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Highlights from 2022 litigation. ESG issues were the focuses of a claim against Red Lobster, data breach concerns made creating an incident response plan important to avoid litigation, and representations and warranties were the focus of mergers and acquisitions.

What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - In 2022, we published more than 30 editions of our Litigation Minute newsletter, with eight series featuring topics ranging from mass...

Heightened attention paid by regulators to the cryptocurrency, digital assets, and blockchain space—industry participants should expect to experience interactions with state and federal regulators.

The uptick in government investigations and enforcement actions for cryptocurrency industry participants is striking. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice have taken leading roles in enforcement mandates specific to the cryptocurrency space.

One of the most prevalent types of governance ESG class actions are shareholder derivative claims for breach of directors’ oversight duties, typically called Caremark claims, after the seminal case In re Caremark Int’l Derivative Litig., 698 A.2d 959 Del. Ch. 1996.