By: Kirk A. Sigmon , BANNER WITCOFF THIS CHECKLIST OUTLINES KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT ATTORNEYS should review when advising whether and how to copyright artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-generated works in the United States. The checklist...
By: Erin Hanson , Arlene Arin Hahn , Sahra Nizipli , and Jordan Hill , WHITE & CASE LLP THIS ARTICLE SUMMARIZES VARIOUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY (IP/IT) PROVISIONS, including sample definitions and representations and warranties, for attorneys...
By: Shabbi S. Khan, Natasha Allen, David W. Kantaros, Chanley T. Howell, Graham P. MacEwan, and Avi B. Ginsberg, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS (M&A) DUE DILIGENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTIFICIAL...
By: Matthias Geurts SCHALAST LAW, Oded Ofek M. FIRON & CO, Stephen Rutenberg POLSINELLI, and Jill Wong formerly of HOWSE WILLIAMS The collapse of FTX in early November 2022, and subsequent fallout in the cryptocurrency services industry, while disastrous...
By: Annemargaret Connolly and Thomas Goslin , WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Introduction Climate change is arguably the most high-profile and rapidly evolving environmental issue facing the global business community today. Governments of nearly every nation...
By: Ari M. Berman and Laurel S. Fensterstock VINSON & ELKINS LLP Private equity investments often present complicated questions concerning the attorneyclient privilege, ranging from the interactions between a private equity firm and its portfolio companies...
By: Christopher Donovan , Heidi Jeffery , Nathaniel Lacktman , and Melesa Freerks , Foley & Lardner LLP THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE digital health industry and examines whether the market is ripe for notable private equity investment...
By: Annemargaret Connolly and Thomas Goslin, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP Introduction CLIMATE CHANGE IS ARGUABLY THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE and rapidly evolving environmental issue facing the global business community today. Governments of nearly every nation...
By: Meredith Senter and Erin E. Kim , Lerman Senter PLLC This expert interview provides an overview of current market trends in the media industry and outlines the important aspects of this segment that make mergers and acquisitions in the industry unique. ...
By: Christopher Henry , Lowenstein Sandler LLP INVESTORS OF MANY DIFFERENT STRIPES ARE EAGER to participate in private equity transactions as equity co-investors alongside private equity sponsors who source, lead, and execute on investment opportunities. These...
By: Robert D. Starin , K&L Gates LLP. The tax treatment of carried interest has for many years been a high-profile target for potential reform. “Carried interest” refers to the share of profits or gains from investment received by a manager of...
Adapted by Alyssa Heumann . THE LAWYER’S MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONNECTION with the launch of a new private equity fund (PE fund) will involve the preparation and negotiation of the key documents for the offering of its interests. The sale of PE fund interests...
Indemnification provisions are among the most highly negotiated and critical deal points in private M&A transactions. In general, the parties provide mutual indemnification to each other for breaches of representations, warranties, and covenants. In practice...
By: Reb Wheeler , Mayer Brown LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Mergers & Acquisitions > M&A by Industry > Life Sciences M&A THE LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST active sectors for mergers and acquisitions in recent years...
STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL FILE APPEAL FROM RULING INVALIDATING AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ATTORNEYS GENERAL FROM 16 STATES AND THE DISTRICT of Columbia have filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit following a ruling by a Texas federal...