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Congreso de la República de Colombia aprueba en último debate reforma laboral

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La Plenaria del Senado de Colombia el 17 de junio de 2025, aprobó en cuarto debate el proyecto de reforma laboral. La iniciativa pasará ahora a etapa de conciliación y aprobación final en ambas cámaras antes del 20 de junio...more

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Louisiana Court Rules Employee Nonsolicitation Agreements Are Not Governed by Noncompete Law, but Duration Must Be Limited

Louisiana noncompete agreements must comply with a statute—La. R.S. 23:921—to be enforceable. Does this statute also apply to employee nonsolicitation—or “anti-poaching”—agreements? A Louisiana appellate court recently held...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Key Clauses to Focus on in Local Government Contracts

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When drafting and reviewing local government contracts, it’s imperative that legal counsel understand what language to focus on. There are a number of terms and conditions which political subdivisions cannot agree to under...more

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Pennsylvania Bans Healthcare Practitioner Noncompete Agreements Longer Than 1 Year

In a major noncompete development for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, beginning January 1, 2025, certain noncompete agreements with doctors, registered nurses, and other healthcare practitioners will no longer be...more

Lathrop GPM

Eleventh Circuit Affirms in Part, Reverses in Part, District Court Determination to Blue Pencil and Enforce Noncompete Agreement

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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed in part, and vacated in part, a district court’s issuance of an injunction preventing a franchisor’s enforcement of a noncompete covenant as written but allowing...more

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Canadian Law: Make Sure Your Lease Isn't a Dealbreaker

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When selling your business in Canada, you will face a long list of due diligence requests as the purchaser reviews all aspects of your business. If there is a lease, one key aspect of due diligence review will be the lease...more

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Ohio Federal Court Denies Franchisor’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Area Representatives’ Claims in Renewal Dispute

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A federal court in Ohio recently denied in part a franchisor’s motion for summary judgment related to a dispute over the renewal of two area representative agreements. KAM Dev., LLC v. Marco’s Franchising, LLC, 2023 WL...more

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Intellectual Property Licensing: Overview and Negotiation Points

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Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick...more

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New Decision on Lease Rejection Damages

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This alert highlights a recent decision by Judge Michael E. Wiles in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), which held that lease rejection damages should be calculated using the “time approach”...more

King & Spalding

Renewed Interest in Synthetic Leases - A Refresher and Changes Under the New (ASC 842) Lease Accounting Standard

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A synthetic lease is a financing technique structured to be an operating lease for the lessee’s financial accounting purposes and a financing for U.S. federal tax purposes. Synthetic leases are most often used in acquisition...more

Genova Burns LLC

Best If Used By: Keep an Eye Out for Arbitration Agreement Expiration Dates

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A recent opinion in the case of Susan L. O’Keefe v. Edmund Optics, Inc., addressed the question of whether an arbitration provision in a written employment agreement could survive the expiration of the agreement’s one-year...more

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Selective Distribution in the French Judicial Spotlight Again

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French cosmetics company Caudalie had previously made headlines in a case decided on February 2nd 2016. In that case, Caudalie had applied for an injunction against an online marketplace to compel it to cease selling Caudalie...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Bhasin Anniversary: You Gotta Have Faith?

It has been almost a year since the Supreme Court of Canada’s unanimous decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew, which was the subject of great attention and some alarm when released. What did it mean to have “good faith as an...more

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Negotiating the Renewal Option of Your Office Lease

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In negotiating an office lease, business owners should be sure to negotiate a potentially-valuable, tenant-friendly option that landlords often grant: one or more renewal options of the lease. Under a renewal option of a...more

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CMS Proposed Stark Law Revisions

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On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law. The Stark Law is a key regulatory...more

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