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New Zealand Moves to Allow Mutual Employment Termination Discussions, Drawing on UK Model

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New Zealand is set to introduce a framework that would allow employers and employees to end contracts by mutual agreement, a move taking inspiration from the UK’s long-standing “protected conversations” regime....more

Haynes Boone

The New Cost of Packaging: Five Compliance Risks Companies Shouldn’t Ignore

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States across the country are shifting the financial responsibility of managing packaging waste from local governments and consumers to the companies that place the packaging into the marketplace. These packaging Extended...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Millicom Subsidiary Enters into First FCPA Corporate DPA Since FCPA Pause Lifted: Takeaways on Enforcement Landscape and...

On November 10, 2025, Comunicaciones Celulares S.A. (Comcel or Company), a Guatemalan cellular telecommunications services company, entered into a two-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA or Agreement) with the Department...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Unallocated Risks—A New Approach to Sports Betting Regulation

“Myths,” wrote the great mythologist Joseph Campbell, “are public dreams.” In America, a founding myth is that competition, pure and unalloyed, is not merely good, but trustworthy....more

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law +

New General Permit for Connecticut Remediation Contractors

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a new general permit for remediation contractors, known as the General Permit to Act as a Contractor to Contain or Remove or Otherwise...more

BCLP

From Moneyball to Machine Learning: Data Analytics and AI in Sports Contracts

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The use of data analytics in sport, pioneered by the Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball team, and depicted in the movie “Moneyball”, has fundamentally changed how players are scouted, valued, and utilised. What began...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Contract Smarter, Not Harder: Best Practices for Entering into and Managing HOA Vendor Agreements

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Accomplishing these goals requires contracting with service providers for everything from landscaping and pool maintenance to capital improvement projects. To avoid disputes, control costs, and ensure quality outcomes, it’s...more

Goodwin

How to Secure and Retain Top Talent in Asset Purchases

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Recent research shows that acquired workers are nearly twice as likely to leave post-deal, with attrition increasing significantly during the first 12 months post-buyout, underscoring the critical and often underestimated...more

Knobbe Martens

U.S. Government Aerospace Procurement Updates and Implications for Intellectual Property

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The U.S. government has recently signaled changes for development and procurement of weapons and aerospace systems. The government has stressed moving faster in procurement and becoming more self-reliant in manufacturing and...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Exercised Appraisal Rights? Deferred Payment of Contingent Value? Don’t Forget Imputed Interest

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An Extension of Credit - When one person lends money to another, the lender expects the borrower to repay the loan by an agreed-upon time. In order to compensate the lender for the borrower’s use of the lender’s money (the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FUNDamentals — November 2025

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FUNDamentals is a periodic digest of news and information specifically for investment funds and investment advisors. In this issue, we highlight some industry trends, 401(k) access to alternative assets, fund liquidity trends...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Navigating the Duty to Defend: Insights from the Third Edition of Hinshaw’s Fifty-State Survey

An Overview of The Duty to Defend- Many insurance policies issued as primary layer coverage establish two separate principal duties on the part of the insurer: the duty to defend and the duty to indemnify. 1. The duty to...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Weighs Enforceability of Noncompete Agreements After Forfeiture of Equity Shares

The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware is considering a case regarding whether a former executive’s noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements, which were agreed to in exchange for company shares, remain enforceable if...more

Mogin Law LLP

Could California Ease the Sherman Act Burdens on Antitrust Plaintiffs?

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The California Law Revision Commission (CLRC) voted unanimously last month to recommend amending the Cartwright Act, the state’s antitrust law, to impose liability on a single firm for a restraint of trade while also holding...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Asahi cyberattack highlights risks to “operational technology”

Another type of cyber attack. Operations for Japan-based beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings recently shut down after a cyberattack, causing a ripple effect that extended far beyond its breweries. The incident forced...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Buyout Options for Divorcing Restaurant Owners

Divorce can be especially complicated for restaurant owners, as it often involves not just dividing personal assets but also making tough decisions about the future of the business....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Comma Drama: How Tiny Punctuation Choices Can Swing Entire Coverage Battles

Insurance coverage disputes often rise or fall on sweeping questions — trigger theories, allocation frameworks, priority of coverage. But sometimes the battle comes down to something dramatically smaller: a comma....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Clarity Act Coming Into Focus

The proposed Digital Asset Market Clarity Act would establish a comprehensive, top-down regulatory framework for digital assets that reflects a growing bipartisan push in Congress for clear oversight of the digital asset...more

Phelps Dunbar

Forget Fifth Graders — Are You Smarter Than a CEO?

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The Supreme Court of South Dakota says that (in certain circumstances) you need to be. That court wrangled with the evidentiary requirements for professional negligence and breach of contract claims arising from the...more

Morgan Lewis

CFTC at a Crossroads: Enforcement, Innovation, and the Road Ahead

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The CFTC is refocusing efforts to balance between commission oversight and delegated chair authority...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Passport to U.S. Customs Compliance – Winter Edition - January 14th - 30th, 1:00 pm EST

ACI’s virtual Passport to U.S. Customs Compliance – Winter Edition comes to you again at an unprecedented juncture in the world of customs compliance! With tariff shifts and ramped-up tariff evasion enforcement,...more

Jaburg Wilk

After ‘I-Do”: Understanding Postnuptial Agreements in Arizona

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A postnuptial agreement (sometimes called a postnuptial property settlement agreement or postnuptial property division agreement) is a formal agreement entered into during marriage in order to define each spouse’s property...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Reality, Not Possibility: The Eleventh Circuit Warns Employers About Labels in Independent Contractor Misclassification Analyses

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On October 16, 2025, the federal Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the United District Court for the Southern District of Alabama’s decision to grant an employer’s motion for summary judgment in a matter...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Florida Ruling Raises Bar for Condo Terminations and Buyouts

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On October 14, 2025, in a landmark decision with significant implications for the Florida real estate market, the Supreme Court of Florida formally denied Two Roads Development’s (TRD Biscayne LLC) petition for review in its...more

Haynes Boone

Arbitration in the Fifth - October 2025

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While Oct. 2025 saw relatively few opinions, those published address important points including the issues faced by employers and employees and their workplace arbitration agreements. In Jones v. Homeaglow Inc., the Northern...more

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