samuel P.

Technology 247

Technology 247

Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 28, 2022

Posted by Haimavathi Marlier, Jina Choi, and Michael Birnbaum, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Thursday, July 28, 2022 Editor's Note: Haimavathi Marlier , Jina Choi , and Michael Birnbaum are partners at Morrison & Foerster LLP. This post is based on a Morrison & Foerster memorandum by Ms. Marlier, Ms. more…).

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Compliance Technology 214

Benzinga

JANUARY 25, 2024

Macy’s reportedly faces potential interest from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which is considering a bid despite the firm’s recent rejection of another unsolicited offer, The New York Post reported.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 9, 2024

California Digital Financial Assets Law California enacted its own version of New York’s “BitLicense” law, the Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), [1] becoming one of the first US states to implement a virtual-currency-specific regulatory regime. 2] The new law will take effect on July 1, 2025. Stablecoins.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MARCH 20, 2023

Posted by David Kistenbroker, Joni S. This post is based on a Dechert memorandum by Mr. Kistenbroker, Ms. In 2022, the total number of securities class action complaints filed remained below the more elevated levels we saw during 2017-2020, but life sciences companies were nonetheless still popular targets among these filings. [1]

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Posted by Hui Zhou (Tulane University) , on Thursday, November 17, 2022 Editor's Note: Hui Zhou is a PhD Student at Tulane University. This post is based on a recent paper by Ms. In this regard, does DuPont’s case also apply to other companies whose past publicly known scandals are resurfaced on big screens?

Marketability 190

Marketability Compliance 190

Benzinga

APRIL 15, 2024

Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company and the parent of TOYO Solar ("PubCo") intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and make available to Blue World's shareholders, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 of PubCo, as amended (File No.

Banking 40

Banking Marketability 40

M&A Leadership Council

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Steven Rosenberg Senior Dir, Global M&A, WTW Steven Rosenberg is a Senior Director within WTW’s M&A Practice and based in New York. He advises global clients on inorganic strategy, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, across all workstreams of the deal, pre and post transaction execution.

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Mergers & Acquisitions Technology 52

Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Horowitz, Fastapp founder, filed a lawsuit in New York court on January 31, 2022 against defendant Andrews to, among other things, remove Andrews as an officer and director of the Company because, when he brought her on as shareholder in 2020, he claimed that she. The article does not stress ‘bad.’…

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Appraisal 98

ThomsonReuters

APRIL 18, 2024

NYS Tax Appeals Tribunal, 801 NE2d 840 , 11/24/2003, challenging New York’s convenience of the employer rule brought by a law professor who worked for a law school located in New York from his home in Connecticut part of the time. It has already been struck down by a New York Administrative Law Judge.

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Compliance 52

Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 25, 2022

Posted by Amy D. This post is based on their Ropes & Gray memorandum. Gensler asserts that the process for selecting an ESG fund should be as straightforward as purchasing a carton of milk labelled fat-free and suggests that he would cause the SEC to pursue new disclosure rules for ESG-focused funds. Roy, William T.

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Finance Compliance Marketability 231

IVSC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IVSC is delighted to announce the appointment of Nicolas Konialidis as its new Asia Director, based in Singapore. The new office will give IVSC a much-needed base from which to coordinate its activity in the Asia region. Nicolas will take up his new role with IVSC from October 2022.

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Intangible Assets Corporate Finance Finance Banking 130

Benzinga

MARCH 14, 2024

We are excited to close this transaction with Textainer and are optimistic about the opportunities ahead for the Company," said James Wyper, Senior Managing Director at Stonepeak. "As Advisors BofA Securities served as financial. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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