Milbank Litigation & Arbitration partners Antonia M. Apps and Adam Fee, and special counsel Matthew Laroche, have authored “A Guide for Boards and Companies Facing Ransomware Demands.” The article was first published on October 16, 2021 in the Harvard Law School
Continue Reading Milbank Litigators Publish A Guide for Boards and Companies Considering Whether to Pay a Ransom Following a Cyber Attack in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
On July 28, 2021, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chair Gary Gensler, speaking at a webinar titled “Climate and Global Financial Markets,” set forth certain considerations to guide his staff in developing a rule that will require mandatory disclosure on
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Milbank LLP Litigation & Arbitration partners Antonia M. Apps and Adam Fee, and special counsel Matthew Laroche, who recently rejoined the firm after his tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, discuss
Continue Reading Milbank Litigators Assess Impact of DOJ’s Focus on “Foreign Agent” Cases in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Milbank LLP Litigation & Arbitration partners Antonia M. Apps and Adam Fee, and special counsel Matthew Laroche, who recently rejoined the firm after his tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York
Continue Reading Milbank Litigators Publish Article on Addressing the Escalating Threat of Ransomware in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
On June 15, 2021, within hours of her Senate confirmation as a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner, 32-year-old Lina Khan was appointed by President Biden to serve as the youngest FTC Chair in history.
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SPACs, or “blank check” Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, have surged over the past two years, raising over $75 billion (about half the total US IPO market) last year alone. Recent SEC statements add complexity to accounting and disclosure rules for
Continue Reading SPACs Fuel Hot M&A and IPO Markets – Will SEC Cool the Fire?
On April 15, 2021, U.S. President Joseph Biden signed an executive order (the “Executive Order”) that establishes a new authority for imposition of additional sanctions targeting the Russian Federation in response to Russia’s “continued and growing malign behavior.”
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At the beginning of the COVID outbreak in the US, The Williams Companies adopted an unusually protective poison pill to thwart any activist campaigns that might arise in the then existing market conditions. Vice Chancellor McCormick struck down the pill
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Any General Counsel who has been through a renewal of the company Directors and Officers Liability Insurance policy in the past couple of years has experienced a highly distressed market, with dramatic increases in prices, and challenges with respect to
Continue Reading D&O Insurance: State of the Market
On February 4, 2021, the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) jointly announced that they would immediately suspend the common practice of granting “early termination” of the initial 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Continue Reading FTC & DOJ Announce Temporary Suspension of HSR Act “Early Termination” and New HSR Act Thresholds
