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Insurance Coverage & Recovery
Legal And Business Skills Deliver Great Deals: A Discussion About Innovation In The Insurance Industry
Editor: Welcome, Nick. Please tell us about your practice and that of Clifford Chance’s insurance group generally. Williams: I’ve been practicing insurance law for more than 25 years, and our firm's insurance group focuses solely on that industry. Our practice encompasses the...
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Concerns About Reputation, Legal Risks Driving Changes In Companies’ Focus, Behavior
Editor: This is the third consecutive year Clifford Chance has conducted a global survey of this type, but the first time it’s tackled the topic of risk. What drove that decision? DiBari: In the first two years we wanted to take a closer look at how global M&A activity had been...
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The FTC’s Data Privacy Enforcement: A Wake-Up Call For U.S. Companies
With the recent data privacy breaches affecting consumers in the United States – look no further than Target’s credit card debacle leading to the resignation of the retailer’s chief executive officer – data privacy appears to be a current focal point for the U.S. Federal...
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Monetizing Your Bankruptcy Claims: An Introduction To The Claims Trading Market
While we may be a long way from the record-setting corporate default rates and numerous Chapter 11 filings that plagued the market during the height of the credit crisis – most noticeably the Chapter 11 filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its affiliates – the claims trading...
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Out-Of-Court Debt Restructuring And The Problem Of Holdouts And Free Riders
Restructuring professionals often promote the benefits of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code for restructuring the debts of insolvent or financially distressed businesses. Among its virtues, Chapter 11 provides a reasonably well-defined set of rules, a developed body of...
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Apple: Changing More Than Technology
The recent decision in U.S. v. Apple Inc. (“Apple”), which held that Apple’s agency agreement with publishers was a per se violation of the antitrust laws, may alter the antitrust analysis vertical distribution agreements. Companies with distribution agreements take note....
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Getting Public M&A Deals Done Today: Litigation And Its Effects
Editor: There has been a lot of focus recently on the prevalence of litigation around public M&A transactions. Can you give us your views on why there has been an increase in this type of litigation? Myers: The lawsuits challenging M&A transactions are coming from several sources. As...
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