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There was a decrease in the volume and value of securities class action settlements in 2011, but there is reason to expect that this […]
Until recently, according to the authors, the FTC viewed the matter of non-English-language documents during the discovery process with some flexibility. Today, the FTC […]
The major cost driver in litigation is not the trial, but rather the many expensive and time consuming pretrial tasks. Those costs have ballooned […]
General counsel and CFOs know about the high cost of litigation, including the cost of litigating such avoidable issues as choice of forum or […]
Law firms typically list their top four expenses (lowest to highest) as wages, rent, insurance and support services. With regard to support services contracts, […]
Performance contracting can be a way for facility owners or operators to “go green” and save money. What that means is that contractors include […]
According to Thomson Reuters, the value of announced M&A transactions during the first quarter of 2012 was down 15 per cent from the fourth […]
Canadian companies are becoming the dominant bidders in U.S.-Canada cross-border M&A deals. A strong Canadian dollar, weaker valuations in the United States and the […]
Parties contemplating an M&A transaction typically enter into a confidentiality agreement (CA) to facilitate the exchange of non-public information. The parties may include a […]
A recent Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP poll of 1,300 business professionals found that nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that market volatility has driven […]