Operator Performance Tests in International Hotel Management Contracts

by Daniel Farrugia

This paper examines the scope of performance tests for hotel operators under international hotel management contracts and provides suggestions for hotel owners on how to approach the negotiation of such provisions to maximise efficacy…more

Interns Assert Their Rights Via Lawsuits

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com

It’s summertime, and for many college students, that means internship season. If you land an internship, pay close attention to how the company has structured it – if you’re performing work that an employee would normally do, that…more

Insurgents Denied Access to Early Vote Tallies

by Morrison & Foerster LLP

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), the leading U.S. firm that distributes materials on behalf of banks and brokers and collects shareholder ballots, recently decided to stop sharing real-time polling information with…more

U.S. District Court Orders Disclosure of Tax Accrual Workpapers, but Protects Opinion Work Product Information

by Thomas Cullinan, Joseph DePew, Mary Monahan, Troy Olsen, Daniel Schlueter | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

On June 4, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota held that certain information contained in tax accrual workpapers must be disclosed by the taxpayer pursuant to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons, but that…more

Florida Adjusts Consumer Loan Allowable Interest Rate Tiers

by BuckleySandler LLP

On June 10, Florida enacted SB 282, which amends the Florida Consumer Finance Act to increase by $1,000 the tiered principal amounts subject to maximum allowable interest rates…more

Lehman Derivative Litigation Still Looms Large

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group

The market’s attention is fixed firmly on the future of derivatives. Questions about the implementation and impact of the Dodd Frank requirements, and to what extent the use of swaps in structured finance and other transactions will…more

7th Circuit Upholds Regional Cost Allocation for MISO Transmission Projects

by Bradley Jackson, Brian Potts, Kurt Rempe | Foley & Lardner LLP

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently upheld MISO’s FERC-approved multi-value project (MVP) tariff, which spreads the costs of constructing certain new transmission lines across the entire MISO footprint based on…more

Delaware Chancery Court Orders Company and Board Committee Counsel to Provide Privileged Communications to Dissident Director -- Court also Discusses Means by Which Communications Might be Screened from Specific Directors

by Michael O'Bryan | Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Delaware Court of Chancery, in Kalisman v. Friedman (Apr. 17, 2013), ordered the respective counsels for a company and for a special committee of the company’s board of directors to provide to a dissident director copies of their…more

Does “Wrongful Death” Apply to the Death of an Unborn Fetus?

by The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP

Few things are more tragic than the unexpected, accidental death of a child. The United States Department of Health and Human Services reports that accidental injuries, including injuries from motor vehicle accidents, are the leading…more