During the week of March 26, 2018, California announced that coffee shops are required to post warnings that the coffee customers are drinking may cause cancer.1 Such warnings are common in California thanks to Proposition 65 (“Prop 65”)—a thirty-year old California law mandating businesses to post cancer warnings if they sell products that contain substances…
Author: Charles Sorge
Fujifilm Suit; Activist Hedge Fund Concerns
In early February, activist hedge fund investor Darwin Deason filed a lawsuit against the well-known company Xerox1 The basis of the lawsuit stems from Xerox’s proposed merger with Fujifilm, which would lead to the creation of a new entity called, Fuji Xerox, and give Fujifilm a 50.1% stake in the created entity.2. Deason filed the…
Uncertainty With Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Under the Trump Administration; Expanding Role of CFIUS
The People’s Republic of China has grown into the world’s second largest economy, the largest manufacturing nation, and a major political/diplomatic presence at a rapid pace. For the first few decades post-1950, China relied on an inflow of foreign direct investment (“FDI”) while the country’s ability to offer cheap labor to companies and lopsided trade…
Amazon’s Second Headquarters: Effects on Legal Employment and Retention
Amazon’s decision to build a second worldwide headquarters created a wave of frenzy across North America. Exactly 238 cities, states, and regions spent hundreds of hours crafting unique proposals in the hopes of enticing the worldwide retail giant to call their city its new home.1 Several cities went to great lengths creating their proposals –…