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Managing Post-Quantum Data Privacy And Security Issues At The Leadership Level
Quantum computing poses unprecedented challenges to privacy and cybersecurity frameworks, fundamentally altering how organizations must approach data protection and compliance. As quantum capabilities advance, businesses face emerging risks including enhanced data analytics that could reidentify anonymized information and the threat of adversaries stockpiling encrypted data for future decryption. Organizations must proactively assess their risk profiles and implement strategic oversight measures to prepare
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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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US Government Equity And Equity-Linked Investments In Critical Minerals
Federal agencies are deploying equity and equity-linked capital instruments across the critical minerals sector, fundamentally reshaping how mining and processing projects are capitalized, governed and exited. This structural shift introduces new considerations for sponsors and strategic investors navigating transactions where national security priorities intersect with private capital formation.
United States Government
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Mayer Brown
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Court Of Chancery Enforces Non-Delaware Choice Of Forum In Corporate Governance Contract, Finding Legislature Overrode Key Judicial Precedents
A Delaware Court of Chancery decision enforces a California forum selection clause in a contract between a corporation and its founder-CEO, requiring breach of fiduciary duty claims to be heard in California courts. The ruling interprets 2024 amendments to Delaware's General Corporation Law as legislatively overriding prior precedent that protected Delaware's jurisdiction over fiduciary disputes, raising questions about the future enforceability of arbitration clauses in stockholder agreements.
United States Commercial
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Duane Morris LLP
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SEC Exempts Directors And Officers Of EEA FPIs From Section 16(a) Reporting—A Milestone For Transatlantic Regulatory Alignment
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a landmark exemptive order relieving directors and officers of certain foreign private issuers from Section 16(a) reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. This exemption applies to issuers incorporated in the European Economic Area and other qualifying jurisdictions where substantially similar disclosure requirements already exist, fundamentally reshaping compliance obligations for EEA-incorporated companies with U.S.-registered securities. What do
United States Finance
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PwC Legal Germany
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AI As A Strategic Asset: What Boards Need To Know About AI Sovereignty To Stay Ahead
Three forces shape every business’s AI strategy: geography and AI’s geopolitical context; the increasing complexities of the AI value chain; and the evolution of AI technologies and their applications. Here we explore how these factors impact the ability of multinationals to generate value from AI and defend themselves from AI-enabled competitors—while informing their approach to AI deals and risk management.
United States Technology
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A&O Shearman
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Consolidation: Making The Case For Strategic M&A In EU Industrials
The calculus for consolidation deals among European industrials companies is shifting, with the EU Commission under political pressure to relax regulatory constraints on growth at the same time as it looks to address existing concerns about concentration in the sector. All this comes as Europe’s industrial powerhouses confront a challenging market outlook shaped by weak demand, high energy costs, and tough import competition.
Worldwide Anti-trust
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A&O Shearman
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Eastern District Of New York Dismisses Proposed Class Action Against Exercise Equipment Company With Prejudice
On March 31, 2026, Judge Margo Brodie of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action against an exercise equipment company (the “Company”) and its officers and directors for alleged violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Tian v. Peloton Interactive, Inc., 23-cv-4279-MKB (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 31, 2026). Having previously granted a motion to dismiss the action with leave to amend, which we covered here, the Court granted this motion to dismiss with prejudice.
United States Commercial
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A&O Shearman
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The Invisible Pile
Construction projects accumulate invisible legal risks that neither field teams nor legal departments clearly own—from schedule documentation that becomes critical litigation evidence to supply chain exposures hiding in procurement decisions. These five overlooked risk categories develop in the gap between project execution and legal oversight, often remaining undetected until disputes arise and the evidentiary foundation needed to defend them has already eroded.
United States Real Estate
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Duane Morris LLP
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