2024-2025 Global AI Trends Guide
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2021 securities, shareholder, and M&A litigation outlook
09 April 2021
Despite the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presented to the legal profession – including early court closures, the rise of "virtual" legal proceedings, and the financial hardships faced by clients in numerous industry sectors – courts have continued to resolve key corporate governance issues, some familiar and some new.
This publication presents our point of view on the year, including the key decisions from 2020 that provide a window into what 2021 holds in store. Our executive summary highlights four areas that we identified as notable trends, followed by our analysis of important decisions in 2020, and critical insight into how we believe these decisions may affect the corporate governance landscape in the future.
Notable trends include:
- COVID-19 and M&A transactions;
- Contours of statutory stockholder rights;
- New developments in core M&A and governance doctrines; and
- Federal forum selection provision.
Click here to listen to our team dive into the notable trends in greater detail.
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Authored by Ryan M. Philp, Jon M. Talotta, Michael Hefter, William (Bill) M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, David R. Michaeli, Ann C. Kim, Courtney Devon Taylor, Peter Bautz, Andrew M. Harris, Mohan Warusha Hennadige, Charles Barrera Moore, Sam Dougherty, and Jonathan Wieder.
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