THE LEXISNEXIS U.S. VOTING LAWS AND LEGISLATION CENTER was honored with the Justice Technology Award at the 2023 Legalweek Leader in Tech Law Awards in New York City on March 20. The Tech Law Awards, given at the annual Legalweek expo sponsored by American Law...
By: Jason Brocks This article highlights some key considerations for attorneys representing employer sponsors of group health plans that are considering contracting directly with health care providers. As the idea of direct contracting arrangements between plan...
By: Timothy Murray MURRAY, HOGUE & LANNIS Botched Force Majeure Clauses Expose Your Client to Needless Risk As if on autopilot, attorneys sometimes tack onto their contracts generic force majeure clauses, just because everybody else does it, without bothering...
By: Karen Y. Cho MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP It is indisputable that technology is dramatically changing the way we live in the 21st century and will continue to play an even greater role. The Pew Research Institute’s 2014 Future of the Internet survey...
By: Rebecca G. DiStefano and Jeffrey S. Kahn , Greenbert Traurig, P.A. This market trends article covers employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), which are a combination of a tax-qualified retirement plan and a corporate finance tool, and addresses recent trends...
This checklist explains how to review a settlement agreement and covers topics such as preparatory steps, communicating with adversaries, settlement terms, ambiguity, confidentiality, relevant parties, breach provisions, releases, and final approval. When reviewing...
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: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis Parties drafting contracts often want to set in stone the precise dollar amount of damages that will be awarded in the event of a breach, commonly called liquidated damages. The idea is that if a breach occurs,...
Tyler B. Dempsey: Troutman Sanders LLP TYLER B. DEMPSEY IS A PARTNER IN the Atlanta office of Troutman Sanders LLP, focusing on the representation of public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he has significant experience with spin...
By: Jacob T. Muklewicz —Kirton McConkie This article provides guidance on responding to an investigation (i.e., an audit) by a government agency of an employer’s I-9 records. The article mainly focuses on the Department of Homeland Security’s...
By: Daniel A. Kaplan , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP This article provides guidance to employers on bringing counterclaims or separate lawsuits against plaintiff employees who have initiated claims against the employer. Employers and their attorneys are usually well...
By: Joseph M. Marger , Reed Smith LLP. In almost every asset purchase, stock purchase, and merger transaction (generally referred to in this article as M&A transactions), the purchaser will acquire an ownership or leasehold interest in at least one real estate...
By: Zach P. Hutton and Justin M. Scott , Paul Hastings. Introduction In Flores v. City of San Gabriel , 1 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals considered an issue of first impression: whether “cash-inlieu of benefits” payments made directly to employees...
By: Eric E. Bensen. The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) 1 creates for the first time a federal private cause of action for trade secret misappropriation. 2 Prior to the DTSA’s enactment, private causes of action for trade secret misappropriation were solely...
By: Linda Curtis and Andrew Cheng , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. THE FINANCING SOURCES FOR BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS are as varied as the structure and motivations for the acquisitions themselves. The most efficient source depends on several factors, including...