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M&A and Private Equity Update

by Akerman Senterfitt on 5/23/2012

This year’s edition reflects relative consistency of national trends with the prior year. While aggregate transaction activity nationally in 2011 was only marginally higher than in 2010, we are pleased that our clients...more

Former Employee Blows the Whistle on Delaware Unclaimed Property Exposure

by Reed Smith on 5/23/2012

In a recent unpublished decision, the Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County, decided to allow a business entity’s former tax manager, joining with the attorney general for the state of Delaware, to proceed with a...more

Groups Sponsoring Electioneering Communications Must Disclose All Donors Pending Appeal of District Court Order

by Venable LLP on 5/22/2012

Advocacy groups and trade associations that fund political advertisements may be compelled to make heightened donor disclosures as a result of recent litigation. The expanded disclosure requirements apply to “electioneering...more

G2 Compliance Report -- Keeping the Whistle Away From the Whistleblower: The Laboratory Compliance Officer’s Role in Qui Tam...

by Mintz Levin - Life Sciences on 5/21/2012

Do you, as a laboratory compliance officer, want to spare your employer the disruption, expense, and burden of a government enforcement action? The answer, of course, is “yes.” The most effective and efficient way of doing so...more

Reuters: Corporations Face Long Odds in Tax Cases Heard by the United States Supreme Court – Situation Brighter in Canada

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 5/21/2012

Reuters recently reported a study showing that corporations face very long odds in tax appeals heard by the United States Supreme Court. There were 919 income tax cases in the Supreme Court of the United States from 1909 to...more

Delaware Chancery Court Finds Breach of Confidentiality Agreement and Enjoins Martin Marietta’s Hostile Bid for Vulcan Materials

by White & Case LLP on 5/18/2012

A recent decision of the Delaware Chancery Court shines a spotlight on the terms of confidentiality agreements and the critical importance of explicit drafting to avoid unintended consequences. Ambiguous terms in a...more

The New NRLB Rules: What is the Current Status?

by Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. on 5/18/2012

On May 15, 2012, the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. enjoined effect of the new NLRB election rules, noting in the opinion that the the National Labor Relations Board did not have a legal quorum voting when the...more

Federal Court Invalidates NLRB’s ‘Ambush Election’ Rule

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/17/2012

Finding that no quorum existed to allow the National Labor Relations Board to take administrative action, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has struck down the NLRB’s attempt to change the way it handled elections in the...more

Federal Court Enjoins NLRB’s "Ambush Election" Rule on Procedural Grounds; Reprieve for Employers May Prove Short-Lived

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/17/2012

On Monday, May 14, 2012 a federal court in Washington, D.C. issued an Order invalidating the NLRB's controversial "ambush election" rules which took effect on April 30, 2012, on grounds that the rules were not properly...more

Judge Blocks NLRB's Union Election Rules

by Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/17/2012

On Monday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. blocked the National Labor Relations Board’s controversial new rules concerning the union representation election process that had gone into effect at the end of April 2012. The...more

New Guidance on Confidentiality Agreements

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 5/17/2012

A recent opinion regarding the enforcement of certain provisions commonly found in confidentiality agreements in the context of a hostile takeover provides important guidance on the drafting process of such agreements. In...more

Act Now Advisory: Court Strikes Down NLRB "Quickie Election" Rules .

by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 5/17/2012

In a sharp setback for the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), a federal district court in Washington, D.C. (the “Court”), struck down the Board’s election rules, which took effect on April 30, 2012, on technical...more

NLRB Notice Posting Requirement and New Representation Election Rules

by Miller Canfield on 5/17/2012

On August 25, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule requiring essentially all private employers to post a notice informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the Act). ...more

NLRB Election Rules Invalidated

by Warner Norcross & Judd - Michigan Employment... on 5/17/2012

Much has been reported over the past several months about the National Labor Relations Board’s revised rules for union elections. Under the new rules, many of the pre-election proceedings that used to be mandatory are now...more

NLRB Ambush Elections: More Than Just Showing Up

by Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell & Beck, P.C. on 5/17/2012

In an important victory for employers and proponents of individual freedom, U.S. District Judge James Boasber threw out a recent NLRB “Snap” election mandate....more

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