S&C Critical Insights

Sustainability Reporting: What Should Companies Be Doing?

What should a company take into account when considering sustainability reporting, and what does sustainability reporting look like today? S&C lawyers Melissa Sawyer and James Shea discuss enhanced sustainability disclosures, common trends, where oversight of sustainability matters should sit at the board level and much more in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast.

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Crisis Management in Products Liability Litigation: Expectations and Considerations

What can a company expect when they’re faced with a products liability lawsuit? What should the first steps and considerations be? Sullivan & Cromwell partners Bill Monahan and Tom White discuss what companies should consider at the outset of a products liability litigation case in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast.

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Corporate Governance: What Boards Should Be Doing in the Wake of #MeToo

Sullivan & Cromwell partners Melissa Sawyer and Annie Ostrager discuss what boards should be doing in the wake of the #MeToo movement from the corporate governance and litigation perspectives in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast.

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Corporate Governance: Shareholder Activism in France

The past few years have shown a major uptick in shareholder activism across Europe. What does this wave of shareholder activism currently look like in France, and how does it differ from the U.S.? How should French companies approach activist investors, and what misconceptions might they have? S&C partners Olivier de Vilmorin and Melissa Sawyer share their expertise in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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Investigations & Enforcement: Whistleblowing Enforcement Trends

Whistleblower investigations have increased in frequency and importance for companies and regulatory agencies. How can companies prepare and respond to an investigation that may be spurred by a whistleblower report? Katy McArthur, partner in the Litigation practice and Co-coordinator of the Commodities, Futures and Derivatives practice, and Annie Ostrager, partner in the Criminal Defense and Investigations and Labor and Employment practices, share their expertise in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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Corporate Governance: A Look Back at the 2018 Proxy Season

What are the most significant developments relating to the 2018 U.S. annual meeting season? Armed with research from Sullivan & Cromwell’s 2018 Proxy Season Review, co-heads of the Corporate Governance & Activism practice Melissa Sawyer and Marc Treviño share their expertise in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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Litigation & Arbitration: Where Do We Go From Cyan?

How can issuers of public securities manage their risks after the Supreme Court’s decision in Cyan v. Beaver County Employees’ Retirement Fund? And what new securities issues might be coming up on the Supreme Court’s docket? David Rein and Matthew Schwartz, partners in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Litigation Group, share their expertise in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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Corporate Governance: Latest Trends in German Shareholder Activism

Over the past few years, we have seen an increase in shareholder activism in Germany. Will that trend continue? How does activism in Germany differ from activism in the United States? What can German companies do to prepare? Carsten Berrar and Melissa Sawyer, partners at Sullivan & Cromwell, share their expertise in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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Investigations & Enforcement: 2018 Trends in Spoofing Enforcement

The CFTC has made spoofing cases a top enforcement priority—and the DOJ shows no signs of dialing back the prioritization of spoofing enforcement under the new administration. Katy McArthur and Alex Willscher, partners in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Litigation Group, provide an update on spoofing enforcement trends in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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Investigations & Enforcement: Recent Trends in Criminal Antitrust Enforcement

Is the new leadership team at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division taking a new approach to criminal antitrust enforcement? What other developments should you know about, particularly in light of increasing international cooperation among various competition authorities and the increased criminalization outside the United States of antitrust/competition conduct? Daryl Libow and Alex Willscher, partners in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Litigation Group, share their antitrust expertise in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.

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