By: Lori Zyskowski GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP The voting recommendations of proxy advisory firms—including, most notably, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis)—continue to influence the voting...

By: Devika Kewalramani MOSES & SINGER LLP Lawyers are prohibited from sharing legal fees with non-lawyers unless an exception applies. The issue of fee sharing infrequently arises for in-house counsel as they are typically salaried employees who...

By: Jeffrey Lieberman SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP This article identifies best practices to assist a 401(k) plan investment committee in satisfying its fiduciary obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974...

By: Ari M. Berman and Laurel S. Fensterstock VINSON & ELKINS LLP Private equity investments often present complicated questions concerning the attorneyclient privilege, ranging from the interactions between a private equity firm and its portfolio...

By: Karen Y. Cho MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP It is indisputable that technology is dramatically changing the way we live in the 21st century and will continue to play an even greater role. The Pew Research Institute’s 2014 Future of the Internet...

Checklist provided by Stephen R. Martin , partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP This checklist includes key themes from the compliance program expectations of government regulators around the world and best practices broken into five essential...

By: Stephen E. Reynolds and Nicole R. Woods ICE MILLER LLP In response to the increased concern surrounding cybersecurity, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) has released the Model Information Protection and Security Controls for Outside Counsel...

THE CONDUCTOR CANNOT HOPE TO KNOW EVERYTHING about each section of the orchestra, (e.g., what strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion must do in order to play their part). However, each section (and subsection) has its own chair who can determine that...

By: Stephen R. Martin ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP What is a Risk Assessment? A risk assessment is a review undertaken to help an organization understand its business and manage the related strategic, operational, financial, and/or compliance...

By: Terrance Oben OBEN LEGAL                                    THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES PRACTICAL STEPS THAT companies can take to successfully embed...

By: David J. Goldschmidt and Michael J. Schwartz SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP The planning and preparation that each public company must undertake in connection with periodic and current reporting is substantial in terms of time, effort...

SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON VALIDITY OF CLASS WAIVERS IN EMPLOYMENT CONTEXT By: Lexis Practice Advisor Staff THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS expected to decide this term whether the collective-bargaining provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA...