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Holland & Knight LLP

Commercial Parties, Transactional Lawyers and Litigators Beware: California Law Has Changed

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California law has changed. The change now makes it easier for California litigants to sue their opponents for fraudulently breaching a contract. Lawyers who negotiate and draft agreements subject to California law should...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

What's Market: The Materiality Scrape

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Over the past 15+ years covered by the ABA studies, materiality scrapes have morphed from being a somewhat uncommon provision, seen in about 14% of transactions in 2005, to something near-ubiquitous in M&A purchase...more

World Law Group

Doing Business in Illinois - USA

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In World Law Group's Doing Business In Guide, member firms around the globe share how to successfully do business in their countries, key investment sectors, and what business opportunities are hot in the market right now. In...more

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What's Market: No Undisclosed Liabilities Representations

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In M&A transactions, unknown target liabilities are typically addressed in different ways throughout the M&A purchase agreement. A no undisclosed liabilities representation is one of the principal representations in an M&A...more

Lathrop GPM

Ohio Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Holding Regarding Applicability of Area Representative Agreement to Individuals

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An Ohio appellate court, reversing a summary judgment decision, recently held that the “full-time efforts” section of an Area Representative Agreement was applicable only to the area representative entity and not the...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Tone at the Top Week: Part 1 - The Mandate

The 2022 Monaco Memo emphasized the basic point that the key to every company is culture. The bottom line is that corporate culture matters and corporate culture that fails to hold individuals accountable, or fails to invest...more

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What's Market: Representations and Warranty Insurance

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Representation and warranty insurance (“RWI”) is an increasingly important feature of private company M&A transactions. Every other year since 2005 the ABA has released its Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Chambers Global Practice Guides: International Arbitration 2024 - Hong Kong

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Arbitration is a popular mode of alternative dispute resolution in Hong Kong, used increasingly in cross-border commercial disputes and among international parties. In 2023, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre...more

Alston & Bird

Settlement Between Delaware and 30 States Ends MoneyGram Litigation

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Following the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in the MoneyGram case, Delaware and a coalition of 30 states have settled. Our Unclaimed Property Team examines the impact of the settlement on future litigation over escheated...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Sixth Circuit Says Not So Fast on the Last Chance Agreement

In a recent decision involving the validity of a last chance agreement, the Sixth Circuit concluded that the embedded release of all claims against the employer was not knowingly and voluntarily entered into by the employee...more

Mayer Brown

New Hampshire Significantly Amends Motor Vehicle Retail Installment and Sales Finance Company Act

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On August 2, 2024, New Hampshire enacted legislation that significantly revises its Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act (the “Act”), effective July 1, 2024. Unfortunately, that effective date is not a typographical...more

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Anti-Suit Injunctions, Arbitration Clauses and (Pro) Active English Courts

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has changed the legal landscape for commercial parties contracting with Russian counterparts in multiple ways. This Legal Insight considers how commercial parties have sought the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

On Being Conspicuous: Changes to the UCC’s Definition of Conspicuous – UCC 1-201(b)(10) – Part Two

The following article is part two of our series on the 2022 Amendments to the UCC. Please read the first article for context. The discussion below is divided such that the first section discusses the edits made in the 2022...more

Cornerstone Research

Considerations for Blow Provisions in Securities Class Action Settlements

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Securities class action settlements often include what is commonly referred to as a “blow provision”—a provision designed to give defendants the option to terminate the settlement agreement if a specified threshold of...more

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What's Market: Indemnity Escrows

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Merger and acquisition (M&A) purchase agreements generally include indemnification provisions, pursuant to which any given party (indemnitor) agrees to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the other party or parties...more

Carlton Fields

What the NAR Settlement and Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act Means for You

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In October 2023, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) was found liable by a federal jury of making home sellers pay excessive commission fees. Following a settlement between the NAR and the federal government, many new...more

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What's Market: Indemnity Baskets

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In merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, the definitive purchase agreement, whether asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or merger agreement, typically contains representations and warranties made by the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: September 2024 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see California dealing with intoxicating hemp products. The Eastern Band of Cherokee opens their...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Addressing Pre-taliation

One of the most talked about subjects in corporate compliance is the issue of pre-taliation—an increasingly common enforcement target by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Matt Kelly and I did a recent podcast...more

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What's Market: Alternative Dispute Resolution Provisions

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In M&A purchase agreements, the parties may stipulate certain non-judicial means for dealing with claims under the agreement (e.g., arbitration or mediation). These ADR provisions will govern how disputes between the parties...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Commerce Department Adopts Sweeping Changes in U.S. Export Controls

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On September 6, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in the U.S. Commerce Department issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to add new export controls on semiconductor,...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Q2 2024 Commercial Insurance Market: Positive Conditions Across Most Segments

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Insurance buyers enjoyed favorable market conditions across most segments of the commercial lines market in the first half of 2024. D&O and Cyber led the way in premium decreases, even benefiting companies with claims...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: September 2024 Update

Welcome to the September issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more

Ankura

Mediation and Early Settlement of Disputes – The Expert’s Role

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The early settlement of disputes and mediation was a recurring topic throughout London International Disputes Week (LIDW). Featured on several panel discussions and raised in Q&A, this topic brought into sharp focus the role...more

Hogan Lovells

New considerations on potential liability towards third parties resulting from a breach of contract

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A recent decision from the French Supreme Court provides some interesting developments regarding the extra-contractual (or tort) liability based on a breach of contract. An Italian company specializing in the production of...more

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