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Alphabet case echoes 50 years of antitrust overreach. New technologies, not antitrust actions, have tended to humble tech giants of the past. There ’s no reason to believe that won’t be the case today as regulators target a new set of successful companies. Emerging Issues.
Merger guidelines will likely go away under Trump | Legal Dive
Nov 7, 2024 · One of the first things to go away will likely be the Biden administration’s 2023 merger guidelines.The guidelines are “very hostile to mergers and acquisitions,” Jon Dubrow of McDermott Will & Emery said in a Reuters report.. That view is shared by at least one of the Republican-appointed commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, Melissa Holyoak, who voted to approve the guidelines ...
Contract Law News & Analysis - Legal Dive
Oct 28, 2024 · Parties can contract around transfer of attorney-client privilege. The default in Delaware is for privilege to transfer to the surviving company post-merger but parties can agree to keep it within the target company, the state’s Superior Court …
GAAP is letting companies get away with anticompetitive mergers ...
2 days ago · The researchers think companies are closing hundreds of deals a year without reporting them. “If regulators required firms to include intangible capital … we estimate that the number of reported deals would rise by about 263 annually,” say the researchers, using 2001-2019 data. Had those additional 263 deals been included in 2019, for ...
Opinion - Legal Dive
Nov 5, 2024 · Let’s avoid legal patchwork for credit card surcharging. “All parties in the payments ecosystem would benefit greatly from state laws that provide clarity and consistency between jurisdictions,” write two legal professionals. Jonathan Razi and Keturah Taylor • May 23, 2024.
Legal Technology News & Analysis - Legal Dive
Oct 24, 2024 · Legal AI sees wide adoption but most teams unprepared for talent impact: survey. In-house counsel expect process efficiencies and cost savings but a majority say their companies aren’t ready for the change effects, ACC survey finds. By Justin Bachman • Oct. 7, 2024.
‘Active times’ for employment law as courts wade through new rules
Sep 18, 2024 · Weeks later, 18 states sued to block the guidance arguing that the EEOC exceeded its authority in expanding the Civil Rights Act. Beyond the federal level, state legislators have been active with new employment laws to address issues such as age discrimination, pay inequities, freelance workers, and wage discrimination based upon gender.
Court advisory committee OKs look at third-party funding disclosure
Oct 30, 2024 · When the U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules agreed earlier this month to create a subcommittee to look at litigation funding disclosure, it marked a big departure from the advisory board’s hands-off approach. “It probably deserves a careful look, if for no other reason than we don't know what we don't know," U.S. District Judge David Proctor said October 10 after the ...
9 of the year’s biggest in-house legal stories - Legal Dive
Dec 2, 2022 · Ann Kappler, executive vice president and general counsel at Prudential Financial Courtesy of Prudential Financial. General counsel and chief legal officers are trying to add value while lowering costs at their organizations. It’s not easy, particularly in this uncertain economic environment, but in-house leaders are finding ways to do it.
Supreme Court poised to weigh in on legal test for FLSA exemptions
Nov 5, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court took up a wage and hour case, E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, on Nov. 5 to clarify a circuit split regarding the standard of proof that employers must meet to show that employees are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The FLSA requires most U.S. employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked ...