AMENDMENTS TO NEWLY PASSED CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT SIGNED INTO LAW By: Lexis Practice Advisor Attorney Team GOVERNOR EDMUND G. BROWN SIGNED A BILL AMENDING the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) just weeks after its hasty enactment in June (SB 1121...
By: David L. Kornblau and Gerald W. Hodgkins Overview The enforcement and regulatory priorities of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have begun to come into focus now that SEC Chairman Jay Clayton has been in office for nearly a year and a half....
By: Christine N. Walz, Cynthia A. Gierhart, and Madelaine J. Harrington The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal statute that mandates public access to certain U.S. government and administrative agency records upon submission of a request to the appropriate...
By: Mark A. Chertok and Elizabeth Knauer This article discusses considerations for developers contemplating the purchase or development of real property that contains or is likely to contain regulated wetlands. The presence of regulated wetlands on a site proposed...
By: Devika Kewalramani IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL TO WEAR many hats in an organization’s business, legal, compliance, regulatory, risk management, or business development matters. Playing different internal roles can create possible risks for...
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: Steven J. Slutzky, Kevin R. Grondahl, and Nicholas P. Pellicani THIS ARTICLE COVERS 10 PRACTICAL TIPS THAT COUNSEL in a secondary offering can use to facilitate execution and avoid common pitfalls. Secondary offerings of equity securities by stockholders...
By: Edward J. Hannon and Nicole A. Bashor On June 23, 2016, voters in the United Kingdom (UK) were asked to determine whether the UK should leave the European Union (EU). The result of the referendum was in favor of leaving. Under what has become known as Brexit...
By: Genevieve Ng A few hundred people demonstrated at Michigan State University (MSU) on April 20, 2018, calling on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees to resign. They were joined in the call by the editorial board of the Michigan State University...
By: John B. Lewis and Dustin D. Dow This article provides step-by-step guidance to consider when enforcing arbitration agreements and class action waivers in employment cases. Arbitration agreements are agreements that force individuals to bring legal claims...
By: Jason Brocks This article highlights some key considerations for attorneys representing employer sponsors of group health plans that are considering contracting directly with health care providers. As the idea of direct contracting arrangements between plan...
By: Trevor Norwitz, Sabastian V. Niles, and Jenny Lin THE CALIFORNIA STATUTE, CA S.B. 826, REQUIRES “a domestic general corporation or foreign corporation that is a publicly held corporation, as defined, whose principal executive offices, according to the...
ABA Releases New Guidelines For Lawyers Who Experience Data Breaches By: Lexis Practice Advisor Attorney Team THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA) RECENTLY issued Formal Opinion 483, addressing lawyers’ ethical obligations to their clients after a data...