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The 2024-25 Federal Budget contained a somewhat vague (but relatively modest) announcement of a ‘clarification and broadening’ of the classes of assets in respect of which non-residents would be subject to Australian capital...more
Classic equity doctrine. By the 1940s, it was settled law that a funded revocable inter vivos trust with multiple beneficiaries was a true trust. See Nat’l Shawmut Bnk v. Joy, 53 N.E.2nd 113 (1944). It was not merely a failed...more
Pharmaceutical research and development is becoming more expensive and taking longer. Innovative AI scale-ups and platforms are addressing this by quickly accumulating vast datasets, but the larger companies that buy them...more
The life sciences and healthcare sector is a prominent target for shareholder activists. In 2025 a record 255 activist campaigns were launched worldwide, surpassing the previous high of 249 set in 2018, according to research...more
Effective January 1, 2026, two groundbreaking California statutes will significantly impact private construction contracts executed after this date. The first, California Civil Code § 8811, imposes a strict five percent (5%)...more
Finality is a mandatory feature of arbitration: Parties cannot validly agree to mechanisms that would allow an arbitral award to be amended indefinitely or prevent it from ever becoming final. Correction powers must be time...more
Once I heard the news that NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo had invested in a “prediction market,” my interest was piqued and I learned that these decentralized platforms can be used for anyone to wager on company-specific...more
Use cases for letters of credit (LOCs) in the re/insurance industry are familiar to many. Even in an era when more than 100 non-US re/insurers hold reciprocal re/insurer status and presumably face fewer calls by US cedents...more
Businesses often face situations where their information, relationships, or brand may be at risk. In those moments, the decision is not simply whether misconduct occurred, but how to respond in a way that protects the company...more
If you make asset-based loans secured by accounts receivable, you need to understand what happens when your borrower files bankruptcy and wants to spend the money you thought was yours. A recent federal court decision from...more
The Supreme Court of California recently ruled that the formatting and legibility of an arbitration agreement do not bear on whether it is substantively unconscionable but clarified that courts must still scrutinize...more
On April 2, 2026, Judge Lewis J. Liman of the Southern District of New York issued an opinion in Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC et al., No. 24-CV-10049, dismissing ten of thirteen claims actress Blake Lively brought against...more
Federal contractors often face unique challenges when their work intersects with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). While FOIA primarily governs federal agencies, contractors can be indirectly affected when agencies...more
Many healthcare providers assume their technology contracts are static—negotiated once and largely administrative thereafter. That assumption is increasingly risky. Vendors are rapidly embedding artificial intelligence (AI)...more
Key Takeaways - The Washington Supreme Court recently ruled against a plaintiff’s claims that the originally listed price of an on-sale article of clothing was deceptive and constituted a “false discounting scheme.”...more
Since the fall of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a number of broad authorizations, known as general licenses (GLs), to...more
As generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) becomes embedded in day-to-day commercial operations across virtually every sector, businesses are confronting a parallel rise in litigation and regulatory risk tied to AI...more
Trade unions will have a right of access to workers, in person and digitally. A new statutory Code of Practice will contain the detail of how the right operates. Significant penalties will apply to employers that breach...more
This is the fifth in a six-part series on incentive design, deal structure, and how these issues surface in transactions and enforcement. Other relevant topics will be discussed in our upcoming presentation, Physician Owner...more
On March 26, 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit against The New York and Presbyterian Hospital (NYP), alleging that certain contractual restrictions NYP imposes on health insurance companies...more
The Iran war has pushed force majeure out of the boilerplate and onto the GC’s dashboard. Disruption is showing up through shipping constraints, infrastructure impacts, energy volatility, insurer retrenchment, and...more
Retainage is commonly used in construction to withhold funds until project completion. Unfortunately for some contractors, this means their payment for the project may get delayed for years until the project is completed....more
In 2026, persistent urban land scarcity and robust demand for large-scale mixed-use, multifamily, and transit-oriented developments have made land assemblage one of the most powerful tools available to sophisticated...more
Employers will soon be obligated to provide employees with severance benefits if they want to have an enforceable noncompete in Virginia and they also will be prohibited from entering into noncompetes with health care...more
Mayer Brown’s broad Financial Services practice has a long history of providing meaningful insights on how rapidly evolving environments for financial products may affect their business activities through both thought...more
