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Public Companies: Alert - September 2, 2010

On August 25, 2010, the SEC adopted new rules that require all U.S. public companies (and certain non-U.S. companies that comply with the U.S. proxy rules) to include in their proxy materials shareholder director nominees and shareholder proposals that seek to regulate the nomination and election of directors.

The Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. FEC

This alert reviews key aspects of last week's landmark Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, in which the Court cleared the way for corporations and labor unions to contribute to political campaigns in a more direct way - and permitted those entities to pay for express advocacy as long as the advocacy is not coordinated with any campaign or political party. It also points to underreported aspects of the ruling, and areas of campaign finance rules that will remain the same.

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Ensuring Choice-of-Law Provision Includes Non-Contractual Claims

New York Law Journal

July 7, 2009

Mitchell Jed Geller - New York

Since the purpose of a choice-of-law provision designating New York law (or other state's law) is to encompass any and all claims, controversies or disputes arising under or related to the agreement or the relationship between the parties, the failure to include such language can be devastating to a client if another state's law applied under a conflicts analysis is materially different from New York law. This article discusses how this unfortunate result can easily be avoided by the use of certain key words in the choice-of-law provision. To view the full article, please click on the link below.

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