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Latest News in Corporate
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January 13, 2025
6th Circ. OKs Home Depot's $50M Data Breach Coverage Loss
The Sixth Circuit affirmed Monday a finding that an electronic-data exclusion provision in Home Depot Inc.'s commercial general liability excess policies with Steadfast Insurance Co. and Great American Assurance Co. unambiguously barred coverage for the retail giant's $50 million claim for defense and settlement costs over a 2014 data breach.
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January 13, 2025
Insurer Drops Dispute Over Private Equity Firm's Deals
An excess insurer agreed Monday to drop its Massachusetts federal suit seeking to avoid coverage of two settlements made by its insured, the private equity firm Advent International, over supposed wrongful acts the company committed related to the sale of two portfolio companies to two different buyers.
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January 13, 2025
Ex-Acacia Research CIO Gave Relative Insider Info, SEC Says
Acacia Research Corp.'s former president was charged with insider trading in New York federal court for allegedly tipping off his sister-in-law with confidential information that helped her illegally net more than $428,000 in profitable trades involving two companies, securities regulators announced Monday.
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January 13, 2025
Shift4 To Pay SEC $750K For Undisclosed Family Payments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said payment processing firm Shift4 Payments Inc. will pay $750,000 to settle allegations it failed to report over $4 million in payments it made to immediate family members of the company's executives and directors.
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January 13, 2025
Justices Won't Review 11th Circ.'s Cancer Cluster Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't review the Eleventh Circuit's affirmation of a favorable jury verdict for defense contractor Pratt & Whitney, which was found to have failed to exercise reasonable care when disposing radioactive materials, but also freed it from liability for the cancer cases that emerged in a Florida neighborhood.
Areas of Coverage
- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- Company bylaws
- Fiduciary duties of executives
- Executive compensation
- Insider dealings and corporate disclosure
- Ethical and professional guidelines
- Shareholder and employee rights
- ENFORCEMENT
- Corporate formation rules
- Securities issuances
- Employment rules and regulations
- Product safety issues, including labeling of products and required safety warnings
- LITIGATION
- Major litigation in intellectual property, antitrust, securities, and employment law
- Privacy and data security issues
- Product safety and marketing disputes
- Merger-related suits, including disputes over contracts, break-up fees, and poison pills
- Insurance issues, including coverage for general liability and directors’ and officers’ liability
- Debtor and creditor disputes in bankruptcies
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of corporate practices
- Corporate legal department trends
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Chief legal officers and chief risk management officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals