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The Practical Guidance August 2026 update adds new and updated resources across bankruptcy, corporate, litigation, transactional, employment, real estate, securities, trusts and estates, and other areas. The release includes task maps, trackers, practice notes, templates, checklists, resource kits, clauses, and jurisdiction-focused materials for a range of legal tasks.
Several sections place particular attention on step-by-step task support. New task maps address bankruptcy filings, advertising review, services agreements, NDAs, employment terminations, federal bid protests, M&A disclosure schedules, trust selection, and workplace investigations.
Bankruptcy adds trackers, expert content, task maps, resource kits, checklists, and charts. Tracker coverage includes recent bankruptcy case law, asset purchase agreements, mega Chapter 11 filings, third-party releases, and Subchapter V decisions. New expert content addresses Chapter 11 exit mechanisms, Chapter 11 exit strategy planning, and restaurant bankruptcies.
New Subchapter V and Chapter 11 filing task maps join Creditors’ Committee and Small Business Bankruptcy resource kits. The release adds Section 363 sale checklists covering the stalking horse process, sale hearings, sale orders, closing, and post-closing work, plus a Disclosure Statement and Plan Objection Chart and other bankruptcy checklists and charts.
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Business Entities introduces short-form pro-buyer and pro-seller stock purchase agreements for Georgia and North Carolina corporations and bylaws for Nevada benefit corporations.
Corporate M&A adds Cross-Border M&A Transactions and California Limited Liability Companies in M&A resource kits, a Disclosure Schedules in M&A Transactions Task Map, patent risk assessment and freedom-to-operate diligence content, and shareholder derivative litigation content for closely held corporations. Short-form Delaware stock purchase agreements receive updates.
Capital Markets & Corporate Governance adds a Foreign Private Issuer Responsibilities Board Memorandum, a Form 20-F annual report preparation and filing task map, financial trading agreement guidance, and a client alert digest concerning an external review of FINRA’s enforcement program.
Private Equity & Investment Management introduces practice notes addressing private fund adviser compliance following vacatur of the 2023 SEC rules and continuation fund transactions. New drafting materials cover management equity and rollover terms in private equity buyouts and Series A preferred stock financing for Delaware corporations.
Finance adds market trends practice notes addressing oil and gas credit agreements, telecommunications financing, unrestricted subsidiary provisions, and commitment letters. A Seeking and Securing Payment Resource Kit and two grid-form promissory note templates are included.
Civil Litigation introduces materials covering New York intervention motions, AAA consumer arbitration, e-discovery production formats, New Jersey entity deposition objections, Georgia subject matter jurisdiction, and conflicts arising from third-party payment of attorneys’ fees.
Securities Litigation/Enforcement & White Collar adds securities class action materials addressing pre-complaint investigations and class certification, plus Exchange Act Section 10(b) defense resources. New SEC Enforcement and FINRA Arbitration resource kits are joined by white collar content addressing wire fraud, ethics, bribery defense strategy, and venue challenges.
Commercial Transactions adds task maps for pre-launch advertising campaign review, negotiating a services agreement from the service provider perspective, and NDA drafting and negotiation. Defamation Q&As for seven states received substantial revisions that include four new questions.
Construction adds a Tennessee mechanic’s lien notice, residential construction contract clauses, a Q3 2026 Construction Law Case Tracker, a New York data center moratorium client alert digest, and data center construction and operation materials for Texas, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
Real Estate adds mixed-use purchase and sale agreement guidance, state-focused materials covering condominium deconversion, industrial and warehouse leasing, data center regulation, commercial foreclosure, and water rights, plus new pro-seller purchase agreement clauses.
Environmental additions include client alert digests addressing ESA developments and the SCOTUS Monsanto decision, an EPA remediation overview, and six State Air Quality Q&As. Six motions to dismiss covering NEPA, the Safe Drinking Water Act, CWA, Endangered Species Act, FIFRA, and RCRA are identified as coming soon.
Family Law adds California and Tennessee child custody practice notes and a California Mandatory Financial Disclosure Checklist. Healthcare adds Medical Practice Sale Preparation, hospital-focused compliance and governance checklists, committee charters, and a Healthcare Exclusion List Screening Policy.
Labor & Employment receives a substantial group of new resources. Featured content addresses DEI legal issues, non-union and non-executive employee terminations, healthcare restrictive covenants, pregnancy and lactation accommodation requests, California wage and hour law, pro se employment cases, DOL wage and hour investigations, telecommuting agreements, internal investigations, California wage statements, and AI in U.S. employment contract drafting.
The Telecommuting Agreement Playbook is accompanied by California and New York templates. Separate task maps address sexual harassment investigations and workplace internal investigations.
Federal Government content covers bid protests, acquisition actions requiring legal review, workforce restructuring and reductions in force, Federal Tort Claims Act defenses, software licensing for federal agencies, PBGC structure, and MSPB jurisdiction. Life Sciences adds practice notes on pharmaceutical supply chain and REMS antitrust considerations and FDA general wellness guidance for low-risk devices.
Trusts & Estates introduces a Trust Selection Task Map, an Estate Planning for Blended Families Checklist, a Texas Probate and Estate Administration Resource Kit, and estate litigation templates for Ohio and Texas. Further additions include trust, executor, guardianship, end-of-life request, and will materials for Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and New York.
The August release brings together resources for drafting, procedural work, transaction preparation, compliance review, investigations, litigation, and jurisdiction-focused legal work across the practice areas.
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What types of resources are included in the August 2026 Practical Guidance updates?
The August release includes task maps, trackers, practice notes, templates, checklists, resource kits, clauses, Q&As, client alert digests, and other materials across the practice areas presented in the deck.
Are there new step-by-step task maps?
Yes. New task maps cover matters including Chapter 11 and Subchapter V filings, advertising campaign review, services agreement negotiation, NDA drafting and negotiation, employee terminations, federal bid protests, M&A disclosure schedules, trust selection, and workplace investigations.
Does the August update include state-focused content?
Yes. There are state-focused resources across Business Entities, Civil Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Construction, Family Law, Real Estate, Labor & Employment, and Trusts & Estates, among other sections.
What new Labor & Employment resources are included?
The Labor & Employment sections include resources addressing DEI, employee terminations, healthcare restrictive covenants, pregnancy and lactation accommodations, California wage and hour issues, DOL investigations, telecommuting agreements, workplace investigations, California wage statements, and AI in employment contract drafting.