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Recent Developments In Corporate Disclosure Of Climate Change Risk - Part I
As shareholder and general public awareness regarding climate change escalates, public companies are increasingly being pressured to disclose information regarding the magnitude of their greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions and any resultant climate-change liability risks. Existing Securities...
Read MoreWhen The Going For GCs Gets Tough, Persuasive Counselors Need To Step Up
Editor: What legal principles protect directors? Veasey : In my view, it is very important for the general counsel and her in-house counsel to guide the directors as they perform their duties and to assure them when they have the protection of the Business Judgment Rule and other protections...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court In Stoneridge Refuses To Extend 10(b) Securities Fraud Liability To Secondary Actors
On January 15, 2008, the Supreme Court dealt another blow to the securities plaintiffs' bar in Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. - the latest of several recent decisions limiting private plaintiffs' attempts to expand the reach of the federal securities laws.1In its...
Read MoreShopping For Distressed Companies
The end of the credit bubble may be the first shoe to drop towards a new spike in default rates and corporate debt restructurings over the next couple of years. However, the dynamics of these restructurings may be different from the last time default rates spiked and may provide opportunities for...
Read MoreTaking A Commitment To Diversity To The Next Level
Editor: Ms. Moore, would you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Moore: People are often surprised to find out that I am not a lawyer by training and that, in addition, I have never worked at a law firm prior to joining Weil Gotshal, which occurred six months ago. My...
Read MoreAntitrust Trends In The UK And EU
Editor: Please give our readers a snapshot of your background and professional experience. Nave: I have been practicing antitrust law since 1984 in New York City and Washington, D.C. In 1998, I relocated to Brussels, and in 2000 to London. I have focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions....
Read MoreReflections On China's Enterprise Bankruptcy Law And Key Cross- Border Restructuring Issues: You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours
China's revised Enterprise Bankruptcy Law ("EBL") only recently, on 1st June 2007, came into effect. As the ink dries on its 136 articles, the EBL is yet to be tested.1One of the key drivers behind the implementation of the new bankruptcy laws was the need to continue to attract and maintain...
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