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Troutman Pepper Locke

New York Further Tightens 2023 Retainage Law: 5% Cap on Retainage Cannot Be Increased in Private Construction Contracts

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On December 19, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S5655 further amending New York’s Prompt Payment Act to render void any provision in a private construction contract exceeding $150,000 that requires retainage of...more

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Colorado AG Fines Cannabis Company for Violating Prior Settlement

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On January 5, 2026, Colorado Attorney General (AG) Phil Weiser announced that MC Global Holdings and affiliated persons and entities (collectively, MC) had been fined for allegedly violating the terms of a May 2025 assurance...more

Morgan Lewis

Outsourcing Trends for 2026: AI, GCCs, and Global Delivery Models

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Outsourcing models are entering a more complex and strategic phase as companies accelerate digital transformation, embed artificial intelligence into core business processes, and reassess global delivery strategies amid...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Murder Most Foul: The Kennedy Center, Artist Cancellations, and Performance Contracts

Key Takeaways - Reputational controversy alone rarely justifies cancellation. The Kennedy Center cancellations illustrate that absent a well-drafted morals or brand-protection clause, artists who cancel in response to...more

Hogan Lovells

Mexico enacts Circular Economy Law: Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Design, guiding principles

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On January 19, 2026, Mexico published the Decree enacting the General Law on Circular Economy (“LGEC”) and amending the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (“LGEEPA”) and the General Law for the...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

60 Seconds on Tech & Sourcing: Unlocking the BPaaS Advantage—Key Considerations for Successful Deals

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While often described as a hybrid of Software‑as‑a‑Service (SaaS) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Business-Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS) is far more than the sum of its parts. It represents a strategic shift toward...more

Pillsbury - Bid Protest Debrief

Late Is Still Late: GAO Dismisses Two Protests in One Week for Timeliness Failures

Twice in one week, GAO dismissed bid protests as untimely, with each case highlighting a different but equally unforgiving timeliness trap. In ASG Solutions Corp., B-424053 (Jan. 16, 2026), the protester mistakenly assumed it...more

Goodwin

To Monetize or Not to Monetize? The Question Late-Stage Life Sciences Companies Should Be Asking

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Over the last few years, royalty monetization deals have solidified their status as important financing alternatives for late-stage life sciences companies to consider in their fundraising initiatives. As knowledge about and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

English Court of Appeal: Awareness Is Necessary to Waive Contractual Termination Rights

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The English Court of Appeal’s judgment in Ure Energy makes an important contribution to the law of waiver....more

Morgan Lewis

DOL Updates FY 2026 Health Plan Enforcement Priorities: What Employers Need to Know

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The US Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced updated enforcement priorities for fiscal year 2026. These changes signal where EBSA will focus its investigative and enforcement...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

New Industry Letter Provides Guidance for Companies Using Third-Party Service Providers

As organizations increasingly rely on third-party service providers (TPSPs) for critical services, including cloud computing, IT management, and fintech solutions, the scale and complexity of cyber risks have grown. A recent...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Universal Music Group’s Recent Success in Blocking Section 203 Termination Rights Could Pose a Threat to Artists’ Abilities to...

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On January 8, 2026, the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York granted Universal Music Group’s motion to dismiss, and in so doing, prevented hip-hop group, Salt-N-Pepa, from exercising its termination rights...more

Hogan Lovells

Repeated non-payment under JCT D&B: only defaults notified earlier but uncured allow contractors to terminate

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The UK Supreme Court's widely anticipated decision on a tiered termination clause in a commonly used English standard form of construction contract should be welcomed by all sides of the industry and contract drafters...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Sports Sponsorships in 2026: Key Insights from Don Shelkey

As the sports industry looks ahead to 2026, sponsorship agreements are becoming more complex, more strategic, and more closely scrutinized. We sat down with Doneld “Don” Shelkey, a leading sports sponsorship and commercial...more

Alston & Bird

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies CAT for Sourcing Sales to Distribution Centers

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In a January 14, 2026 opinion, the Ohio Supreme Court denied an apparel company’s $855,000 refund claim for Ohio’s commercial activity tax (CAT) for tax years 2010 through 2016. ...more

Blank Rome LLP

California’s AB 692 Reins in “Stay or Pay” Provisions in California Employment Agreements

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California’s Assembly Bill (“AB”) 692 took effect on January 1, 2026, significantly limiting the use of commonplace “stay-or-pay” clauses in offer letters and agreements, which require employees or prospective employees to...more

Stoel Rives LLP

2026 Best Practices for Construction Project Insurance

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As 2026 dawns, project insurance remains one of the most critical risk management tools for developers, builders and design professionals. Yet with multiple acronyms out there such as OCIP, CCIP, OPPI, GL, PL and SDI,...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Who Employs Police Officers Directing Traffic? Why a New North Carolina Supreme Court Decision Matters for Your Business

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On December 12, 2025, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a decision in Lassiter v. Robeson County Sheriff’s Department, Synergy Coverage Solutions, Truesdell Corporation, and The Phoenix Insurance Company, No. 54PA24....more

Harris Beach Murtha

NY Consumer Litigation Funding Act: Litigation Implications for Defendants

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed the Consumer Litigation Funding Act (the Act) into law, significantly expanding state regulation of consumer litigation funding. The Act requires plain language contracts that...more

A&O Shearman

Prospectus Regime Change In The UK—A Debt Capital Markets Update

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Recent changes to the UK public offer, admission to trading and prospectus regime from January 19, 2026 have implications for issuers and other parties involved in debt capital markets transactions offered, or listed on a...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Retained-Acreage Clauses and Horizontal Wells: Texas Court of Appeals Issues Mixed Ruling for Landowners

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Let’s assume you signed a new oil and gas lease with ABC Production in March 2018 (the “2018 Lease”). Given the size of your farm (i.e. 1000 acres), you successfully negotiated a “retained acreage” clause in the 2018 Lease....more

Cozen O'Connor

From Dock to Doorstep: Exploring Good and Bad Faith Across Land and Sea

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Insurance law is, at its core, a law of relationships. Whether land-based or maritime, every policy rests on an expectation of honesty, transparency, and fairness. Yet the way the law defines good faith—and the consequences...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Dishonesty at the Top: Alberta Court Confirms After-Acquired Cause Can Justify Termination for Cause - Sobolewski v Advanced...

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The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has released a detailed and instructive decision on after-acquired cause, employee dishonesty and proportionality in termination for cause, particularly in the context of a closely held...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

From Waste to Asset: How Cactus Water Services, LLC v. COG Operating, LLC Reshapes Produced-Water Ownership and Future Oil and Gas...

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Cactus establishes a default rule that produced water belongs to the mineral lessee absent express lease language, but leaves unresolved critical questions that will drive future disputes over classification, conveyance, and...more

Foster Garvey PC

A Defining Start to 2026 for Online Travel: China Probes Trip.com, Airbnb Expands Its Hotel Ambitions and Google Unveils Its...

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Good Sunday evening from a sunny Seattle . . . Our first Online Travel Update for 2026 is below. This week’s Update features new stories on China’s possible crack down on Trip.com, an update on Airbnb and its plans for hotels...more

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