By: Michael Chernick and Brittany Roger, Shearman & Sterling LLP This article provides an overview of certain key provisions of credit agreements that will need to be reviewed to determine how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis—and the economic...
SAN FRANCISCO ADOPTS ORDINANCE BANNING CITY’S USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY SAN FRANCISCO HAS BECOME THE FIRST CITY IN THE United States to ban the use of facial recognition technology to identify individuals. As a result, city agencies, including...
AMAZON’S DATA STORAGE VIOLATES ILLINOIS BIOMETRIC PRIVACY LAW, STATE RESIDENTS ALLEGE AMAZON WEB SERVICES IS VIOLATING THE ILLINOIS Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 14/1, by allowing commercial customers to use its cloud...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue and Lannis Arbitration agreements are supposed to ensure that disputes are resolved outside of court, and that’s why it’s an irony of almost cosmic proportions that “the enforceability of arbitration agreements...
By: Deonne Cunningham , Lead Counsel, North America Business (Wholesale), Direct Energy This article outlines the various steps that are required for acquiring or constructing a new natural gas facility and/or pipeline infrastructure project. YOU AND COUNSEL...
LexisNexis is taking steps to keep the public informed during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic by providing free access to information and resources around the world through company platforms and outlets. Key among the resources are the Lexis Practice Advisor...
By: Debbie Yoon Jones and Lisa Garcia , Alston & Bird LLP This article excerpt containing legal analytics from Context ® provides guidance to employers' attorneys who need to request and respond to discovery in single-plaintiff employment discrimination...
This practice note discusses LIBOR floor provisions, including current market trends in publicly filed credit agreements and commitment letters from the second half of 2020 and first half of 2021. Lenders tended to increase LIBOR floor percentages in 2020 during...
By: H. Gregory Baker and Rachel Maimin , Lowenstein Sandler LLP Often–at least in the legal field–a good-faith mistake can be reversed. A privileged document is inadvertently produced in discovery; it can be clawed back. An email to the team is accidentally...