By: Jeffrey A. Kern and Brian Goossen , Akerman. An estate plan can be described as a process to protect and maximize a person’s wealth during their lifetime, arrange for financial management and health care decision-making in the event of disability, and...
By: Devika Kewalramani, Esq. , Moses & Singer LLP. The practice of law has no universally accepted definition, but the unauthorized practice of law is well-defined in jurisdictions around the country. Most states have an assortment of rules of professional...
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: Scott L. Semer , Torys LLP. FOR OVER 30 YEARS, NON-U.S. INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES who invest in U.S. real estate have been subject to tax both on operating income and gains realized upon exiting the investment. There have been limited exceptions, primarily...
By: Matthew Merkle , Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. ON JULY 3, 2016, THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) WILL EXTEND its new market abuse regime (MAD II) 2 to the previously unregulated Global Exchange Market of the Irish Stock Exchange (GEM) and the EuroMTF of...
Q&A with Keir Gumbs , Covington & Burling LLP As Special Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, what were some of your major responsibilities? I was a special counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel within the Division of Corporation...
By: Korey Clark Development of autonomous, or self-driving, vehicle technologies by Google, Tesla Motors, and others has been progressing rapidly in recent years. But state efforts to regulate the testing and operation of self-driving cars on public roads have...
By: Ira L. Herman , Thompson & Knight LLP The price of crude oil, like the price of virtually all commodities, moves up in times of high demand and down in times of excess capacity. When a mismatch exists between supply and demand, the markets are expected...
By: Kimbely Metzger , Ice Miller. Medical identity theft, and incomplete patient disclosure due to cybersecurity concerns, can be dangerous—even deadly—to individuals and can compromise community wellness. Breaches of health information can have serious...
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...
SEVENTEEN STATE “NEW ENERGY FUTURE” COALITION FORMED GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO AND 16 OTHER GOVERNORS signed the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future. The accord describes six shared goals, diversification of energy generation and expansion...