FCA Implications for M&A Transactions
How to Secure Advances to Fund Legal Fees
Mediating Complex Insurance Coverage Disputes Series Part 4 - How to Seal the Deal
Practical Training for Project Managers & Supervisors Two-Part Webinar Series: Part Two
Mergers and Acquisitions - Key Issues in Today's M&A Deals
Indemnification Provisions: What They Mean and What You Should Worry About
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 168-Dan Cogdell on criminal procedure issues in defending an individual prosecuted criminally under the FCPA
CorpCast Episode 2: Advancement 101
Purchase Agreements – Interview with Stephen Gulotta, Managing Member, Mintz Levin's New York Office
Although a majority of buyers in real estate transactions rely on their own inspections of property, most real estate purchase and sale agreements contain some seller representations and warranties regarding key factual...more
In recent years, the use of representations and warranties insurance (RWI) in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions has experienced dramatic growth worldwide. Consequently, deal participants in Latin America are showing...more
In our last newsletter, we discussed due diligence as it relates to selection of vendors. The second part of that exercise is to negotiate your agreement with the vendor to properly manage any risks you identified. In this...more
Several recent developments with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) come into effect this year, including the new pay-versus-performance proxy disclosure as well as new Rule 10b5-1 rules and related...more
Businesses and individuals enter into indemnification or hold harmless agreements to protect one party of the transaction from the risks or liabilities created by the other party of the transaction. To defray the costs in...more
On March 22, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled that two ACE insurers were obligated to indemnify Target Corporation (“Target”) for the amounts it paid to settle claims related to...more
In June 2017, the Supreme Court held in Kokesh v. SEC that SEC disgorgement is a penalty, rather than an equitable remedy, and thus subject to the five-year statute of limitations codified in 28 U.S.C. § 2462. More than two...more
You are ready to join a nonprofit board so you can help support the good work that it does. Do you know the risks associated with serving in this important role? ...more
The Situation: New technologies incorporating AI create questions about how product liability principles will apply and adapt. The Issue: Legislatures and courts have not addressed how product liability laws apply to new...more
“A significant data breach is likely to cost the company materially, and costs could drag on for a number of years,” analyst Shlomo Rosenbaum, commenting on the Equifax breach. Organizations increasingly rely on...more
A federal court in South Dakota granted a motion to strike and a motion to dismiss filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the laboratory that conducted drug tests for the Defendant employer, holding...more
Thousands of mortgage lenders across the country either recently received, or will soon be receiving, this document from Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (LBHI). It is a notice of a motion to approve a proposed settlement of...more
2016 saw many notable developments in corporate governance litigation and related regulatory developments. In this article, we discuss significant judicial and regulatory developments in the following areas: Mergers...more
Outsourcing information technology functions to the cloud entails risk for both companies and cloud service providers, especially when sensitive data is stored in the cloud. Sensitive data carries business risk and may be...more
Big data, data analytics, talent analytics, HR analytics, people analytics. There are many names to describe the use of data science in human resources, and as the list grows, the promise of this technology continues to...more
This Glossary contains many of the important terms and definitions used in the M&A world. The Glossary is not exhaustive, however. Like most areas of the law, M&A is a highly complex subject that involves several legal and...more
The success of your new venture depends on avoiding costly and time consuming patent litigation. Mature companies often engage patent counsel to provide “freedom to operate” opinions with respect to specific products or...more
This year, 2014, is lining up with interesting insurance coverage cases pending across the country which may lead to far reaching decisions. In California specifically, it is apparent to us that the Hartford Insurance...more