In December 2024, Practical Guidance introduced a range of new content and updates across various legal practice areas, enhancing the resources available to legal professionals. This month's updates span Bankruptcy, Business Entities, Civil Litigation, Construction...
Large Language Models and generative AI tools have transformed the way organizations bring order to the vast amount of online and offline data available. AI can narrow down this data universe to a concise summary of only the most relevant results, which allows...
Just five months ago , we wrote about state legislators’ growing interest in pharmacy benefit managers . The issue is vital, as pharmacy benefit managers, also known as PBMs, contract with health insurers and employers to manage the prescription drug benefits...
The wildfires in Los Angeles this month have done more than just upended lives and destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of property . They’ve also wreaked havoc with an insurance market that was already precariously situated, as we reported in July...
Unlike registration of the offer and sale of securities under the Securities Act, Section 12 of the Exchange Act involves registration of an entire class of securities if conditions are met, including listing on a national securities exchange for Section 12(b)...
This video addresses legal and practical considerations when terminating a contract. Topics covered include types of termination rights available under a contract, post-termination obligations, and alternatives to termination. Watch now » Related Content...
Learn the basics of reviewing indemnification clauses. Indemnification provisions can be one of the most hotly negotiated clauses in a transaction, and for good reason. Topics covered in this short video include the difference between the duty to defend and the...
Analysts, compliance officers and academic researchers are using AI tools to make their research process more efficient and find new insights from large volumes of data. In our latest blog, we look at some of the main ways AI is transforming research, and explain...
Discover how sustainability-linked loans are transforming the finance industry by aligning financial incentives with environmental goals. Dive into our latest practice note to explore recent trends and learn how these innovative financial instruments can drive...
Check out our latest tracker covering privacy-related federal legislation proposed after January 1, 2025. Topics include consumer privacy, workplace privacy, health privacy, financial privacy, children's/educational privacy, and governmental privacy obligations...
See this practice note for a discussion of adverse drug event reporting responsibilities in the pharmaceutical industry. The note provides guidance on creating a framework for compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements. Read now »...
Do you need guidance on constructive discharge in federal employment litigation, including the standards an employee must meet to establish a constructive discharge claim and the employers’ potential defenses? Review our newly published practice note, Constructive...
The allocations that partners establish in their partnership agreement determine each partner's distributive share. A partner’s distributive share is that fraction of a partnership's items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit that the partnership...
Hi My clients are a long-established married couple who tell me that they have recently made a substantial PET to their daughter from a joint account. They have both contributed to the account and have always treated it as joint money with equal access to funds...
Chapter 11 plans often extinguish existing equity interests when the estate lacks value after paying creditor claims. However, what happens when the plan proponent proposes a Chapter 11 plan that pays all creditors in full while canceling equity interests for no...
In January 2025, we launched a comprehensive report in collaboration with our technology partner, ReadiNow , which sheds light on the challenges organisations face in digitising their operations more efficiently and cost-effectively while ensuring robust operational...
This practice note explains the legal and regulatory scheme for recalls of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, including the role of the FDA, and includes practical tips for conducting a recall. Read now » Related Content FDA Warning Letters Tracker...
Does your client’s oil and gas exploration and production operation have you swimming in paperwork? Do they have filing obligations in states you are unfamiliar with? If so, check out our newest Practical Guidance content, Upstream Oil and Gas Official Forms...
Don’t miss out on insights that could transform your financial strategies! Review this new practice note by A&O Shearman providing guidance for lenders and borrowers entering into or considering recuring revenue-based financing. This practice note discusses...
Practical Guidance offers the Mortgage Servicing Fees topic in the FSR state law comparison tool. The topic explores the statutory fee requirements in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. This question and answer series provides guidance on permissible...
Get this guidance for negotiating a services agreement between a service provider and customer. This playbook includes key provisions, alternative language, and guidance that favor the customer. Read now » Related Content Outsourcing Master Services...
Does your organisation conduct industrial, agricultural, developmental or other activities on its premises that are likely to impact the local area in respect of an environmental matter (such as the quality of air, water, land or habitat/vegetation)? Does your...
Public company officers, directors, and principal stockholders (collectively, statutory insiders) of companies with a class of equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. § 78l) are required to report their beneficial ownership...
This checklist addresses issues counsel should consider before filing a trademark infringement suit, including investigating the merits of the claims, verifying standing to sue, selecting the appropriate defendants and venue, and considering costs. Read now »...