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Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 4 May 2023
Adviser Fined for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Related to Leveraged ETF Investments
An investment adviser settled charges with the SEC for breach of fiduciary duty after failing to properly evaluate whether leveraged exchange traded…
Littler Mendelson PC | USA | 2 May 2023
Federal Court Dismisses Case Alleging Breach of ERISA Fiduciary Duties in 401(k) Class Action
Fiduciaries of retirement plans continue to be plagued by class actions brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) challenging…
Rahman Ravelli | United Kingdom | 27 Apr 2023
Knowledge of VAT Fraud
A cellphone company director lost his bid to challenge a £1.7 million-plus award against him for VAT fraud when the High Court said he had actual…
3PB Barristers | United Kingdom | 24 Apr 2023
Directors Beware: The Court's Stringent Stance on Breaching Fiduciary Duties
Imagine you are a director who is found to have breached your fiduciary duties by taking Preparatory steps to take advantage of a business…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 11 Apr 2023
Do New Delaware General Corporation Law Exculpation Amendments Trigger a Mandatory Class Vote for Changes to Charters?
In August 2022, a number of amendments to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) went into effect. One amendment of note is…
Slaughter and May | United Kingdom | 10 Mar 2023
That's my crypto - fork it over!
How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto (the…
Deloitte Legal | United Kingdom | 7 Mar 2023
Tulip Trading Ltd (a Seychelles company) v Van Der Laan and others [2022] EWHC 667 (Ch)
A recent High Court judgment dealt with several issues relevant to the cryptocurrency sector. The claimant (Tulip Trading Company) pleaded that it…
Taylor Wessing | United Kingdom | 23 Feb 2023
Do Bitcoin developers owe fiduciary duties to Bitcoin owners?
In the latest development in the Tulip Trading proceedings (which we have previously discussed here), the Court of Appeal found (in the context of a…
Littler Mendelson PC | USA | 25 Jan 2023
Update in ERISA Litigation Involving Breaches of Fiduciary Duty Claims
Several appellate courts over the past year have applied Supreme Court precedent to determine whether complaints properly allege a breach of…
Rahman Ravelli | United Kingdom | 16 Jan 2023
Company Personality and Insolvency
Since the end of the 19th century and the decision in Salomon v A Salomon and Co Ltd [1897] AC 22, it has been settled law that a company has its own…
