Dementia is a heartbreaking condition that robs individuals of their cognitive abilities. When those suffering from this disease are placed in the care of nursing homes, it’s expected that they will receive the highest level of care and compassion. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Vulnerable and Alone Individuals…

McGuireWoods has appointed Jeffrey Connor as its new chief operating officer, the firm said Thursday. He has served as the firm’s chief financial officer since 2015. As CFO, Connor oversaw a three-year transition of the firm’s practice management and financial system that continued through the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership,…

Andrew Goodman, a mergers and acquisitions partner focused on shareholder activism, has left Goodwin Procter and joined Paul Hastings, the latter said Thursday. Goodman, who spent most of the last two decades at Goodwin, will split time between his new firm’s Boston and New York offices. Goodman said he was…

At least nine large law firms drew work from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest enforcement action this week against 26 broker-dealers, corporate insiders and others for widespread recordkeeping failures. Davis Polk & Wardwell; Sidley Austin; Foley & Lardner; Milbank; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr; King & Spalding;…

Two weeks ago, Delaware enacted a series of amendments to its corporation law, as it does every summer.  Unlike every other summer, two weeks after the amendments went into effect, those who watch the Court of Chancery closely are still offering public critique. But alongside that discussion, a secondary debate…

Federal regulators have slammed 26 financial services companies with more than $470 million in fines for failing to save employees’ electronic communications. The punishments, announced Wednesday, are part of the agencies’ ongoing efforts to enforce rules requiring financial companies to retain so-called off-channel communications, such as WhatsApp and WeChat messages, so that…