Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 2, 2024

Posted by Cydney Posner, Cooley LLP, on Sunday, June 2, 2024 Editor's Note: Cydney Posner is Special Counsel at Cooley LLP. This post is based on her Cooley memorandum. Yesterday, Corp Fin Director Erik Gerding issued a statement designed to clarify the use of Form 8-K Item 1.05 versus Form 8-K Item 8.01 when reporting cybersecurity incidents. Sounds like some of us might be doing it incorrectly—or at least sub-optimally—potentially resulting in investor confusion.

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NYT M&A

JUNE 2, 2024

Professional leagues are embracing smaller markets in their search for newer stadiums and arenas and the potential for more devoted fan bases.

Marketability 109

Marketability Mergers & Acquisitions 109

Financial Times M&A

JUNE 2, 2024

Consolidation battle is forcing shrinking number of oil companies to look further afield for new prospects

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NYT M&A

JUNE 2, 2024

A special committee of Paramount’s board of directors supports a merger with Skydance, a studio that has increased its offer in recent days. But the deal isn’t done yet.

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Mergers & Acquisitions 77

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

Marketability

Benzinga

JUNE 2, 2024

In the face of mounting resistance from the Biden administration and the United Steelworkers (USW) union, Nippon Steel Corp (OTC: NISTY ) is intensifying efforts to secure the acquisition of United States Steel Corp (NYSE: X ). What Happened : Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori of Nippon Steel is set to return to the U.S. for further discussions concerning the proposed acquisition of U.S.

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Marketability 69

ThomsonReuters

JUNE 2, 2024

Jump to: Concerns around GenAI Why you still need GenAI What to look for in an AI assistant 2024 GenAI in Professional Services Discover perceptions, usage, and impact on the future of work View full report The potential benefits of AI for the tax and accounting profession are real. The professionals surveyed in the Thomson Reuters Institute’s 2024 Generative AI in Professional Services report demonstrate an overall sentiment surrounding GenAI remains hesitant, but that is quickly followed by op

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Compliance Technology 52

Financial Times M&A

JUNE 2, 2024

Private equity group planning to change offer to a ‘scheme of arrangement’ that would ease takeover

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Equity 75

Reynolds Holding

JUNE 2, 2024

This event, together with its East Coast and now Midwest counterparts, offers regulators like me a unique opportunity to speak directly to leaders of the securities bar about issues of mutual concern. That’s what I’d like to do this afternoon – speak to you all directly about a topic that has been widely discussed at events like this one, including by me, [1] and that is cooperation.

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Compliance Start-ups Technology Marketability 45

Reynolds Holding

JUNE 2, 2024

Over the past decade, so-called “ unilateral ” or “ asymmetric ” forum selection clauses have attracted a lot of attention. A unilateral forum selection clause does not name a court in which to resolve disputes at the time of signing. Instead, it gives one contracting party the right to unilaterally select a court after the dispute arises. In some cases, the courts have held that such clauses are enforceable.

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Start-ups 59