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When Business Relationships Break Down: How Contract Disputes, Shareholder Conflicts, And Business Divorce Intersect

In business, relationships matter as much as revenue. The strength of a partnership, shareholder group, or contractual alliance often determines whether a company grows—or unravels under pressure.

United States Commercial

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Patterson Law Firm

Executive Order Targets Proxy Advisors And Related DEI & ESG Policies

On December 11, 2025, the President signed an Executive Order titled "Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors" (the "EO").

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Mayer Brown

ISS Announces Benchmark Policy Update For 2026

On November 25, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) released its U.S. Benchmark Policy Voting Guidelines for the 2026 annual meeting season. Notable changes include...

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

ISS Announces 2026 Benchmark Proxy Voting Guidelines

In November 2025, ISS Governance ("ISS") announced its global Benchmark Proxy Voting Guidelines for shareholder meetings with dates on or after February 1, 2026.

Worldwide Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Section 47(b) Creates A Private Right Of Action Under The Investment Company Act Of 1940

United States Commercial

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Proskauer Rose LLP

When Shareholder Disputes Lead To Legal Malpractice Claims

United States Commercial

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Patterson Law Firm

The Valuation Discount That No One Can Agree On, Still

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Is Choice Of Law An Issue Of Fact?

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Glass Lewis Releases 2026 Benchmark Policy Guidelines Updates

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Thumbs Up For Upjohn: Sixth Circuit Upholds Privilege For Internal Investigations

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The SEC Says It Will Not Review No Action Requests For Certain Shareholder Proposals And Approves Exxon Mobil's Retail Investor Voting Program

United States Commercial

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Treasury Redeems Complex Proposed Excise Tax Regulations

United States Tax

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Alvarez & Marsal

Open Now: Survey On Shareholder Proposals

United States Commercial

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Mayer Brown

First Response Letter Under SEC's Updated Rule 14a-8 Guidance Marks A New Chapter

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

FBI's Most Recent Gambling Arrests Suggest Sports-Betting Regulations Are Effective

United States Media & IT

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Duane Morris LLP

Early Mediation: Is Your Case A Likely Candidate?

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Health Care Mediation Strategies: How To Resolve Complex Provider, Reimbursement, And Compliance Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

United States Litigation

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JAMS

SEC Announces Pause In Substantive No-Action Letter Responses To Rule 14a-8 Requests

On Nov. 17, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will pause substantive review of no-action letter requests regarding Rule 14a-8.

United States Commercial

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BakerHostetler

SEC To Defer To Companies Excluding Most Rule 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals This Proxy Season

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has announced that, for the 2025–2026 proxy season...

United States Commercial

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Baker Botts LLP

Final Treasury Regulations Significantly Limit Application Of 1% Corporate Stock Buyback Tax Rules

The U.S. government has issued final regulations significantly limiting the situations where a corporation will be liable for the 1% corporate stock buyback tax applicable to public companies.

United States Tax

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Jones Day

Prepping For Sale: Getting Your Employment And Benefits House In Order

Preparing for the sale of a company can often be overwhelming, leaving sellers and company management scrambling as they approach closing.

United States Employment

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Mintz

SEC No Longer A "Referee" In The Shareholder Proposal Process

United States Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Striking The Balance: Managing Shareholder Engagement In 2025

United States Commercial

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Jones Day

Southern District Of New York Denies SEC's Motion To Strike Affirmative Defenses Of Former Cannabis Company CFO

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Division Of Corporate Finance Announcement On Rule 14a-8

United States Commercial

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

SEC Severely Curtails Its Review Of 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal Exclusions

United States Commercial

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

SEC Staff Announces They Will Not Express Substantive Views On Requests To Exclude Most 14a-8 Shareholder Proposals For The 2025-2026 Proxy Season

United States Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

SEC Streamlines The Process For Excluding Shareholder Proposals During The Current Proxy Season

United States Commercial

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Arnold & Porter

SEC Will Not Weigh In On Exclusion Of Most Shareholder Proposals For Current Proxy Season

United States Commercial

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Cozen O'Connor

SEC Announces It Will Not Review Most 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal No-action Letters For Next Proxy Season

United States Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Limits Of Shareholder Capacity In Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Corporate Advisors

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

SEC Streamlines The Process For Excluding Shareholder Proposals During The Current Proxy Season

On November 17, 2025, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (Division) issued a statement regarding the Division's role in the Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 process for the current proxy season (the Statement).

United States Commercial

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Arnold & Porter

SEC Will Not Weigh In On Exclusion Of Most Shareholder Proposals For Current Proxy Season

On November 17, 2025, the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance (the SEC) announced a significant change in its approach to no-action requests for public companies to exclude shareholder...

United States Commercial

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Cozen O'Connor

SEC Announces It Will Not Review Most 14a-8 Shareholder Proposal No-action Letters For Next Proxy Season

On November 17, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance staff of the SEC ("Division") announced that, due to resource constraints...

United States Commercial

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Limits Of Shareholder Capacity In Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Corporate Advisors

The Supreme Court of Texas, in In re UMTH General Services, L.P. et al.,[1] held that claims against a third party advisor for breaches of fiduciary duty to an entity and its shareholders were claims of the entity, and that shareholders could only bring derivative, and not direct, claims.

United States Commercial

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Foley & Lardner

Take No-Action: SEC Will Not Respond To Majority Of No-Action Requests During 2026

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Staff Reviews Of Requests To Exclude Shareholder Proposals During 2026 Proxy Season

On November 17, 2025, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (the "SEC") Division of Corporation Finance published a new statement (the "Statement")...

United States Commercial

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Mayer Brown

Shutdown Aftermath: SEC Staff To Consider Only Shareholder Proposal No-Action Requests Challenging Propriety Of Proposals Under State Law

The Division of Corporation Finance (the "Division") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") released a statement today indicating that it will not respond...

United States Commercial

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Big Law Redefined: Delaware Miniseries Episode 1 | Navigating The 2025 Amendments To The DGCL—Delaware's New Section 144 & 220 Explained (Podcast)

In this inaugural episode of the Delaware Miniseries of Greenberg Traurig's Big Law Redefined Podcast, host Samuel Moultrie is joined by fellow Greenberg Traurig Delaware Shareholders...

United States Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Chairman Atkins Looking To Curb Proxy Advisor Influence

In a Friday appearance on Fox Business, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins signaled that the Securities and Exchange Commission is increasingly focused on curbing the influence of proxy advisory firms.

United States Commercial

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

SEC Announces Significant Change In Approach To Shareholder Proposals

United States Commercial

GP

Goodwin Procter LLP

ISS Releases Proposed Policy Updates For 2026 Annual Shareholder Meetings

United States Commercial

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Baker Botts LLP

White House Weighing Limits On Proxy Advisers And Index-Fund Voting

United States Commercial

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Foley Hoag LLP

Striking The Balance: Managing Shareholder Engagement In 2025

United States Commercial

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Jones Day

What Public Companies Need To Know: Top 10 Takeaways From The 2025 Proxy Disclosure & 22nd Annual Executive Compensation Conferences

United States Commercial

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Addressing Financial Disputes In Family-Owned Businesses

United States Commercial

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IR Global

BGH zur Wirecard-Insolvenz: Aktionärsansprüche sind keine einfachen Insolvenzforderungen

United States Insolvency

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Mayer Brown

How Americans Must Report 'Spin-Off' Shares Under Section 355 Of The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) In The U.S.

United States Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

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Mayer Brown

ExxonMobil's Game-Changer: SEC Approves Standing Voting Instructions (SVIs) For Retail Investors

United States Commercial

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Winston & Strawn LLP

The Redbox Meme Stock SAGA: From Dvds To Delaware Chancery Court

United States Commercial

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The Business Court Benches: Delaware And Texas Compared (Podcast)

United States Commercial

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Nasdaq's Shareholder Approval Requirement For Public Companies Seeking To Adopt Digital Asset Treasury Strategies

United States Commercial

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Bevilacqua

Selling A Business? What To Know About NDAs

United States Commercial

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Russo Law

REIT Privatizations In 2025: A Ripe Opportunity

United States Finance

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

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Key Lessons From The 2025 Proxy Season (Video)

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

DExit: Why Some Companies Are Leaving Delaware (Video)

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Foley & Lardner

Sounding Board: Shareholder Engagement (Video)

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Mayer Brown

The World's Top Businesses Do These 4 Things To Thrive In Turbulent Times (Video)

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AlixPartners

Board Diversity (Video)

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Arnold & Porter

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