Delaware Court of Chancery Rule 5.1 defines the requirements for court filings to receive confidential treatment, contrary to the presumption that all court filings should be made available to the public. (The former terminology “under seal” is no longer used
U.S. Securities Law Claims Based on Unsponsored Level I ADRs Cannot Proceed as Class Action
One of the enduring questions following in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank is whether transactions in a non-U.S. company’s unsponsored Level I American Depository Receipts (ADRs) can be the subject
Shutting Down a China WFOE: Don’t Go There
Shutting down a China WFOE: Just fading away is a bad idea. For reasons that ought to be apparent to anyone who reads the news, our China lawyers have of late been getting many emails from foreign companies looking
Digital Age Warfare: Ransomware Attacks
A. Introduction
In this digital age, it may not be out of place to say that data has replaced oil as the most valuable resource. The advancement of technology has led to the emergence of a new species of extortion,
Protection of trade secrets in Cyprus
How to protect undisclosed know-how and business information against unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure?
The Cyprus Law on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure of 2020 (164(I)/2020) (the ‘Law’)
The Skinny on Arbitrability of Judicial Dissolution Claims
Shareholder, partnership, and LLC agreements often include mandatory arbitration clauses. Do those clauses require arbitration of judicial dissolution claims? Find out in this week’s New York Business Divorce.
Cahill Gordon Discusses Proxy Advisers’ Voting Guidelines for 2022
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis) have each issued their respective proxy voting guidelines for 2022, which include a number of noteworthy revisions, summarized below. The ISS updates are available here and will apply
It’s Time to Regulate Stablecoins as Deposits and Require Their Issuers to Be FDIC-Insured Banks
In November 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) issued a report analyzing the rapid expansion and growing risks of the stablecoin market.[1] Stablecoins are digital assets that claim to maintain a “stable” value with reference
Digital Banking in Vietnam
Banking is a big business in Vietnam with 4 state-owned commercial banks, 31 joint-stock commercial banks, 2 joint-venture banks, 52 branch offices of foreign banks, 60 representative offices, 16 financial companies and 9 foreign banks[1]. According to an Austrade Report
China Online Gaming IP
China online gaming IP is a big deal for foreign companies whose games are played in China.
China presents a wealth of opportunities for foreign gaming companies, but (and this is true of pretty much every IP-laden industry), it also