SAN FRANCISCO ADOPTS ORDINANCE BANNING CITY’S USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY SAN FRANCISCO HAS BECOME THE FIRST CITY IN THE United States to ban the use of facial recognition technology to identify individuals. As a result, city agencies...

By: Patrick J. Lamparello and Noa M. Baddish Proskauer Rose LLP This article explains the process of mediating employment disputes, describes the contexts in which it may arise, and articulates the advantages and disadvantages of this process. Mediation...

By: Laurie E. Leader , Chicago-Kent College of Law and Effective Employment Mediation, LLC This checklist highlights the main points for attorneys to consider when pursuing the mediation of employment disputes, including sexual harassment claims. Parties...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray Hogue and Lannis The word warranty isn’t just mired in confusion; it leaps, dives, and wallows in it. It means so many different things that the great Karl Llewellyn, the chief architect of the Uniform Commercial Code...

By: Aravind Swaminathan , David T. Cohen , Rochelle Swartz , and Nicholas Farnsworth Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Illinois heightens the risks faced by companies collecting biometric information by...

By: Nicole M. Runyan and William J. Tuttle, Proskauer Rose LLP Increasing numbers of asset managers are evaluating the potential benefits of including a business development company (BDC) within their suite of managed funds and accounts. A BDC is a...

By: Janet B. Linn , Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP This article addresses how counsel for a generic drug company should prepare for patent litigation under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, better known as the Hatch...

By: Ari B. Blaut and Daniel R. Loeser , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP The U.S. debt capital markets are an important source of capital for companies that borrow money to finance their businesses. Companies borrow money for a variety of reasons, from financing...

By: Jessica Millett , Duval & Stachenfeld, LLP AS KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE PROGRAM (the OZ Program), which was tucked away inside the 2017 Tax Reform package, 1 trickled out to the real estate community, ears began to perk up all over the...

By: Cynthia Borrelli and Michael J. Morris , Bressler Amery & Ross, P.C. To find this article in Lexis Practice Advisor, follow this research path: RESEARCH PATH: Insurance > Managing Insurance Representatives > Checklists

By: Jason Amster , Lexis Practice Advisor This article describes the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), a broad credit-risk measure that is a frontrunner to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The article addresses how SOFR is calculated...

By: Cynthia Borrelli and Michael J. Morris , Bressler Amery & Ross, P.C. This article addresses special considerations about surplus lines (SL) brokers like the surplus lines agent’s (SLA) license status, due diligence searches by agents of...