Litigation

Finance

Michael R. Smith, David E. Meadows, J. Andrew Pratt | King & Spalding LLP

Section 951 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires public companies to hold an advisory shareholder vote on executive compensation at least once every three years, and most public companies are now holding annual votes. In imposing this periodic requirement, Congress made clear that shareholder say-on-...

Intellectual Property

Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

General counsel and defense counsel know all too well that corporations are under stress in a world marked by erupting economic, political, and social media crises. A corporate enterprise can be brought to its knees by events beyond its control. A company’s plan to stabilize itself in the...

Healthcare

Patrick J. O'Toole, Jr., Elizabeth S. Weiswasser, Matthew L. Knowles, Bryana T. McGillycuddy | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Introduction A controversy over what the Supreme Court has now defined as “reverse payment settlement agreements” has been brewing for years. A reverse payment settlement agreement is a settlement agreement resolving patent infringement litigation brought by an innovator against a...