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Sullivan & Cromwell present the S&C Critical Insights podcast. Topics include M&A trends across industries, corporate governance including shareholder activism, litigation, arbitration, products liability, and more.
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Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
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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Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
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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Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
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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Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
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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Monday Aug 20, 2018
Monday Aug 20, 2018
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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Thursday Aug 09, 2018
Thursday Aug 09, 2018
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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Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
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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Monday May 14, 2018
Monday May 14, 2018
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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Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Criminal trading investigations have historically focused on insider trading. More recently, the U.S. Department of Justice has moved toward the aggressive prosecution of a wider variety of trading activities. What are the latest developments in criminal and government investigations into market trading? And what should your company do to avoid becoming a subject of one of these investigations? Nic Bourtin and Alex Willscher, partners in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Criminal Defense & Investigations Group, share their perspectives in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.
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Tuesday Apr 10, 2018
Tuesday Apr 10, 2018
Boards want to be prepared to address shareholder activism—but it can be difficult to keep up with new developments in the activist space. What are the latest shareholder activism trends of the past year that boards need to know? And what are their implications for the future? Melissa Sawyer and Marc Treviño share findings from their Review and Analysis of 2017 U.S. Shareholder Activism study in the latest episode of the S&C Critical Insights podcast series.
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