As $162 billion in apartment loans come due this year, the gap between market fundamentals and legacy capital structures is forcing difficult decisions — and creating significant opportunities…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) first False Claims Act (FCA) settlement under its new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative offers key insight for federal contractors, federal funding recipients and healthcare providers. Under…
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/ Civil Rights, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting, Health, Labor & Employment Law
Illinois is on the cusp of enacting what may prove to be one of the most consequential pieces of artificial intelligence legislation in the country. Not because Illinois SB 315 is sweeping — it’s not. But because it is…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
Consider the scenario: a higher-up employee uploads six months of internal strategy documents into a generative AI tool, generates a ten-page competitive playbook synthesizing the company’s pricing models, customer…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
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On June 2, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) required nonprofit health system Ascension Health Alliance to divest several ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) as a condition of closing its proposed $3.9 billion…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health, Mergers & Acquisitions
Why North Texas Is Now a Top Destination for Large-Scale Restructurings -Everything's bigger in Texas, including the state's bankruptcy docket. Over the past twelve months, more mega-bankruptcies were filed in Dallas and Fort…
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/ Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
In a unanimous decision issued on May 14, 2026, the Supreme Court held in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, No. 25-83, that when a federal court stays an action pending arbitration under §3 of the Federal Arbitration Act…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
If you practice international arbitration, today matters. As Akerman has been reporting in previous alerts, the new ICC Rules are now in place and will affect all new filings before the ICC. All arbitration practitioners,…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), International Law & Trade
If your company is grappling with higher costs, shrinking profit margins, or too much debt on the balance sheet, you are not alone. In the United States, bankruptcy filings reached a total of 574,314 in the year ending December…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
Choosing the right investigator for a workplace complaint is one of the most consequential decisions an employer will make once concerns are raised. Whether the investigation is conducted internally by an HR team member or by a…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (the OIG) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion approving a pediatric dental and orthodontic services provider’s (the Requestor) proposal to…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
In a significant decision for employers navigating employee misconduct during union activity, the Fifth Circuit vacated an NLRB ruling that found Starbucks unlawfully terminated a pro-union supervisor. The court held that the…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
A bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York clarified the factors considered in determining whether an oversecured creditor can recover default interest under a loan agreement. In a recent decision (In re Mako 33,…
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/ Bankruptcy, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking
A new amendment to New York’s Fair Credit Reporting Act has significantly restricted employers’ use of consumer credit history in employment decisions. The amendment follows the lead of New York City’s existing Stop Credit…
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/ Consumer Protection, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy
In a significant post‑Starbucks ruling, the Sixth Circuit held that failure to bargain alone is not enough to justify an NLRB injunction absent specific evidence of immediate harm. The court vacated an injunction requiring the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
