Joseph Marger Partner: Reed Smith JOSEPH MARGER IS A PARTNER IN Reed Smith’s Real Estate group. He has substantial experience in all aspects of the sale and acquisition of real estate, both single-asset and portfolio transactions, including industrial and...
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IS FOCUSED around companies that primarily sell technology or technology services. Major players in the technology industry include: Hardware companies, such as Apple, Dell, HP, and Lenovo...
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: Leonard M. Kessler LenKesslerADR Using Mediation to Resolve Construction Disputes Construction projects often take years to complete, involve layers of contractors and subcontractors, and employ hundreds, if not thousands, of workers. Efficient conflict...
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...
By: John DeFosse FRIED FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP THIS ARTICLE EXPLAINS THE STRATEGIC AND PRACTICAL considerations associated with filing a motion to dismiss claims of patent infringement under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure...
By: Seth Appel PATTISHALL, MCAULIFFE, NEWBURY, HILLIARD & GERALDSON LLP THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMED THAT ARTISTIC designs on clothing can be subject to copyright protection in Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., 137 S.Ct. 1002 (2017) . This...
By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis. SECTION 2-207 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC) was supposed to resolve these questions: (1) Is a contract formed when parties exchange forms that contain nonmatching terms and the parties don’t sign off...
By: Glen Schleyer Sullivan & Cromwell LLP THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES RECENT DEVELOPMENTS RELATING to U.S. public company reporting and corporate governance and the outlook going forward. The U.S. election season and the change in administration have resulted...
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: Arthur D. Robinson and Jonathan Ozner SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND OWNERS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES considering an initial public offering (IPO), or of public companies considering a spin-off or carve-out IPO of a subsidiary, business...
SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION UNDER TITLE VII REMAINS HOT-BUTTON ISSUE By: Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin, Volume 17, Issue 7 RECENTLY, THREE OF THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL addressed the issue of whether discrimination on account of...