Corporate legal departments of all sizes are restructuring their costs and rethinking their budget priorities to respond to anticipated changes in demand this year. According to the Association of Corporate Counsel’s annual survey , 45% of chief legal officers...
By Kevin Hylton| LexisNexis Practical Guidance Podcast In the last couple of years, most of us have become acquainted with a new entrant to the global vocabulary: the virtual world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). “NFTs have existed since at least 2017...
By Kevin Hylton | LexisNexis Practical Guidance The number of countries around the world that have legalized the sale of recreational cannabis products continues to grow, fueled by changing consumer attitudes regarding the health benefits of cannabis and the...
By Kevin Hylton | LexisNexis Practical Guidance In March 2019, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team challenged their pay arrangement with the U.S. Soccer Federation in federal court. The lawsuit, which made global headlines , claimed that gender discrimination...
By Melissa Morrison | Practice Area Expert Digital assets crossed a number of important milestones in 2021 in their continuing march to prominence as an asset class. As reported by CNBC.com, the virtual currency market reached a combined $2 trillion in value...
By Barbara W. Reece | LexisNexis Practical Guidance The constant risk of enterprise data security threats has been keeping in-house counsel on their toes for years now, but unfortunately GCs do not appear to be realizing any greater confidence in their organizational...
By Cameron Kinvig | LexisNexis Practical Guidance The global demand for renewable energy is expected to continue booming for the next two decades. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects a nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by...
According to the Feit Consulting Consumer Insights Report: “After years of development and several iterations, is Lexis’ Practical Guidance ready for prime time? For the focus group participants, the answer was . . . Yes!” Feit Consulting convened...
The IRS has extended a number of COVID-19 relief measures for qualified opportunity funds and their investors. This relief is welcome news for many, and we’ll bring you up to speed quickly. READ NOW Related Content Qualified Opportunity Zones: Fundamentals...
The Small Business Administration recently provided guidance on the restart of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, including start dates and procedures, and issued two new interim final rules—one for first...
The American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) recently adopted revised standards for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys. The new standards go into effect on February 23, 2021, and supersede the existing standards...
Many states join in a slow and steady trend of adopting sin taxes to raise revenue. To start, a number of states have legalized the use of recreational marijuana and tax sales of the product as a means to generate substantial amounts of revenue. Cities like Philadelphia...
There’s no time like the start of the year to plan for the future, even when it comes to estate planning. In fact, for trust and estate attorneys (not to mention their clients), that’s has never been truer than it is in 2021. For one thing, as we...
We all know that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a historic increase in filings for unemployment benefits. But those are not the only employment-related claims that have risen during the pandemic. Workplace lawsuits are also on the rise. As a result of the unique...
Transactional lawyers spend a significant amount of their time advocating for, negotiating and structuring deals on behalf of their clients. By relying on artificial intelligence and technology resources, the time required for performing due diligence, background...