By: Peter T. Shapiro , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s religion, and also requires employers to furnish reasonable accommodations...

By: Pete Lareau . THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES THE PERSUADER REPORTING RULES under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA). 1 For many years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) had almost always maintained that an outside counsel’s...

By: Jonathan R. Mook , DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. Given concerns over rising health care costs and missed workdays by employees suffering from various illnesses, many employers have implemented employee wellness programs and activities to promote healthier...

TO FURTHER THE GOAL OF ADVANCING the rule of law around the world, LexisNexis Legal & Professional has launched a first-of-its-kind interactive rule of law awareness tool, the LexisNexis Rule of Law Impact Tracker. According to the United Nations...

Matthew Merkle : Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP MATTHEW MERKLE IS A CAPITAL markets partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Matthew represents private equity sponsors, issuers, and investment banks in high-yield debt offerings...

By: Thomas G. Maira , Reed Smith LLP. As funds raised in the 2006–2008 heyday of private equity reach the ends of their 10 year terms, there has been a surge of restructurings of those funds utilizing a stapled secondarystructure. The widely...

By: Stuart H. Gelfond and Burcin Eren. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (NYSE) HAS SPECIFIC requirements applicable to listed companies to receive shareholder approval in connection with certain transactions, including issuing equity and convertible securities...

By: Ethan Horwitz , Carlton Fields. TODAY, BOTH PATENT OWNERS AND ACCUSED INFRINGERS have multiple choices of venues in which to litigate the validity of a patent. There is the historic option of a patent infringement case in the federal courts. Increasingly...

By: Eric E. Bensen. The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) 1 creates for the first time a federal private cause of action for trade secret misappropriation. 2 Prior to the DTSA’s enactment, private causes of action for trade secret misappropriation...

By: James E. Meadows , Culhane Meadows PLLC. Cloud computing is a subscription-based service that offers on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computer resources (e.g., networks, applications, servers, storage, etc.) that is usually...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis. There are innumerable articles, books, and seminars that offer guidance on contract drafting style. Among many other things, they typically counsel drafters to avoid legalese, redundancy, inconsistency...

STUDY ON INJECTION WELL INDUCED EARTHQUAKES THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) RECENTLY released its short-term forecast for seismic activity. For the first time, it includes a discussion of “Induced Earthquakes.” The study, which comes...