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Executive Order Targets College Athletics Compliance, NIL Practices, and Federal Funding

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Key Takeaways - Federal funding and contracting risk: Covered institutions may face heightened exposure under federal suspension/debarment and "present responsibility" concepts tied to violations of certain college-athletics...more

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Raising Capital: Private Placements

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This is the second of a new series of Cohen & Gresser client advisories on how to raise money in the U.S. capital markets. In the first advisory , we noted that private capital raising has dwarfed public capital raising in...more

White & Case LLP

Q1 2026 HSR filings increased 14% over Q1 2025 HSR filings, with a steady overall increase in HSR filings in 2025 - White & Case...

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Despite the rollercoaster of HSR Rule changes in 2025 and Q1 2026, there has been a notable surge in HSR filing activity in the past 15 months. Drawing on White & Case’s Global Antitrust Merger StatPak (WAMS), the first...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: April 2026 #3

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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 start off with Virginia, where legalization is so close, but yet so far. Then we move on to Texas,...more

White & Case LLP

5 initial steps when your English law contracts are disrupted by events outside of your control

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It is common practice for commercial contracts to include a force majeure clause, which apportions the commercial risk of unforeseeable events between the parties. Contractual clauses often contain a number of examples of...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Major Reforms to Victoria’s Security of Payment Act have now come into effect: What you need to know

Major reforms to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic) came into effect on 15 April 2026. The reforms overhaul key aspects of the security of payment regime and represent the most...more

A&O Shearman

Australian merger control: reflections as the new regime beds down

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Australia’s mandatory, suspensory merger control regime became fully operational on January 1, 2026. Three months in and the signs are (broadly) positive for dealmakers. Early analysis shows that while the number of filings...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Expands 5 Percent Retainage Cap to Private Construction Projects

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Recent updates to California law impose new limitations on retainage for private construction projects. Under the updated California Prompt Payment Act, retainage on private works is now capped at 5 percent of the contract...more

Venable LLP

Stored Payment Credentials and ROSCA: Lessons from the FTC’s Uber Case

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From one-click checkouts to autofilled payment fields, the modern payment experience is built on convenience. Consumers have come to expect that apps, websites, and even their mobile devices will seamlessly store and deploy...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Health Care Non-Compete Legislation Q1 2026 Update

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In the first quarter of 2026, state legislatures have continued to limit the use of restrictive covenants with employees, with the most industry-focused limitations once again being in health care. This post tracks recent...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

What the Rollins Enforcement Action Really Means for Multistate Employers

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The FTC’s April 15, 2026 enforcement action against Rollins, Inc. should be viewed less as an isolated dispute over non-compete agreements and more as a roadmap for future federal enforcement. For multistate employers, the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La Cour d’appel de la C.-B. clarifie la norme de contrôle applicable en appel de sentences arbitrales

La Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a rendu sa décision récemment dans l’affaire Vancouver School District No. 39 v. Kingsgate Property Ltd. (l’« affaire Vancouver School District »). Elle y précise que...more

Wiley Rein LLP

How India and the U.S. Are Redefining Global Trade Rules

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In this installment of Never Tariffied, Tatiana Sainati and Matt Lapin talk with Zain Pandit and Ananya Kumar of JSA Advocates & Solicitors, a leading law firm in India, to explore why digital trade, data localization, and...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

GAO Decision Highlights the Power of Protests in Protecting Fair Competition

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The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent decision in Effective Communication Strategies, LLC, B-422289 (Mar. 18, 2025), offers an important reminder for federal contractors: when an agency repeatedly changes...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Washington Bans Nearly All Non-Compete Agreements

Washington recently joined the growing list of states passing broad bans on non-compete agreements. The new law represents a significant expansion of Washington’s existing restrictions on non-competes, non-solicitation...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

SEC Cuts Minimum Tender Offer Period in Half for Equity Securities

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On April 16, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the Division) issued an exemptive order that significantly reduces the time certain tender offers for equity securities must remain open....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

ANDA Litigation Settlements - First Quarter 2026

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This chart summarizes the case name, drug, patents-in-suit, and publicly available terms for reported settlements in federal district court cases that are filed pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act....more

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Oregon Governor Signs DIDMCA Opt-Out Bill

On April 7, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed House Bill 4116 into law, completing Oregon’s opt-out of Section 521 of DIDMCA for certain consumer finance loans in the state. The bill (previously discussed here) amends the...more

Fried Frank

Chancery Rules Stockholder, through its Board Designee, May Have Conspired with Company Fiduciaries to Commit Fraud—Diem v....

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In Diem-II, LLC and Diem-III, LLC v. Maisonette (Mar. 4, 2026), the Delaware Court of Chancery, at the pleading stage of litigation, rejected dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims that they had been fraudulently induced to...more

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The Law of War - Securities Litigation Risk in an Era of Armed Conflict

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Securities litigation may not be the first concern that comes to mind when war or armed conflict erupts. But in a legal environment where some observers quip that “[e]verything [e]verywhere is securities fraud,” public...more

Offit Kurman

M&A Nuggets: Take It Personally - It's Goodwill

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A common quandary facing sellers taxed as C corporations is the double tax that will result from a sale structured as an asset purchase — one level of tax to the corporation on the sale of its assets and a second level of tax...more

The Volkov Law Group

BIS Imposes Suspended $1.7 Million Penalty on Coastal PVA Technology for Unlicensed Exports to Entity List Parties

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an Order resolving an administrative enforcement action involving Coastal PVA Technology, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of polyvinyl...more

Stark & Stark

Drawing the Line: Crafting Clear, Enforceable Exclusives in Commercial Leases

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In KRG Bayonne Urban Renewal, LLC v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, reminded commercial landlords and tenants that when it comes to restrictive covenants, “plain meaning”...more

Hogan Lovells

UK government consults on new NDA restrictions

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After the #MeToo movement, there was public concern about employers using NDA agreements to prevent workers speaking out about discrimination or harassment. In response, the government used the Employment Rights Act 2025 to...more

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

California Attorney General’s Amicus Brief in Art Center Holdings Supports Strict Interpretation in Favor of Corporate Practice of...

On March 30, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus curiae brief in Art Center Holdings, Inc., et al. v. WCE CA Art, LLC, et al.,[1] a case involving a contractual dispute between a professional medical...more

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