Worldwide: Directors and Officers

On July 29, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum titled ​"Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination," which follows up on President Trump's Executive Order 14173 that...

In the wake of headline-grabbing redomiciles many executives are reevaluating whether to form or maintain their companies in Delaware or to look instead...

This template memorandum is a comprehensive document intended to educate directors and officers of a newly public company about their legal and regulatory obligations under U.S. federal securities laws

In June 2025, two former executives were each sentenced to more than three years in prison for conspiracy and failure to report hazardous products to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC")...

A Delaware Superior Court, applying Delaware law, has held that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") request to toll the statute of limitations did not constitute a "Securities Claim" under a D&O policy because the tolling request was made in connection with an investigation into the company.

The Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) has been amended by two pieces of legislation. The first set of amendments, adopted as Senate Substitute 1 to Senate Bill 21...

When a public company confronts a crisis, whether stemming from regulatory scrutiny, operational setbacks, or some other unfortunate development, securities litigation exposure materializes rapidly.

Texas Has Embraced Pro-business Corporate Law Changes But Texas Corporations Have to Adopt or "Opt-In" to Some of the Changes

In Ezrasons, Inc. v. Rudd, 2025 NY Slip Op. 03008, 2025 N.Y. LEXIS 717 (N.Y. May 20, 2025), the New York Court of Appeals reaffirmed the fundamental...