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Closing the Deal: Three Steps to Crafting the Right Term Sheet

Many successful legal agreements begin with the term sheet; a document listing the key points of the business deal that has been struck between the parties. A deal point can be as simple as the purchase price, although with...more

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Pros and Cons of Online Templates and Examples

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In this day and age, we have a world of resources right at our fingertips, including new ways to access legal matters that would traditionally be handled by an attorney. For example, you can type "purchase agreement" or...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The Future of Generative AI Discovery Tools

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The legal world recently learned an important lesson about the blind adoption of generative AI when two New York attorneys were sanctioned for using ChatGPT to write a brief that included entirely fabricated cases. The firm...more

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Dechert Provides Comments to the U.S. Antitrust Agencies on Proposed Changes to Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Filings

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Dechert’s antitrust group submitted comments today to U.S. antitrust agencies on their proposed top-to-bottom overhaul of premerger antitrust filings made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The Federal Trade Commission...more

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European Parliament Endorses Proposed EU Pay Transparency Directive

A draft proposal of the new European Union (EU) Pay Transparency Directive published by the European Commission in 2021 revealed plans for significant reforms to equal pay initiatives. The proposal sets out significant...more

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OOR Holds that a Draft Complaint attached to an Emails is Privileged

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In Beckes v. North East School District, AP 2022-2826, the OOR determined that the attachments to two emails from the District Solicitor to the District were protected from disclosure under the attorney-client privilege and...more

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NCAA announces revisions to its proposed constitution

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On December 7, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) constitution committee released the latest draft of a proposed new constitution. Though the process continues over the next several weeks, with a goal...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Discovery Immunity For Draft Expert Reports Lacks Clarity

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To borrow from a popular travel destination slogan, what happens in mediation stays in mediation. Or does it? The answer currently is maybe, as a Delaware bankruptcy judge presiding over the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case,...more

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m (Not) Yours: How a Lapse in Record Keeping Can Lead to Non-Binding Contracts

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Usually, once a contract is signed, sealed and delivered, it is a binding agreement between the parties. However, a recent Delaware case serves as a reminder that a murky path to a signed agreement and lack of good...more

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Massachusetts Releases Draft Regulations For Paid Family and Medical Leave Law

On January 23, 2019, Massachusetts released draft regulations on the Paid Family and Medical Leave (“PFML”) Law, signed into law last summer (as previously discussed here) and set to begin taking effect this upcoming July. ...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Protect All Lawyer Changes to Draft Documents

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Some courts erroneously fail to extend privilege protection to draft documents prepared by or revised by a lawyer before their final disclosure beyond the attorney-client relationship. Even courts that properly acknowledge...more

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On Rehearing, Court Holds That Drafts Of Wills and Trust Documents Are Not Discoverable And Discusses The Attorney-Client...

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In In re Rittenmeyer, the mother of the decedent was the executor of his estate. No. 05-17-01378-CV, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 6647 (Tex. App.—Dallas August 22, 2018, original proceeding)....more

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Court Holds That Drafts Of Trust Documents Are Discoverable And Discusses The Attorney-Client Privilege

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In In re Rittenmeyer, the mother of the decedent was the executor of his estate. No. 05-17-01378-CV2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 2812 (Tex. App.—Dallas April 19, 2018, original proceeding). ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC Reduces Financial Information Requirements for Draft Registration Statements

On August 17, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) updated its June 29, 2017 guidance on the confidential review process for draft registration statements and financial information that may be omitted from draft...more

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SEC Expands Nonpublic Draft Registration Statement Processing Procedures

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Beginning July 10, 2017, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings (IPOs) for...more

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SEC Expands Confidential Review of IPO Registration Statements

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The SEC announced earlier this summer (and supplemented that announcement late last week with additional information) that it has expanded the availability of its popular procedure for confidential non-public review of, and...more

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SEC Staff Issues New C&DIs Clarifying Financial Information Required for Draft Registration Statements

On August 17, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) that clarify the financial information that Emerging Growth Companies (EGCs) and non-EGCs may...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Corporate Finance Alert: SEC Issues New Guidance on Draft Registration Statements, Including Omission of Interim Financial...

On August 17, 2017, the staff (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new guidance that will streamline significantly the confidential submission process for emerging growth companies (EGCs) and...more

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SEC Allows Non-EGCs to Submit Certain Draft Registration Statements for Confidential Review

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Effective July 10, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance began accepting draft registration statement (DRS) submissions from issuers filing registration statements in connection with...more

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SEC Expands Use of Confidential Submissions of Draft Registration Statements

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that, beginning on July 10, 2017, the Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements, on a...more

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SEC Confidential Submission Procedures Expanded Beyond Emerging Growth Company Issuers Beginning July 10, 2017

Last week, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that, beginning on July 10, 2017, the SEC will accept voluntary draft registration submissions from all issuers for nonpublic review. This...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC to Permit All Issuers to Submit Confidential Draft Registration Statements

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on June 29, 2017, that the staff (staff) of the Division of Corporation Finance will accept draft registration statement submissions from all companies for nonpublic...more

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Delivering Architectural Plans May Create Implied License - Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Inc.

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Where an architectural draftsman left his design firm mid-project and later used partial plans drawn during his employment to complete the project, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the ruling that the...more

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What Happens When the Construction Contract is Not Signed and the Work is Underway?

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Although it seems self-evident that participants to a construction project would not want to commence work without first obtaining signatures on a written contract, it happens all too frequently, even on big projects. At...more

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Court Offers Good Privilege News for Draft Form 10-K Filings

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Courts disagree about the attorney-client privilege protection's applicability to draft documents whose final version will be publicly disclosed. Public companies naturally worry about this issue's impact on their draft...more

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