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In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more
Once again, we reflect on the prior year for restructuring trends impacting private credit lenders. Last year it was all about “liability management”—the latest trend in which the limits of sponsor-favorable loan documents...more
With increased focus on the board’s oversight of compliance programs by the US Department of Justice and the Delaware Courts, there is a strong case for adding compliance officers to boards of directors, and many compliance...more
“Messrs. Woods and Wu are fraudsters,” Judge Christopher S. Sontchi declared in the opening salvo of his scathing opinion. According to the former Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Woods...more
The nationally watched Delaware Court of Chancery, last week in a precedential decision issued in DeMarco v. Christiana Care Health Services, Inc., denied a petition for a mandatory injunction filed by the wife of an ICU...more
On April 30, 2021, then-Vice Chancellor (now Chancellor) Kathaleen S. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision addressing an array of important topics in the "busted deal" context following a...more
Delaware has one of the most active federal civil trial dockets in the country. On Monday, it issued this notice: In short, Delaware is back...more
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out across the county, there is uncertainty as to whether certain telehealth laws that significantly impacted healthcare providers, payors and patients during the public health emergency...more
Delaware has introduced additional restrictions on individuals and businesses aimed to curb the recent spike in COVID-19 infections. On November 17, Governor Carney announced forthcoming amendments to his emergency order....more
Delaware Gov. John Carney has announced an expansion to the DE Relief Grants program, which assists small businesses affected by COVID-19. The expansion will provide an additional $25 million in additional relief for hundreds...more
By Order dated June 15, 2020 and issued by Chief Judge Stark, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware issued and adopted its re-opening guidelines that includes four phases of re-opening. Phase One of...more
On June 15, 2020, the State of Delaware will begin the second phase of its three-part reopening plan. This phase allows certain public-facing businesses that reopened in Phase 1 to further expand their occupancy limits....more
On June 1, 2020, the State of Delaware commenced Phase 1 of its three-part reopening plan. This phase allows certain public-facing businesses to reopen with limited capacity, subject to social distancing guidelines. On May...more
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to make capital markets, including venture capital, an uncertain source of financing, founders and boards of impact businesses may increasingly look to M&A and other strategic alternatives to...more
With courts across the United States in different and various stages of re-opening to get back to some level of normalcy under the exigent circumstances created by the global coronavirus pandemic, I thought it would be...more
To help potential litigants evaluate how various executive orders may impact their filing deadlines, we examine executive orders in New York, and other select states, tolling the statute of limitations. This article also...more