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Insider Trading and Off-Channel Communications in the Age of Remote and Hybrid Work Environments

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Phara Guberman, Kenneth Breen, and Kaitlyn O’Malley, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, on Sunday, May 12, 2024 Editor's Note: Phara Guberman and Kenneth Breen are Partners and Kaitlyn O’Malley is an Associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. This post is based on their Cadwalader memorandum. Though many, if not most, of the measures implemented to address the COVID pandemic have since been rolled back, the transition from fully in-person to remote and hybrid work environm

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Pret owner JAB shifts focus to insurance after consumer strategy wobbles

Financial Times M&A

New leaders say steady returns sector offers provide best fit for ‘permanent capital’ of Reimann family

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Comment on Fannie & Freddie’s AI Appraisal Photo Recognition by Chase Pursley

Appraisers Blog

In reply to Mary Cummins. > I doubt it will know all appliance brands since the 1920’s Just wanted to point out that this is exactly the type of thing that AI vision models are extremely good at (matching things from their enormous training library). Feel free to test this by dropping some old appliance photos into Gemini, GPT vision, etc. But on the other things, you’re spot-on.

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Takeover interest in UK companies hits highest since 2018

Financial Times M&A

Value of bids for London-listed groups climbs amid a global rebound in mergers and acquisitions

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

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.

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The Hype Trap: Valuation for AI Startups

Equidam

In a difficult environment for founders and investors, AI startups have been the obvious outlier with their ability to raise capital on generous terms. The excitement for what AI offers in the near future has concentrated interest from investors, many of whom are reeling from poor decisions made over the last decade. It would be easy to assume that we are amidst an incredible new wave of innovation, producing such a flare of enthusiastic capital deployment and dominating conversations in tech.

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Should Companies Announce Reviews of Strategic Alternatives?

Reynolds Holding

A company’s announcement that it is undertaking a “review of strategic alternatives” is Wall Street code for exploring a potential sale or merger. Though no transaction may occur, the announcement signals that the company is due for a shake up, with some sort of strategic change likely. Because such disclosures are voluntary, [1] directors and the CEO should carefully consider whether to announce the strategic review.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses State Requirements of “Fair Access” to Financial Services

Reynolds Holding

An increasing number of states have enacted or are considering enacting legislation requiring financial institutions to provide customers “fair access” to financial services. These fair access requirements, first appearing in Florida’s House Bill 3 (2023) (“FL HB 3”), generally prohibit financial institutions from denying or canceling services to a person, or otherwise discriminating against a person in making available services, on the basis of enumerated factors, commonly including political o

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Chuck Schumer Says Trump Might Be 'Hosting Dinners For Big Oil Execs' But FTC Should Side With Consumers On $53B Chevron-Hess Merger

Benzinga

The U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reevaluate the proposed $53 billion merger between Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) and Hess Corp (NYSE: HES ). What Happened : Schumer voiced his concerns over the merger on social media on Monday. He cautioned that the merger could empower oil majors to raise gas prices. “I'm sounding the alarm against yet another proposed Big Oil merger—a $53B deal between Chevron and Hess It would