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Mogin Law LLP

AECOM’s $390 Million Bet on Artificial Intelligence

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Non-tech companies continue efforts to count on AI to transform operations and competitiveness. Infrastructure consulting giant AECOM has acquired Consigli, a five-year-old Norwegian artificial intelligence startup, for...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Indiana & Kentucky Privacy Laws Go Live in the New Year

As businesses prepare for the holiday season and the new year inches closer, now is the time to revisit Indiana and Kentucky’s comprehensive data privacy laws taking effect on January 1, 2026....more

Frost Brown Todd

California Employers Face Sweeping Employment Law Changes in 2026

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Winter is upon us! As we prepare for the holidays and the start of a new year, it’s the perfect time to check in on your company’s employment policies and practices. As usual, California lawmakers were busy in 2025, and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How Much Does the New Federal Hemp Law Really Change Business for Existing Hemp Companies?

Sportscaster Jim McKay famously said that “our greatest hopes and worst fears are seldom realized.” When the federal government enacted a law that, on its face, would essentially eradicate the consumable hemp industry in...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

A Partnership of Shared Fate: The Realities and Risks of Consortiums

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Many OCAJI members will be familiar with consortium arrangements on projects, and will have seen first-hand that large, complex projects often require complex team-working arrangements to deliver them. Originally Published...more

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Netflix and Paramount Both Want Warner: What Will Antitrust Authorities Do?

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Netflix leaders appear unfazed by Paramount’s hostile bid, setting the stage for big business drama with an antitrust subplot. Netflix, Inc.’s plan to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) for $83 billion would unite the...more

A&O Shearman

Election requires reflection: waiver of a contractual right to terminate requires knowledge of the right

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The Court of Appeal has said that a party will not waive an express contractual right to terminate merely by continuing to perform after the trigger event unless, at the time, it knew of that right. Amalgamation - URE...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

When “Trust the Advisor” Isn’t Enough: Lessons from the Elanco TDF Case

I’ve always said, “You’re only one rigorous process away from averting a major fiduciary failure.” It’s one thing to trust your advisors — but completely another to delegate without oversight. So when I saw the article in...more

Kilpatrick

6 Key Takeaways | Update on Significant Unclaimed Property Issues

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Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman presented an update on significant unclaimed property issues nationwide during a Council On State Taxation (COST) webinar on December 5, 2025....more

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Traceable economic value of fraudulently acquired property may be made the subject of a constructive trust: Two procedural...

Assume fraudulent representations by the owner of a residence with multiple hidden material defects that the defects were non-existent induce Jones to purchase residence. Call that residence the “old residence.” The unjustly...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Key Takeaways From McGuireWoods’ 2025 Independent Sponsor Conference

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McGuireWoods welcomed more than 1,600 attendees to Dallas for the 2025 Independent Sponsor Conference, the cornerstone of the firm’s independent sponsor initiative and preeminent gathering of independent sponsors and capital...more

Cooley LLP

Diligence Efforts in Life Sciences Transactions

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In complex commercial agreements, parties are often required to use a specified level of “effort” when performing their obligations. But what distinguishes “best efforts,” “commercially reasonable efforts” or “good faith...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Why Your Texas LLC Operating Agreement is Your Best Defense Against Costly Litigation Between

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In Texas, your operating agreement (also called a "Company Agreement") is the defining document that governs how your LLC operates. Unlike corporations, which must follow rigid state-imposed structures, LLC members can agree...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Buying and Investing in the Brand

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Companies with strong brands, like franchise companies, are often seen as excellent investment vehicles. Because these brands have recurring revenue and can be “asset-light,” the revenue stream is considered an annuity....more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Section 47(b) Creates a Private Right of Action Under the Investment Company Act of 1940

On December 10, 2025, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd. to resolve a circuit split and determine whether there is a private right of action...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Key Insights From the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals: Termination for Convenience, Cost Recovery on a Potential Loss Contract

"It is well-settled that a terminated contractor's recovery is limited to the contract price, less the monies already paid to the contract during performance, plus settlement expenses. In addition, it is well-settled that, if...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Salt and Vinegar Flavored Potato Chips and GBL §§ 349 and 350

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In Brearly v. Weis Mkts., Inc., 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 34485(U) (Sup. Ct., Broome County Oct. 31, 2025), the motion court was asked to consider the viability of claims for violations of General Business Law (“GBL”) §§ 349 and...more

King & Spalding

Exercising caution in relying on the ‘Obligors’ Agent’ construct

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Almost all credit agreements which are based on Loan Markets Association templates contain an ‘Obligors’ Agent’ provision, which is designed to help borrowers and finance parties to minimise the administrative burden of...more

White and Williams LLP

Indiana Courts Favor ADR in Construction Disputes

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In Taylor Building Corp. of America v. Milton, No. 25A-PL-1290, 2025 Ind. App. LEXIS 367, homeowners Brett and Amanda Milton (collectively, the Miltons) contracted with Taylor Building Corp. (Taylor) to construct a home. The...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Bonus Depreciation in M&A: Timing, Structure, and Tax Impact

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) includes significant amendments to bonus depreciation under Section 168(k). The Act permanently reinstated “bonus” depreciation at 100% of the cost of eligible property, and refines...more

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC

The Economic Loss Rule and the Shifting Landscape of Construction Defect Law in Colorado

On April 21, 2025, the Colorado Supreme Court handed down its decision in Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. HIVE Construction. This case provided a further articulation of the Court’s interpretation of the economic loss rule, a legal...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New York Enacts 2022 UCC Amendments: A New Era for Digital Asset Transactions

On December 5, 2025, Governor Hochul signed Assembly Bill 3307-A/Senate Bill 1840-A into law, making New York the latest—and most influential—jurisdiction to enact the 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Update: Last Call for Rhode Island Adult-Use Retail License Applications!

In approximately three weeks’ time, the Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission’s adult-use retail license application window will close at 4:00 p.m. EST on December 29th, 2025. Interested parties that have not already filed...more

Haynes Boone

Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Irremediable Breaches and Contractual Termination Rights

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It is not uncommon in the energy and construction sectors - particularly in the offshore space - for one or possibly both parties to have a contractual termination right linked to whether a breach is “capable of remedy.”...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Swing of the Pendulum: A Tale of Two “For Cause” Removals

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Strict compliance with contractual conditions precedent, yea or nay? In New York, it depends. Now, the general rule is that strict compliance with contractual conditions precedent is required....more

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