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Gardner Law

[Hybrid Event] Due Diligence Decoded: M&A Success in FDA-Regulated Industries - September 20th, Boston, MA

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Join Gardner Law for a half-day CLE event in person at Loft on Two in Boston, MA or attend virtually. Industry experts will decode the intricacies of regulatory scrutiny and strategic decision-making in acquisitions. Gain...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry - May 9th - 10th, New York, NY

Hosted by the American Conference Institute, the 19th Annual FCPA & Anti-Corruption Conference for the Life Sciences Industry returns for another exciting year with carefully researched programming based on critical findings...more

Gardner Law

[Hybrid Event] Navigating the M&A Waters of FDA-Regulated Companies - May 18th, Spring Park, MN

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Join Gardner Law and colleagues live from Lord Fletcher's on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota for a complimentary CLE event. Hear from a panel of experts on compliance, data breaches, FDA regulations, privacy, and more....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How Not to Make a Deal: 5 Key Cybersecurity Concerns in M&A

Cyber risks are increasing, and as a result, due diligence inquiries and valuations are increasingly focusing on the cybersecurity and privacy risks inherent in a business’s collection, use, retention and disposal of data. ...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Cybersécurité et F&A : la vérification diligente en temps de pandémie

Au cours des dernières années, nous avons constaté qu’un bon nombre d’opérations de fusion et acquisition (« F&A ») ont mis un accent de plus en plus important sur la vérification diligente en matière de cybersécurité. C’est...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Transactions During COVID-19

In recent years, we have seen an increased focus on cybersecurity due diligence in many mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. This directly relates to most organizations being heavily dependant on digital assets to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Big-Ticket Fines and Veil-Piercing Cases Raise Portfolio Company Liability Risks for PE Parents

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How can private equity firms identify and mitigate inherited liability risk from vulnerable portfolio companies? Ongoing big ticket regulatory fines coupled with high profile corporate veil cases indicate that private...more

White and Williams LLP

Cybersecurity and Legal Due Diligence Considerations in M&A Transactions

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When prospective buyers conduct legal due diligence in merger and acquisition transactions the main focus is typically on the traditional items, such as financials, debt instruments, major contracts and other key metrics...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Why Every M&A Deal Should Include Data Privacy Due Diligence

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Milk, meat, fruits, breads … and data protection. These are the new food groups for your M&A deal. Just 24 hours after the notice of intent to fine British Airways 183 Million GBP, the UK ICO issued an intent to fine...more

Williams Mullen

Due Diligence of Corporate Data Assets In M&A Transactions: Data Protection/Privacy

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As data are quickly becoming significant corporate assets, lawyers need to help companies both maximize the value of their data and protect the business against any associated risks. This is particularly true in M&A...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Marriott Breach Highlights Importance of Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Deals

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In 2016, Marriott International announced its acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Coined by Marriott as a "smooth transaction," the announcement of the acquisition received an overwhelmingly positive response....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Marriott Announces Massive Data Breach—Illustrates the Importance of Cybersecurity in M&A Due Diligence

Marriott announced a major data breach, perhaps one of the largest in history. This breach illustrates the often made point that breaches and intrusions happen and go unnoticed for months or years....more

BCLP

Privacy Due Diligence In A Merger Or Acquisition

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The FTC can hold an acquirer responsible for the bad data privacy practices of a company that it acquires. Evaluating a target’s data privacy practices, however, can be daunting and complicated by the fact that many “data”...more

K&L Gates LLP

OnRisk: Insurance for Cyber Risk in M&A Transactions - A HUB Talks Podcast

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Cyber due diligence is quickly becoming the “new normal” for buyers in M&A transactions as they seek to protect themselves against cyber risk. Cyber due diligence, however, is only part of the solution. Many sophisticated...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cyber Risk a Modern Concern for M&A Dealmakers

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Amid a growing number of high-profile corporate data breaches, cybersecurity is now a key issue for strategic acquirers. Thehack of Yahoo, which came to light midway through its 2016 takeover by Verizon, resulted in a US$350...more

McDermott Will & Emery

International News: Focus on Health Care - Fall 2017

Nationalism and Cross-Border M&A: Navigating Populist Politics in Deal Making - More than half of the G20 countries voted-in campaigns that focused on harming foreign, outside interests as a means to strengthen domestic...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Three Lessons All Companies Can Learn from the Data Breaches that Cost Yahoo $350 Million

Yahoo Inc. recently disclosed three massive data breaches, which compromised the personal information of 1.5 billion users and cost Yahoo $350 million in its acquisition by Verizon Communications Inc. Additionally, the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bass, Berry & Sims Releases Securities & Shareholder Litigation 2017: A Look Ahead

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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC announces the release of its annual "Securities & Shareholder Litigation 2017: A Look Ahead," a high-level report that covers recent developments and offers best practices for the year ahead. The newly...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Deals and Data: Cybersecurity M&A Due Diligence

Cybersecurity due diligence is quickly becoming part of standard best practices in Merger & Acquisition (“M&A”) deals. Traditionally, the primary goal of due diligence is to investigate the target of a merger or acquisition...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Cybersecurity Diligence in M&A Transactions: Lessons from Verizon/Yahoo!

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Recently, in the midst of an M&A transaction involving Verizon and Yahoo!, news broke of a Yahoo! cybersecurity breach that had occurred approximately two years earlier. This event raised a lot of speculation around what...more

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