February 11, 2025

Master the Hybrid Hustle: Seven Tips for Law Firm Success!

Unlock the secrets to thriving in a hybrid work environment with our latest expert-authored practice note, Working from Home: 7 Tips for Law Firm Associates . As remote work becomes the norm, law firm associates must adapt to maintain productivity and efficiency...
February 25, 2025

Mastering TROs: Your Essential Guide to Immediate Legal Action

Unlock essential strategies for securing a temporary restraining order (TRO) in a federal case with our practice note by Jim Wagstaffe. This comprehensive guide delves into the intricacies of TROs, including the various types of injunctions, the potential risks...
February 20, 2025

Master Legal Budgeting Challenges With ELM Software

Legal budgeting is a critical component of the law department, yet it presents numerous challenges for legal operations and their stakeholders. Legal budgeting requires a strategic approach, from aligning with corporate financial goals to managing external counsel...
February 11, 2025

Security for Your Commercial Real Estate Transaction

Standby letters of credit are often used to provide security in commercial leases, secure construction requirements, or secure obligations assigned in commercial purchase and sales. They differ from commercial letters of credit because funds are drawn only in default...
February 11, 2025

Critical Considerations for Private M&A: Checklist for Success

In today's fast-paced M&A landscape, clients rely on their deal counsel to possess a comprehensive understanding of transactional negotiations, encompassing the full range of typical buyer and seller positions. Accordingly, counsel will need to efficiently...
February 04, 2025

Guaranteeing a Real Estate Acquisition Loan?

Lenders typically underwrite commercial real estate loans based on the borrower’s creditworthiness and the collateral real property’s value. To mitigate the risk of a loan not being paid, lenders may require a borrower to have one or more guarantors...
February 04, 2025

Solar Law Court Rulings Tracker Allows You to Stay Ahead of the Litigation Curve

Litigation involving prospective solar farm developments isn’t new—especially as solar projects get smaller and move to the community and local level. But litigation claims and tactics in those matters are constantly shifting and are often based on...
February 04, 2025

Wildfire Relief: Retirement Plan-Disaster Distributions Permitted Without 10% Penalty

Among the many SECURE 2.0 Act changes, Section 331 allows retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), and 457(b) plans) to make in-service qualified disaster recovery distributions to participants stricken by a qualified disaster. Distributions up to $22,000 to a qualified...
February 25, 2025

AI in Healthcare: Cautions and Considerations of a Healthcare Revolution

Check out this practice note from Practical Guidance – Healthcare to better understand artificial intelligence’s (AI) development in healthcare, and federal and state efforts to regulate its use. You will get an overview of the legal considerations...
March 04, 2025

Essential Tools for Finance Attorneys: Commitment Letters and Term Sheets Explained

Unlock the complexities of commitment letters and term sheets. Discover how these crucial documents shape financing transactions and gain insights that could enhance your practice. This practice note details the main provisions of these documents, including those...
March 25, 2025

What Is Work Intake In Legal Departments

In the corporate legal department, work intake , similar to legal intake, is how work enters the legal team’s queue. Lawyers in a law department work on active matters and are not looking for legal issues to join their purview until a stakeholder raises a...
January 22, 2025

Proposed PBM Restriction in AR & Healthcare Worker Shortage Bill Coming in ME

AR Looks to Bar PBMs from Owning Pharmacies Arkansas Rep. Jeremiah Moore (R) has introduced a bill ( HB 1150 ) that would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies. Moore said the noncompetitive practice raises drug prices. ( ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT...
March 04, 2025

Pharmaceutical Product Patents and Exclusivity Pre-Litigation Preparation and Strategy

Understand preemptive steps for maximizing a pharmaceutical product's regulatory and patent exclusivities and the chances of success in future patent litigation against generic drug applicants. Read now » Related Content Life Sciences Patents...
February 04, 2025

Lights, Camera, Legal Action: Navigating Scripted TV Production

Get a backstage pass to the development, production, and distribution of a television series and the essential legal agreements that underpin them. This guide is your go-to resource for ensuring a smooth production and empowering your clients with the legal insights...
March 04, 2025

Right of Publicity Fundamentals Video

Be sure to watch our video by Francesca Witzburg, founder and managing partner of ESCA Legal, for an overview of U.S. right of publicity law, including the aspects of personal identity that are potentially protectable and notable defenses to right of publicity...
January 15, 2025

MA’s New Healthcare Investment Law & ACA Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs in ND

New MA Law Increases Oversight of Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed a bill ( HB 5159 ) expanding oversight of private equity investment in the healthcare sector. The law is the first in the nation to ban “sale...
January 24, 2025

Can AI Ease Compliance Officers’ Workloads?

New human rights due diligence legislation. Emerging AI regulations. Stricter financial crime directives. These developments and more should leave organizations in no doubt that their reporting requirements have become more onerous than ever in 2025. In our latest...
February 18, 2025

I’m Ready for My Close-Up: The “Glossy” Annual Report

A glossy annual report is a document containing key corporate information to be distributed to shareholders in advance of a publicly held company's annual meeting. Glossy annual reports should not be confused with annual reports on Form 10-K, which is the annual...
March 04, 2025

Ninth Circuit's Chapter 15 Ruling: Appeal Can't Turn Back Time

In a Chapter 15 case, the automatic stay generally applies only at such time that the U.S. bankruptcy court later enters an order recognizing the foreign bankruptcy as a main proceeding under Chapter 15 or, in the event of recognition as a foreign nonmain proceeding...
December 09, 2024

California Legislature Approves more than 90 changes to State’s Business Entity Laws

By Eric Geringswald | CSC More than 90 sections of California’s Corporations Code and related codes were added or amended during the 2023 legislative session, including laws regarding meetings, contracts, fictitious business names, ratification or validation...
December 10, 2024

A Lawyer's Guide for Meet and Greets: 5 Tips

This holiday season, take full advantage of social gatherings, where you can meet potential clients and new colleagues who could be potential referral sources. Our new expert-authored practice note provides five tips that can dramatically improve your chance of...
January 15, 2025

Internet Age-Verification Remains Hot Topic in State Legislatures

Just a couple of weeks into the new year, state legislators appear to be watching and waiting to see how things shake out with the new Trump administration. But despite the uncertainty, one issue— as expected —has already emerged as a priority in...
December 19, 2024

LexisNexis Invests in AI and IP News with MLex Launches

MLex releases Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property sections to deliver in-depth news and forward-looking analysis on rapidly-evolving areas of legal risk NEW YORK – MLex® , a division of LexisNexis Legal & Professional ® , today...
December 16, 2024

What's New in Practical Guidance - November 2024 Updates

In November 2024, LexisNexis has introduced a range of new and updated resources across various practice areas, enhancing the Practical Guidance platform for legal professionals. These additions aim to provide comprehensive support and insights into emerging legal...
December 17, 2024

LexisNexis Acquires Seminar Oberlaa for Enhanced Tax Expertise and Innovation

VIENNA, AUSTRIA — LexisNexis ® Legal & Professional , a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced it has acquired Seminar Oberlaa, a trusted provider of up-to-date tax content in Austria. The acquisition will enable LexisNexis...