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CDF Labor Law LLP

Key New 2026 Employment Laws for California Employers

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In 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen bills that significantly expand and reform employer obligations in California. These new laws create additional workplace rights notices, broaden leave and rehiring...more

Haynes Boone

Mediation in the UK: What the UK Can Learn From Singapore’s Implementation of the Singapore Convention on Mediation

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The UK government’s consultation on implementing the Singapore Convention on Mediation (the Convention) is a welcome and overdue step after the UK signed the Convention in May 2023. Once ratified in the UK, parties will be...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Court Highlights Dire Consequences for Contractors That Mishandle Inadvertently Disclosed Source Selection Information

The COFC ruling upholding the U.S. Marine Corps’ disqualification decision has significant implications for government contractors. The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) in Marathon Targets serves as...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Sustains Caremark Claims in Shareholder Derivative Action

In a recent decision, Brewer v. Turner, et al., Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick largely denied Regions Financial Corporation’s (“Regions”) motion to dismiss a shareholder derivative action, which sought to recover $191...more

Dentons

Ep. 89 – Three Red Flags to Watch for to Lower Your False Claims Act Risk

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In a recently settled False Claims Act case, the Department of Justice (DOJ) highlighted several alleged practices that offer important lessons for compliance professionals. While the case settled with no admission of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Brand Licensing in Health Care: An Overview for Hospitals

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Imagine this scenario: a longtime patient at an ENT practice decides to leave the traffic and sprawl of a major metropolitan area for a more idyllic, rural existence elsewhere in the state....more

Miller Nash LLP

Do Quantum Meruit Claims in Construction Exist Anymore?

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On November 13, 2025, the Oregon Court of Appeals published Seabold Construction Co., Inc. v. KOZ 2211 SW 4th Avenue, LLC, 344 Or App 688 (2025)—a decision that could signal the death knell for quantum meruit (unjust...more

Hogan Lovells

The Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 Comes Into Force

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On 2 December 2025, the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 received Royal Assent and came into force, completing its passage through Parliament. The Act confirms the pre-established common law position that a thing is...more

Troutman Amin LLP

ARBITRATION TIME: Credit One Compels TCPA Plaintiff into Arbitration

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A very important tool in thwarting TCPA class action is the arbitration clause. While attorneys are very familiar with these clauses– and their importance–I find many business leads do not really understand why they matter....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Would Your Company Want To Stop Filing Quarterly Reports if No Longer Required?

Public companies in the U.S. could soon be freed of the obligation to report financial information every quarter. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicated it will support shifting to a semiannual reporting...more

Mogin Law LLP

Antitrust Concerns Allayed, FTC OKs $1.57B Retail Fuel Deal

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The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order resolving antitrust concerns raised by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s (ACT) $1.57 billion acquisition of 270 retail fuel outlets from Giant Eagle, Inc., which...more

Dickinson Wright

CSA Proposes Semi-Annual Financial Reporting Pilot for Eligible Venture Issuers

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On October 23, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released a Notice of Publication and Request for Comment regarding proposed Coordinated Blanket Order 51-933 Exemptions to Permit Semi-Annual Reporting for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Watch Out for the Watchdogs

Directors of public companies are no strangers to scrutiny. Shareholders, whistleblowers, analysts, activists, unions, reporters, influencers, consumers, investigators, legislators and regulators all routinely question board...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - December 2025

As the U.S. government takes multibillion-dollar stakes in private companies and steers capital in other ways unprecedented outside of wartime, should companies be worried or opportunistic?...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

SFDR 2.0 for fund managers – a step in the right direction?

On 22 November 2025, the European Commission published its long-awaited legislative proposal to ‘simplify’ the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (Draft SFDR 2.0), which will transform the existing disclosure regime...more

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Some of Your Sweepstakes FAQs Answered

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A Chinese proverb states that “The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” So take more than a minute to brush up on some common frequently asked questions concerning...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ISS Announces Benchmark Policy Updates for the 2026 Proxy Season

On November 25, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced updates to its 2026 benchmark proxy voting policies, which will be applied for shareholder meetings taking place on or after February 1, 2026....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Joint Venture Best Practices: A Strategic Guide for Business Leaders – Part 2, Where to Start?

Joint ventures remain one of the most powerful tools in the modern business arsenal. In this five-part series, we will explore how, in a climate of geopolitical uncertainty and economic volatility, joint ventures have proven...more

Genova Burns LLC

Clarity Over Convenience: New Jersey Supreme Court Provides Lessons for Companies Seeking Personal Guarantees

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Oftentimes when dealing with a small business, especially a new one with limited credit history, it is wise to obtain a personal guarantee from the company’s principal. ...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Massachusetts High Court’s Nunez Decision: Retention Bonus Does Not Constitute a ‘Wage’ Under State Wage Act

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Employers offering retention bonuses gained welcome clarity when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, held in Nunez v. Syncsort Inc., 496 Mass. 706 (Oct. 22, 2025), that a bonus conditioned on...more

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UK Reviews Reform for Non-Compete Clauses

On 26 November 2025, the UK government published a working paper inviting views on options to reform non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The proposal, which was originally indicated in 2020 but not included in the...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

A Roadmap for Companies Developing, Deploying or Implementing Generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence is moving from experimental pilot projects into enterprise-wide deployment at an unprecedented pace. Yet as companies accelerate adoption, regulatory bodies in the United States and abroad...more

Jones Day

Iowa District Court: Avoidance Claims Cannot Be Encumbered by Pre-Bankruptcy Liens

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Causes of action for avoidance and recovery of preferential, fraudulent, or unauthorized transfers often are a means of generating value for the benefit of the estate and creditors in a bankruptcy case. For this reason, many...more

Cooley LLP

‘We Will Get By, We Will Survive’ – The Future of Shareholder Proposals

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As discussed in more detail in Cooley’s October 10 alert, remarks by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins suggest that Delaware-incorporated companies may be able to exclude precatory (nonbinding)...more

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Top Five Considerations for Supplier Contracts

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Internationally, businesses face growing regulatory and reputational pressure to modernise supplier contracts by embedding responsible procurement and ongoing supply chain due diligence practices. ...more

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