Legal News

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently upheld a provision in a merger agreement that prevented the buyer from using privileged emails between the seller and its attorneys in post-closing litigation. The decision, in Shareholder Representative...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The world’s largest medical device manufacturer, Medtronic, Inc. – based in Minnesota –  recently announced that many of its implanted cardiac defibrillators use an unencrypted wireless program that could allow computer hackers to change the...By: Gross McGinley LLP

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between February and April 2019....By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Technology acquisition decisions are fraught with complexity. Companies have a wide range of options other than acquisition, and sometimes it’s difficult to assess which path is the best way forward. The constant decision tree of build, rent or buy...By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Sprint and T-Mobile are facing new merger headwinds in the form of a NY & CA state AG-led lawsuit in the Southern District of New York that seeks to block the deal, alleging that it would cost customers of the companies “at least $4.5 billion a...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

No Personal Jurisdiction Over French Manufacturer of Allegedly Defective Component Incorporated into Product Sold by Different Manufacturer....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Property owners owe a duty of reasonable care to avoid causing harm to neighboring properties. When a property owner knows or should know about a condition that poses a risk of danger to neighboring properties, the property owner must exercise...By: White and Williams LLP

On June 7, 2019, an en banc Ninth Circuit panel affirmed certification of a nationwide settlement class and held, 8-3, that class certification criteria are applied less strictly in a settlement context.  Hyundai II preserves the ability to certify...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Arizona recently amended its Purchaser Dwelling Action statute to, among other things, involve all contractors in the process, establish the parties’ burdens of proof, add an attorney fees provision, establish procedural requirements and limit a...By: White and Williams LLP

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced yesterday that Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corporation agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine each to settle charges that the two companies violated the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act by failing to report Toshiba’s sale of...By: Ballard Spahr LLP