By: Jim Wagstaffe , The Wagstaffe Group COURTS HAVE INHERENT POWER TO ENFORCE SETTLEMENTS between the parties in cases pending before them. 1 However, courts have no inherent power to enforce settlement agreements after a case has been dismissed: “Enforcement...
By: James E. Meadows and Terese M. Connolly , Culhane Meadows PLLC This article discusses special issues that may arise in the context of Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO). HRO is a form of business process outsourcing (BPO) focused on the functions that have...
By: Richard Lieberman , Dykema Gossett PLLC THE TAX REFORM LEGISLATION ENACTED IN LATE 2017, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Pub. L. No. 115-97) (the Tax Act), made relatively few far-reaching and substantive changes in the area of executive compensation...
By: Joshua Davidson , Baker Botts LLP If you are internal counsel to a publicly traded corporation that has decided to form a master limited partnership (MLP) and would like to become better educated about MLPs before starting the IPO process, below are 10 practice...
By: Daniel A. Rabinowitz and David S. Berg KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP Credit Agreements in the Insurance Industry This article explains how to modify a standard credit agreement to account for a borrower that is an insurance company or an insurance...
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...
HHS AGENCY PROPOSES RULE TO STABILIZE INSURANCE MARKETPLACE THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) issued a proposed rule aimed at stabilizing individual and small group health insurance markets in anticipation of Congress’ possible repeal...
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: James B. Astrachan and Christoper J. Lyon , Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C. IN JUNE 2001, THE LATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA REMARKED , “It would be foolish to contend that the degree of privacy secured to citizens by the Fourth Amendment has been entirely...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis. There are innumerable articles, books, and seminars that offer guidance on contract drafting style. Among many other things, they typically counsel drafters to avoid legalese, redundancy, inconsistency, and ambiguity—all...
By: Moises Gali-Velazquez. Medical marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia. 1 Moreover, four states have legalized marijuana’s recreational use and at least 18 more states are, or have been, considering legalization of medical marijuana...
By: Po Yi , Venable LLP. When your client plans to create new content or use existing third-party content in a new work, it must conduct a review to ensure that it is permitted to use the material. This review is known as rights clearance. UNAUTHORIZED USE...
By: Alexandra Margolis , Nixon Peabody LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Banking & Finance > Commitment Papers and Syndicated Lending > The Commitment Letter > Articles > Trends in Acquisition Finance Incremental loan facilities (also...
By: Korey Clark FOR-PROFIT RIDESHARING, OFFERING PASSENGERS RIDES for money, and carsharing, renting cars for short periods of time, have both been around for decades, really catching on only recently in their smartphone app-based iterations. But while the modern...
By: Kevin L. Turner and Amy L. Edwards , HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP In this article, the authors discuss the five broad areas of focus of the International Climate Finance Plan that impact international private sector development. IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S...