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With each passing day, we learn more about the implications of the 2016 election and how President Trump’s administration will approach federal policies that impact the energy industry. As you prepare for the year ahead, here are several key areas to...

A lot of North Carolina court decisions have questioned whether a claim for "aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty" can be made in North Carolina (many of them are cited in ¶16 of the Islet Sciences Opinion referenced below). Most of those...

In two related decisions, the Ontario Court has said, resoundingly, that it will respect the corporate veil, even for complicated corporate groups with numerous subsidiaries. Both decisions involve the enforcement of foreign judgments, though appeals...

On January 19, 2017, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging securities fraud violations, arising out of Hewlett-Packard’s former CEO’s alleged misrepresentations about HP’s ethical compliance. In a...

I’ve devoted several posts to how California’s General Corporation Law deals with fractional shares. Nevada’s approach to fractional shares is somewhat different. For example, Nevada permits rounding up to a full share in all cases. NRS...

Key Points - - Clarification and new guidance relating to suitability obligations under the Code of Conduct. - Outlines the regulatory obligations of licensed or registered persons....

The SEC banned the managing member and chief compliance officer of a registered investment adviser from the securities industry for illegal “cherry-picking” investments among the adviser’s managed accounts. The SEC staff uncovered the trades through...

Ideally, a round of golf is a good long walk, spoiled by intermittent swings of a club at a small, stationary ball, producing more or less attractive and effective arcs of flight.

OFAC’s Revised FAQs Regarding Iranian Sanctions: The Impact for Non-U.S. Companies Seeking to Do Business with Iran. On October 7, 2016 the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) revised its Frequently Asked Questions...

Dispute is heating up over IRS’s attempts to get personal information about users of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. Last November, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Northern...

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