Make sure you are up to date on the latest trends in increased costs and yield protection provisions in credit agreements. This practice note discusses current market trends in publicly filed credit agreements from the last quarter of 2021 and the beginning of...
If so, then review this practice note providing an overview of demand guarantees. It includes a discussion of direct guarantees in common domestic transactions and indirect guarantees and counter-guarantees in typical international trade situations. READ NOW...
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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...
FEDERAL COURT FAST TRACKS REVIEW OF RULING BLOCKING IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERTIME REGULATIONS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ISSUED A BRIEF order December 8 granting expedited review of a November 22 ruling by a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas...
Explore our Alternative Reference Rate Loans Tracker that identifies new publicly-filed loans with interest rates based on reference rates other than SOFR or LIBOR. This new tracker is based on publicly-filed credit agreements available on Market Standards, the...
ENERGY DEPARTMENT UNVEILS ROADMAP SEEKING TO DOUBLE U.S. ENERGY PRODUCTIVITY BY 2030 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS UNVEILED A strategic plan laying out a path businesses, state and local governments, consumers, and other stakeholders can use to double U...
Q&A with David W. Morse , Banking & Finance Chair at Otterbourg P.C. What led you to choose commercial finance and institutional lending as your area of practice? Serendipity is the word that comes to mind. While I knew that I preferred to do transactional...
By: Robert N. Rapp , Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP LEXIS PRACTICE ADVISOR RESEARCH PATH: Securities & Capital Markets > State Securities Regulations – Blue Sky Laws> Blue Sky Laws > Practice Notes > “Regulation A-Plus” Limited...
By: John Chrisman, David Richardson and Alan Lee Corporate Deparment, Hong Kong Office of Dorsey & Whitney* SINCE ADOPTING THE OPEN DOOR POLICY SOME 35 YEARS ago, 1 Mainland China 2 has largely completed the transition from a centrally planned economy to...
STUDY ON INJECTION WELL INDUCED EARTHQUAKES THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) RECENTLY released its short-term forecast for seismic activity. For the first time, it includes a discussion of “Induced Earthquakes.” The study, which comes after a significant...
By: Stephen Gillespie and Amy Kennedy , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. 1. What are the typical debt components of acquisition financing in the United Kingdom? Acquisitions in the United Kingdom are typically financed either by way of leveraged loan or high...
By: Juan M. Arciniegas and Daniel O’Rourke , Vedder Price. Recently, there has been a movement by larger community banks and their regional counterparts (Interested Banks) to engage in derivatives markets. Historically, this is banking space almost exclusively...
By: Dwight Smith , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP. THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), 111 P.L. 203 , addresses commercial lending in two of its titles. First, and most prominently, Title I of the statute deals...
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...