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DE Court Provides Important Guidance on Indemnification of Directors and Officers
September 28, 2012
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL ' 145) provides rules of the road for corporations to indemnify and obtain insurance to shield their directors and officers from personal liability for acts taken in their official capacities.
Less Is More in Database Discovery
September 28, 2012
In legal discovery, it is not uncommon to see production requests for a copy of an entire database instead of requests for targeted, relevant information. Is this the best path to follow?
Corporate Internal Investigations
September 28, 2012
This is the last of a three-part series giving companies a step-by-step guide for planning and conducting sensitive internal investigations into potential wrongdoing.
The JOBS Act and the Return of the Microcaps
September 28, 2012
An in-depth analysis from a leading financial expert.
Quarterly State Compliance Review
September 28, 2012
This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect between Aug. 1 and Oct. 1, including amendments to Delaware's corporation, LLC and LP laws. It also looks at some recent decisions from the courts Delaware, New York and Nevada.
Pinning Your Company's Hopes on Pinterest
September 28, 2012
By sharing images and encouraging others to re-pin them, Pinterest users may inadvertently engage in copyright or trademark infringement, violate licensing agreements, or run afoul of FTC rules for commercial endorsements.
Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of 'Sale' Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
August 31, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that pharmaceutical sales representatives, commonly known as "drug reps," are qualified as "outside salesm[e]n" under the FLSA and are, therefore, not subject to the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Act.
Conducting Discovery in Japan
August 31, 2012
The unique problem with conducting depositions or requesting production of documents in Japan, however, is that you cannot simply go to Japan and conduct discovery because it could be considered a violation of Japan's judicial sovereignty.
Corporate Internal Investigations
August 31, 2012
This is the second of a three-part series providing companies with a step-by-step guide for planning and conducting sensitive internal investigations into potential wrongdoing.
Criminal Background Checks
August 31, 2012
In January 2012, Pepsi agreed to enter into a settlement agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sweeping charge of race discrimination. The alleged discriminatory practice? The company's criminal background check policy.

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  • Private Equity Valuation: A Significant Decision
    Insiders (and others) in the private equity business are accustomed to seeing a good deal of discussion ' academic and trade ' on the question of the appropriate methods of valuing private equity positions and securities which are otherwise illiquid. An interesting recent decision in the Southern District has been brought to our attention. The case is <i>In Re Allied Capital Corp.</i>, CCH Fed. SEC L. Rep. 92411 (US DC, S.D.N.Y., Apr. 25, 2003). Judge Lynch's decision is well written, the Judge reviewing a motion to dismiss by a business development company, Allied Capital, against a strike suit claiming that Allied's method of valuing its portfolio failed adequately to account for i) conditions at the companies themselves and ii) market conditions. The complaint appears to be, as is often the case, slap dash, content to point out that Allied revalued some of its positions, marking them down for a variety of reasons, and the stock price went down - all this, in the view of plaintiff's counsel, amounting to violations of Rule 10b-5.
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