By: Julie Capell , Winston & Strawn LLP This article discusses how to draft effective internship agreements that comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) regulations concerning unpaid internships, as well as recent court decisions applying...
By: Spencer Compton , First American Title Insurance Company LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Real Estate > Commercial Purchase and Sales > 1031 Exchanges > Practice Notes Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that no gain or loss...
By: John Chrisman, David Richardson and Alan Lee Corporate Deparment, Hong Kong Office of Dorsey & Whitney* SINCE ADOPTING THE OPEN DOOR POLICY SOME 35 YEARS ago, 1 Mainland China 2 has largely completed the transition from a centrally planned economy to...
By: Christopher E. Loh , Venable LLP The rise of antibody-based treatments in the pharmaceuticals market has been accompanied by developments in U.S. patent law that may adversely affect the scope of intellectual property protections available for such treatments...
By: Avi Meyerstein , Stacey Bowman , and Courtney Steelman , Husch Blackwell LLP This checklist highlights key considerations for private employers to prepare for and respond to influenza (flu) and other potential pandemic outbreaks (including the coronavirus...
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 admitted...
By: Timothy B. Howell and Alex Petrossian , Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP The defined terms in any agreement are considered as the building blocks upon which the rest of the agreement is based, particularly when it comes to the negative covenants in a bond...
By: Laura D. Richman and Michael L. Hermsen , Mayer Brown LLP This article discusses some key ramifications of the coronavirus outbreak for public companies. In addition to a host of significant general business concerns, such as those relating to liquidity and...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray Hogue and Lannis ONE TIME I FOUND MYSELF IN A BREACH OF CONTRACT TRIAL before a grizzled jurist who seemed to have as much familiarity with contract law as I have with high fashion (none). I would like to say that he compensated for...