BY PAMELA ADEWOYIN — The drama continues to unfold in the complicated world of music copyright. This month marks the moment, after six years of legal proceedings, Victor Willis, one of the lead group members of the popular 1970’s group Village People and writer of the hit song “YMCA,” can finally seize the opportunity to […]
BY MONICA E. WHITE — Since 1977, the popularity of the limited liability company (“LLC”) has grown tremendously, overtaking the corporation and the partnership as the preferred business structure in many jurisdictions. Amidst this growth in popularity, a legal debate has sparked concerning the existence, nature, and extent of the fiduciary and contractual duties owed […]
BY GERRIT M. BECKHAUS — Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a common phenomenon of great importance in today’s business world. However, the majority of them fail to achieve the aspired objectives. These failures can be attributed to various circumstances, inter alia decision-makers’ vulnerability to behavioral biases due to the complexity, uncertainty, and time pressure characteristic […]
BY JEFFREY A. VAN DETTA — With the economic instability roiling through the European Union (EU), companies located in the Euro Zone will be challenged truly to “think outside of the box” in structuring international growth from a now suddenly unstable home base. There is evidence that looking for investment opportunities outside the Euro Zone […]
