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Purchase Agreement Asset Purchaser Notice Requirements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Ninth Circuit’s Expansion of Successor Liability May Make Asset Purchases More Costly

On June 1, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that an asset purchaser that was deemed a successor was liable to pay the seller’s withdrawal liability even though the purchaser did not have actual...more

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Eighth Circuit Holds Asset Purchaser Liable for Failure to Provide WARN Notice to Seller's Employees

In a typical corporate transaction, the parties structure the deal as an asset purchase, whereby the buyer purchases essentially all of the company’s property, equipment, goodwill, customer lists, etc. If the asset purchase...more

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Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2015 Edition: Buyer Beware – Court Lowers Hurdle to Make Claim for Withdrawal Liability...

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In Tsareff v. ManWeb Services, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an asset purchaser’s pre-closing knowledge of a seller’s potential multiemployer plan withdrawal liability could be sufficient...more

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