By: Timothy Murray, MURRAY, HOGUE & LANNIS Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an amorphous concept that defies simple explanation. At its heart, CSR is a philosophy that a business entity has certain societal obligations beyond the bottom...

By: Mark Haut, Practical Guidance This article provides an update on several developments that have occurred since the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) became effective on February 19, 2020. The SBRA created a new bankruptcy option under...

By: Richard P. Ormond, Buchalter PC This article provides an overview of receivership in real estate transactions. It discusses the legal basis for receivership, the role and powers of a receiver, the process of appointing a receiver, and the benefits...

By: Matthew D. Jenkins , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP This article provides an overview of compliance obligations and federal False Claims Act (FCA) risks to healthcare and life sciences companies arising out of three funding streams made available in response...

By: Michael B. Richman , Julie K. Stapel , Craig A. Bitman , Lindsay B. Jackson , Daniel R. Kleinman , and Natalie R. Wengroff , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its final rule on the application of the...

By: Brian A. Blitz , Craig L. Brown , Stephen B. Land , Edward Baker , and Sang H. Lee , Duval & Stachenfeld LLP The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has impacted, and will continue to impact, the health of Americans and the strength of our...

By: Neil Aragones , Sean Craig , and Patricia Tyler , Lexis Practice Advisor Tax Team This article discusses action taken by Congress and the IRS to provide coronavirus tax relief, including H.R. 6201 and high deductible health plan guidance. Also included...

By: Randi-Lynn Smallheer , Lexis Practice Advisor As the novel coronavirus outbreak forces people around the world to suspend business as usual, litigators still face deadlines, whether imposed by a judge, a set of rules, or a statute. This article...

By: Laura D. Richman and Michael L. Hermsen , Mayer Brown LLP This article discusses some key ramifications of the coronavirus outbreak for public companies. In addition to a host of significant general business concerns, such as those relating to liquidity...

By: Mark S. Bergman , John C. Kennedy , and Christopher J. Cummings , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Introduction This article discusses some key areas of focus regarding the coronavirus outbreak. It also highlights conditional relief...

By: Mark S. Bergman , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Introduction This article discusses the joint Public Statement 1 issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, SEC Division of Corporation...

By: Evan Hudson , Jeffrey S. Lowenthal , Jeffrey D. Uffner , and Michelle M. , Jewett Stroock & Stroock & Lavan The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, then markets continued a steep decline, as the coronavirus morphed from...

By: Betsy Johnson , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. This article provides guidance for employers on providing reasonable accommodations for disabled employees pursuant to Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA...

By: Joseph D. Guarino , DLA Piper This form is a Disability Accommodation Request (ADA) that an employee can use to request a reasonable accommodation. It contains practical guidance and drafting notes. This form is intended for private employers...

By: Sara Kula , DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP An employer may use this form to document the determination of an employee’s request for a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The form...

By: Jonathan R. Mook, DiMuroGinsberg, P.C. and Howard (Skip) Maginniss, MAGINNISS + DEL NINNO ARCHITECTS One goal of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the ADA or the Act) is to ensure that commercial facilities and public accommodations are...

By: Christopher E. Loh , Venable LLP The rise of antibody-based treatments in the pharmaceuticals market has been accompanied by developments in U.S. patent law that may adversely affect the scope of intellectual property protections available for such...

By: David Azarkh and Sean Dougherty, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP There are fundamental differences between the covenants of high yield and investment grade debt securities. While investment grade covenants tend to be less restrictive and more...

By: Kevin Cloutier , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP This article discusses both written discovery and depositions in misappropriation of trade secret and restrictive covenant actions. Specifically, the article addresses the following topics...

By: Kevin Cloutier , Shawn Fabian , and Mikela Sutrina , Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP The deposition questions in this form are provided by way of example only. Each question should be followed with appropriate further inquiry. You should...

By: Scott Bass and Deeona Gaskin , Sidley Austin LLP This article addresses key topics related to the management of data by drug, biologic, and medical device companies whose products are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This...

By: Timothy B. Howell and Alex Petrossian , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP The defined terms in any agreement are considered as the building blocks upon which the rest of the agreement is based, particularly when it comes to the negative covenants...

This article provides you and your clients with an overview of the federal environmental regulation affecting the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF oil and gas E&P at the...

ADAPTED FROM ENERGY LAW AND TRANSACTIONS , David J. Muchow and William A. Mogel , General Editors, 3 Energy Law and Transactions 71.01-71.04 This article explains the regulatory framework under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA...

By: Scott Anthony, Eric Blanchard, Matthew Gehl and Sarah Griffiths , Covington & Burling LLP This guide covers all related information that a securities practitioner needs when working with a clean and renewable energy company. It provides an overview...