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Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Most states recognize that corporate directors and upper-level officers owe the corporation the duties of care, loyalty, and obedience. The duty to act in good faith has emerged in some jurisdictions as an equally...

Statutory Conflict of Interest Provisions

A majority of states have statutes that address director and officer conflicts of interests in corporate transactions. The conflict of interest provisions vary from state to state; however, most states have enacted some version...

Protection for Federal Water Pollution Control Act Whistleblowers

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into water in the United States. The Act makes illegal the discharge of any pollutant from a point source into any navigable water unless a permit is...

Premerger Second Requests for Information

Parties to mergers or acquisitions involving sales or assets of $200 million or meeting other threshold levels must report their planned merger or acquisition to the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission and wait for 30 days (15...