The Delaware Court of Chancery green-lighted a shareholder’s lawsuit that alleges the directors of a biotech company rushed to reprice their own stock options before announcing the company had secured a patent for a cutting-edge cancer diagnosis tool. 

An FCC ruling says phone carriers may now use automatic blocks on unwanted or illegal robocalls – even without a request from a customer. In adopting the rule, Gerald Arth notes, the commissioners rejected concerns of business groups that it could lead to blocking many legitimate calls.

In this alert, Labor & Employment attorney Andrew MacDonald reports that he NLRB’s Division of Advice provided some clarity for businesses operating in the gig economy with a memo explaining why Uber drivers are deemed to be contractors, and not employees, for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act.