By: Timothy Murray MURRAY, HOGUE & LANNIS A mid-level executive at a client’s company routinely included a smiley face on everything the executive wrote. It didn’t matter what it was—a letter, a greeting card, and presumably even his grocery...
By: K. James Sullivan, CALFEE , HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP This article addresses the topic of parametric insurance, a type of insurance that does not indemnify the pure loss, but ex ante agrees to make a payment upon the occurrence of a triggering event. IT...
By: The Lexis Practical Guidance Attorney Team This article discusses the impacts that are anticipated on health insurance and health insurers as a result of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. 1 THAT CASE USED A MISSISSIPPI...
By: The Practical Guidance Civil Litigation Team This process map resource kit provides an overview of the key stages in the lifecycle of a typical federal court litigation, as well as comprehensive resources providing step-by-step guidance on the most common...
By: Timothy Murray ONE TIME, I WAS REVIEWING THE TERMS OF A PROPOSED contract with an executive for a client that was buying a product for a significant sum of money. The document had been drafted by the seller, and it contained the customary provision excluding...
By: Janet Marvel Pattishall, Mcauliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is commencing random audits of trademark registrations in which Declarations of Use have been filed to verify that the registered mark is...
SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON VALIDITY OF CLASS WAIVERS IN EMPLOYMENT CONTEXT By: Lexis Practice Advisor Staff THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS expected to decide this term whether the collective-bargaining provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) prohibit...
By: William B. Eck, Seyfarth Shaw LLP This article focuses on the special merger and acquisition considerations applicable to physician practice acquisitions. The past couple of years have seen a resurgence in the acquisition of physician practices, both by hospitals...
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...
By: Jim Wagstaffe and The Wagstaffe Group This article discusses how to enforce a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order (collectively, pretrial injunctive relief) in a federal case and covers topics such as the court's authority to enforce...
By: Jordan Yaret , Mikhel Schecter , and Bryant Mendel , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HISTORICALLY LOW interest rates boosted U.S. structured finance issuance to $510 billion in 2017, a 37% increase over 2016 volume...
By: Nicholas R. Merker, Ice Miller LLP The deadline for organizations to comply with the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is upon us. 1 As of May 25, 2018, all entities covered under the GDPR must be able to demonstrate their compliance...
By: Marc E. Bernstein , Paul Hastings LLP This article addresses initial preparations for drafting a separation agreement and common terms that employers ordinarily should include, or at least consider including, in separation agreements. WHEN TERMINATING AN...
By: Elizabeth Espín Stern and Maximillian Del Rey , Mayer Brown LLP Introduction By all accounts, immigration was among the most debated issues of the 2016 presidential election. According to the Pew Research Center, 70% of registered voters listed immigration...
By: Emily D. Zimmer and Lynne S. Wakefield , K&L Gates LLP. This article discusses how to design and operate compliant employer-sponsored health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) under the Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.), with a particular focus on the Patient...