News & Analysis as of

General Business law-news Criminal Law

Read need-to-know updates, commentary, and analysis on General Business issues written by leading professionals.
FordHarrison

The Most Important Labor Bill You've Never Heard Of

FordHarrison on

For years, employers have heard predictions of sweeping labor law reform.  Indeed, past legislation has been a compelling talking point in presidential elections. Who doesn’t remember the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) which...more

Franczek P.C.

Congress Advances “Faster Labor Contracts Act,” Imposing Strict Timelines and Binding Arbitration for First Union Agreements

Franczek P.C. on

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408), a bipartisan bill aimed at accelerating negotiations for initial collective bargaining agreements under the National Labor...more

Polsinelli

Virginia Imposes New Rules for Franchise Agreements

Polsinelli on

Key Takeaways: Effective July 1, 2026, Virginia will require Virginia law to govern franchise agreements for Virginia-based operations....more

Bilzin Sumberg

Navigating the Legal Landscape of NIL Contracts in Collegiate Sports

Bilzin Sumberg on

College athletics has experienced a dramatic sea change in just a few short years.  Gone are the days of strict NCAA regulation that felt like they governed every aspect of a student’s life down to a strict number of snacks...more

Littler

Third Circuit Rejects “Overtime Gap Time” Claims Under FLSA

Littler on

In a significant development for employers in the Third Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that the FLSA does not permit recovery of “overtime gap time” wages. While the decision limits the...more

Polsinelli

Tennessee Joins States Regulating Non-Competes by Statute

Polsinelli on

Effective July 1, 2026, Tennessee employers will be prohibited from requiring, requesting or enforcing a noncompete agreement against an employee whose annualized compensation is less than $70,000. The new law puts Tennessee...more

FordHarrison

Noncompete News: Delaware Courts May Reject Choice-of-Law Provisions in Contract in Favor of the State With the Strongest Ties to...

FordHarrison on

Delaware’s long-standing reputation as a pro-business, employer-friendly jurisdiction has made the state a popular choice for employers’ state of incorporation, the location of their headquarters, and the state whose laws...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

A Sliding Door to the Future of Healthcare Enforcement: Will We Soon See DEI-Based False Claims Act Settlements in Healthcare?

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) first False Claims Act (FCA) settlement under its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative offers key insight for federal contractors, federal funding recipients and healthcare providers. Under...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Sports, Speculation, and the Public Interest: CFTC Proposes Rules Specifying When Event Contracts Are Contrary to the Public...

On June 10, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPRM”) proposing amendments to CFTC Regulation 40.11 and the addition of Appendix F to...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Funked out: Sixth Circuit finds copyright ownership claim accrues upon plain and express repudiation

Addressing when a copyright ownership claim accrues under the Copyright Act, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a summary judgment grant, finding that genuine disputes of material fact remained as to...more

Offit Kurman

Why Real Estate Issues Slow ETA Deals

Offit Kurman on

Most buyers expect environmental issues to be the real estate risk. In many deals, the larger risk is operational disruption. Real estate shows up in the vast majority of lower middle market transactions in some form....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Portuguese real estate transfer tax on restructurings violates EU law – signal effect for Germany

By judgment of June 4, 2026, in case C‑837/24 ‘Nova Iberomoldes’, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that the Portuguese real estate transfer tax on restructurings infringes the Capital Duty Directive...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Saving Your Lease, Saving Your Restaurant

For most New York restaurants, the lease is the business. You can change the menu, rebrand, or swap out equipment—but if you lose the right space, at the wrong time, the restaurant may not survive....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Foreign investment in France: Takeaways from 2025 and regulatory changes in 2026

The Office for Foreign Investment in France (IEF) saw the trends observed in 2024 continue, with an increase in the number of foreign direct investment (FDI) notifications and a significant number of applications filed in the...more

Cogency Global

Avoiding Fatal Debtor Name Mistakes On UCC Financing Statements

Cogency Global on

Search logic varies by state, can change over time, and in Florida, there’s no effective safe harbor at all, so even minor errors in the debtor name can be deemed fatally misleading....more

Cooley LLP

Proxy Season Recap: Governance Proposals

Cooley LLP on

Here’s an excerpt from this Cooley Alert penned by Beth Sasfai, Brad Goldberg, Michael Mencher, Vince Flynn, Victoria Peluso, Reid Hooper and Justin Kisner: “Governance proposals remained steady in volume and continue to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Simplifying the Public Company Framework: Understanding the SEC’s Filer Status Reform Proposal

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

On May 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to simplify its filer status framework by: (1) consolidating filer status categories; (2) raising the large accelerated filer public float threshold...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Proposes Major Reforms to Registered Offerings: What Public Companies Need to Know

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

On May 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a sweeping set of reforms designed to modernize and simplify the framework governing registered securities offerings by public companies....more

Integreon

Worried about CLM Integration? Here’s What You Need to Know (and do) to Combat your Biggest Integration Concerns.

Integreon on

Every leader who has evaluated a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform has run into the same uneasy question: “How is this actually going to fit with everything else we use?” It’s a fair concern. A CLM sits at the...more

Stark & Stark

New Jersey Chancery Court Finds LLC Member Oppression and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Following Bench Trial

Stark & Stark on

A favorable result was recently obtained in the New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division in Fasulo v. Shaw, an LLC member oppression and fiduciary duty case arising from a dispute among members of a limited liability...more

WilmerHale

New Executive Order on “Strengthening Customs Enforcement” - What Importers Need to Know

WilmerHale on

On June 3, 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Strengthening Customs Enforcement,” (the Order) directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to undertake...more

Clark Hill PLC

Cannabis Group Series | DEA Final Order: Marijuana Rescheduled Schedule I to Schedule III

Clark Hill PLC on

On April 23rd, the DEA issued a final order moving certain marijuana classifications from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This installment of the Cannabis Video Series, “DEA Final Order:...more

BCLP

Spec 1 Limited & Ors v The Export-Import Bank of China: Squaring the Circle of Asymmetric Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses

BCLP on

The High Court in Spec 1 & Ors v Export-Import Bank of China [2026] EQHC 1162 (Comm) analysed the principles governing asymmetric exclusive jurisdiction clauses, emphasising that such clauses in finance documentation must be...more

Jackson Walker

Texas Business Court Holds Future Governance Rights Do Not Create Present Affiliate Status

Jackson Walker on

In Energy Founders Fund, LP v. Daskevich, Judge Brian Stagner addressed a recurring issue in M&A transactions: when should affiliate status be measured? The court’s answer was unequivocal: at the time of the transaction,...more

Jackson Walker

Texas Business Court Holds LLC Transfer Restrictions “Travel With the Property”

Jackson Walker on

In Camino Real Developers, LLC v. RivenRock, LLC, Judge Brian Stagner addressed a question that arises whenever an LLC interest changes hands: can a purchaser acquire the benefits of a membership interest while avoiding the...more

97,155 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3,887

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide