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The Maxim Integrated Products Case -- What Message Is The Delaware Chancery Court Trying To Send?
Editor: Mr. Profusek, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Profusek: I have spent my entire career with Jones Day, and like other so-called corporate lawyers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, transformed into a more specialized M&A and corporate...
Read MoreEmployment Hot Topics: Class Actions, IP Protection, E-Discovery Impacts
Editor: Mr. Gray, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Gray: I am a partner at Jones Day in the Chicago office, where I specialize in complex employment litigation. I came to Jones Day primarily as a consequence of its outstanding reputation for expertise in...
Read MoreJones Day's Diversity Initiative: Building An Environment Where All Can Reach Their Potential
Editor: Ms. Overton, please tell our readers something about your professional experience. Overton: I graduated from Michigan Law School in 1994, clerked for a federal judge, and then joined Jones Day. The antitrust practice was a great fit. I love the fact-finding process - it is so...
Read MoreThe Developing Concept Of "National E-Discovery Counsel"
The modern era has produced multiple forms of mass litigation: class actions for torts, securities law and other claims; simultaneous, coordinated multi-state proceedings, brought by the same or affiliated counsel; and actions aimed at both litigation and non-litigation (legislative, regulatory and...
Read MoreState Bar Compliance: In-House Counsel Beware
Corporate watchdogs have recently set their sights on in-house counsel. In Virginia, Smithfield Foods' general counsel came under attack by union-related groups for allowing his Virginia bar license to lapse. Both internal and bar investigations ensued. In Milwaukee, a political blogger has been...
Read MoreWhat The SEC Wants Now On: Related Persons, Independence Of Directors, Executive Pay Disclosure
On November 7, 2006, the SEC's new executive compensation and corporate governance rules went into effect.1 This article reports on several of the real-world challenges these new rules are already presenting for U.S. public companies. U.S. public companies need to be prepared for these new rules...
Read MoreThe Criminal Implications Of Backdating Stock Options
More than one hundred companies have been implicated in the recent federal inquiry into stock options backdating.1In July and August 2006, criminal charges were filed against executives from Comverse Technology, Inc. and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.2With more criminal charges in the...
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