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Protecting Privileged Pre-merger Communications Through Contractual Provisions

In Shareholder Representative Services LLC v. RSI Holdco, LLC, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the sellers of a target corporation retained the right to assert attorney-client privilege over pre-merger communications with the target...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP
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Pepper Hamilton LLP | Jun 06,2019 |

FTC Schedules Final Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection

On May 31, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) posted the agenda for its final hearing in the “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century” series. The hearing will take place on June 12, 2019. The FTC has invited state attorneys general...By: Epstein Becker & Green
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Epstein Becker & Green | Jun 06,2019 |

California Finalizes Proposition 65 Exemption for Coffee - June 2019

On June 3, 2019, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) announced that it had approved a regulation proposed by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that would exempt businesses from having to provide Proposition 65...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Morrison & Foerster LLP | Jun 06,2019 |

10 Questions Personal Transportation Manufacturers Should Answer Before Selling a New or Redesigned Product

Companies can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in litigation fees by taking proactive steps that put them in the best position possible to avoid potential legal claims and defend those that occur. From warnings to advertising content to solid...By: Nilan Johnson Lewis PA
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Nilan Johnson Lewis PA | Jun 06,2019 |

Financial Daily Dose 6.6.2019 | Top Story: FiatChrysler Withdraws Offer to Merge With Renault

Well, that was short lived.  FiatChrysler broke news late yesterday that it’s withdrawing its offer to merge with France’s Renault, mere weeks after the companies bowled over the auto world with the proposal. Fiat blamed the French government for...By: Robins Kaplan LLP
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Robins Kaplan LLP | Jun 06,2019 |

Supreme Court Decides Prescription Drug Preemption Case in Favor of Drug Manufacturer

The United States Supreme Court finally clarified its 11-year-old “clear evidence” standard for pharmaceutical preemption.  In its much-anticipated opinion delivered by Justice Breyer, the Court unanimously reversed the Third Circuit’s holding that...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed
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New Studies Show Traumatic Brain Injury Doubles the Risk of Suicide

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the common types of injuries that can occur in a motor vehicle crash. It’s an injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain caused by bumps, blows, or jolts to the head following a serious accident....By: The Brown Firm
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The Brown Firm | Jun 06,2019 |

[Video] Diversity Jurisdiction Involving an LLC: Everything You Need to Know (in about 2 minutes)

Watch this two-minute video tip from Nilan Johnson Lewis litigator, Brandie Morgenroth, who discusses pointers when removing a case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction when an LLC is involved. The citizenship of each LLC member is...By: Nilan Johnson Lewis PA
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Nilan Johnson Lewis PA | Jun 06,2019 |

Privilege Claw-Back Provision Upheld by Delaware Courts

In Great Hill Equity Partners IV, LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I, LLLP, 80 A.3d 155 (Del. Ch. 2013), the Delaware Court of Chancery clarified that under Delaware law the privilege for pre-merger communications passes to the surviving company after a...By: Liskow & Lewis
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Liskow & Lewis | Jun 06,2019 |

2019 M&A Report

With favorable macroeconomic conditions prevailing for much of 2018, high levels of cash among strategic acquirers and interest rates still at historically low levels (despite four interest rate hikes during the year), the number of reported M&A...By: WilmerHale
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WilmerHale | Jun 06,2019 |
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