All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues

Visa's has proposed a global corporate restructure and IPO to help distance itself from antitrust risks.  Its recent filings with the SEC explaining its plan is an exceedingly complex, dreary and foreboding document.  It does not inspire confidence. 

  The FTC's recently released unredacted version of the complaint against Whole Foods adds some spice to the case and helps explain the thinking behind bringing the case. In the unredacted material, Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey explained to the Whole Foods board that part of the rationale for acquiring...

The March 2005 explosion that killed 15 people and seriously injured 170 exposed a workplace culture in which fear and fealty to tight-fisted budgets trumped safety and common sense. Now BP is trying to change that. And what happens at Texas City -- changing work processes while spending part of the...

SNDK lost a second case at the ITC this month, again failing to convince the ALJ that STMicro infringes any valid Sandisk patent. That has implications for SNDK's relationship with STMicro; but, more importantly, it rightly ought to leave everyone wondering about the strength of SNDK's patent portfolio,...

How concerned is Sherwin Williams with the Rhode Island verdict? Solid companies go forward despite adversity!

Where the applicable insurance clauses really ambiguous or are insurance carriers just trying to minimize payouts? Should any doubt of coverage always go to the less sophisticated consumer? How much will Katrina really cost and who will ultimately pay the tab?  

This article obviously is purely speculative. However, if Ameritrade is acquired by TD then it will greatly increase competition in the sector because TD is an innovative financial services company. It has been the leading innovator in Canadian financial services since the 1960s, and has never lost...

Such analysis is pathetically weak and ill informed. It is absolute rubbish to say that Sandisk will slump because of this. Sandisk is an innovative company that has far more eggs in its basket than this.

Despite recent rulings by the Copyright Royalty Board over royalties to be paid for internet use of music, the battle is not yet over. Expect much lobbying and pushing by both sides as one burgeoning industry and one dying industry each fight for their economic lives

Lens solutions have been the target of many recent recalls. Will the no rub solutions become obsolete. While the risk of infection is usually minimal, why is is so prevalent lately?