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#Enforcement actions and new laws involving #cybersecurity, #AI and supply chains are expanding boards’ oversight responsibilities, The Informed Board explains. Plus, legal pitfalls in an election year and best practices for succession planning.
 
#supplychain #boardofdirectors #bestpractices #directorsandofficers

The European Commission’s recently revised Market Definition Notice confirms the authority’s forward-looking approach to dynamic and innovative #markets and identifies factors relevant for the agency’s assessment of multisided platforms and digital ecosystems.

Ingrid Vandenborre  Aleksandar Leshev  Fabian Uebele

#antitrust #competition #competitionlaw #europe

Succession planning for senior #management should be an annual process, managed by the board. Our panel discusses #bestpractices, including how to develop multiple and next-level candidates, how to keep internal candidates incentivized, and how appointment of an executive chairman for a fixed span can help a new #CEO transition into the role.

Erica Schohn  Ann Beth Stebbins  Blair Jones

#boardofdirectors  #labor  #employmentlaw  #laborlaw

Robert Chaplin and Feargal Ryan detail the circumstances where rules on group supervision will apply at the level of a group. Check out the latest episode of the “The Standard Formula” to hear the broader discussion on group supervision under Solvency II.

The full episode can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eSwfkXu8

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#insurance #solvencyii

Last year brought a surge of new activist campaigns in #Europe, including a wave in Germany. Many activists surveyed think French companies will make good targets. Many companies are installing defenses against #activists.

Pascal Bine  Katja Butler  Bruce Embley  Armand W. Grumberg  Holger Hofmeister Matthias Horbach  George Knighton  Simon Toms

#boardofdirectors #mergersandacquisitions #corporategovernance

A proposed U.S. Department of Commerce rule would require U.S. IaaS providers to verify information about foreign customers and report on #AI model training, and allow the department to prohibit the use of U.S. #IaaS products for malicious activity.

Brian Egan  David Simon  Joshua Silverstein  Tatiana Sullivan  Sruthi Venkatachalam

#artificialintelligence #cybersecurity #dataprivacy #internationaltrade #nationalsecurity

Karen Hoffman Lent and Kenneth Schwartz look at the new Merger Guidelines from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice. The authors discuss how the guidelines, previously updated in 2010, reflect the increasingly aggressive attitude to #antitrust #enforcement in the United States and abroad.

#competitionlaw #mergersandacquisitions #competition

#Corporations that want to help finance the presidential nominating conventions or support transition or inaugural activities need to be mindful of both campaign finance laws and pay-to-play rules. Violations of the latter could result in a company’s being banned for years from competing for #government contracts.

Charlie Ricciardelli  Melissa (Levine) Miles 

#campaignfinance #political #law #politics

The full impact on the private sector of a sweeping executive order on #artificialintelligence is becoming clearer as government agencies spell out details. Any company developing or using #AI is likely to be affected in some way.

Ken Kumayama  Pramode Chiruvolu  Anita Oh

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #intellectualproperty #nationalsecurity #privateequity

A group of our partners, led by Skadden Spinners team captain Tansy Woan, participated in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Cycle for Survival event in New York on February 9. The team raised nearly $30,000 to help beat rare cancers. Well done, all!

#beatcancer #cycling #spinning

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