Legal scholars from Stanford and the University of Chicago urged the Federal Circuit to rule that secret third-party sales don’t qualify as prior art when analyzing patents’ validity, challenging a broader reading of the on-sale bar from a recent district court decision.
Opendoor Technologies Inc. would benefit substantially from corporate reforms under a settlement with a venture capitalist and company leaders over the house-flipping startup’s blank-check merger, an investor said in a filing seeking final approval of the deal.
A Delaware Supreme Court inundated with cases targeting
A fee award for the shareholder attorneys who challenged four years of pay for
A group of Lloyd’s of London syndicates are on the hook for a $54 million jury award for Citgo Petroleum Corp. stemming from the the Venezuelan government’s seizure of a crude oil shipment in 2019.
Merchant cash advance lenders for bankrupt New York City live music venue owner Avant Gardner sued three board members and distressed debt fund Axar Capital Management LLC over alleged misrepresentations of the company’s financial condition.
Proposition 6 would amend the Texas Constitution to permanently ban taxes on securities transactions and occupation taxes on registered market operators. This would make Texas the only state in the US with a constitutional ban on securities-transfer taxes.
Better Home & Finance Holding Co. escaped a challenge Monday to an advance-notice bylaw that stockholders had blasted as “unintelligible.”
A group of settlement trusts created to handle claims against manufacturers of cancer-causing asbestos failed in their bid to toss a lawsuit challenging a new data retention policy that would delete information older than a year.
Criminal case specialists, appointed by courts to aid judiciary-funded defense lawyers, are cutting costs and refusing assignments after four months of working without pay, prompting lawyers to request case delays.
Massive surprise offers by activist investors for competitor companies in 2025 reminded businesses seeking to protect themselves from hostile takeovers to look back at almost-forgotten defenses.
The debate over the accounting treatment of stablecoins matters not only to companies, accountants, and auditors, but also to investors, regulators, and markets. Clear financial reporting underpins investor confidence and financial stability by extension.
In an era of shrinking budgets and rising complexity, smart general counsel should rethink how they engage legal services. The solution is matching the right work to the right kind of firm.
Private credit funds should bolster their compliance programs, with a particular focus on valuation practices, conflict management frameworks, and underwriting standards.
California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest public pension plan in the US, is planning to vote against