H.R. 1: Digital Ad Regulation and Foreign National Prohibitions: What Political Advertisers and Ad Platforms Need to Know
Many European companies have established operations in the United States for the first time in recent years. Because North Carolina offers an abundance of natural benefits, including excellent infrastructure and a skilled...more
On January 2, 2025, Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a securities action asserting claims under Sections 10(b), 20(a), and 18...more
It’s a new year, and state legislatures around the country are beginning new legislative sessions. We expect to see more of them enacting Article 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which is designed to facilitate...more
For family offices, high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) and ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) considering the purchase of luxury assets (in particular yachts, artworks and aircraft) there are multiple factors to...more
Selling a business often becomes a second full-time job. For first-time sellers, the process can be overwhelming. Often, sellers are perplexed by the volume of document requests and the endless follow up inquiries from...more
Effective January 1, 2025, a new California consumer protection law will require sellers of digital goods to more clearly communicate whether consumers are purchasing unrestricted ownership to that digital good or merely...more
In the context of commercial real estate transactions, due diligence is conducted to obtain and verify available information regarding a property’s attributes and characteristics, physical and environmental condition,...more
A conservator is an individual who manages the finances of an incapacitated individual, and a conservator cannot sell real estate owned by the incapacitated person without prior probate court approval. MCL 700.5423(3)....more
Introduced in response to certain digital media sellers (e.g., game publishers) revoking consumer access to purchases with little to no recourse, AB 2426 forces sellers of “digital goods,” such as movies, apps, games, books...more
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426 into law. The bill declares it unlawful for "a seller of a digital good to advertise or offer for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms 'buy,' 'purchase,' or any...more
Lease agreements with a term of more than one year are currently subject to a written form requirement under the German Civil Code. For years, there have been ongoing discussions about a potential abolition of the written...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published in the August 7th Federal Register notice of a proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement (“PPA”) with the City of St. Joseph, Missouri (“St. Jospeh”). See 89...more
A letter of intent (LOI), expression of interest (EOI) or term sheet is typically the first substantive document in the life of a transaction (noting that, oftentimes, parties will sign a nondisclosure agreement prior to...more
The Florida Supreme Court ruled that PIP (Personal Injury Protection) insurers may pay 80% of a charge submitted by a provider, even when that reimbursement amount is less than the amount that would be reimbursable under the...more
The rumors of the death of price discrimination enforcement may have been greatly exaggerated. The Robinson-Patman Act (“RPA”) (15 U.S.C. §13), enacted in 1936, prohibits price discrimination by producers and resellers of...more
Originally published in Healthcare Michigan, Volume 41, No. 5 - My prior article addressed tax issues in repurchasing equity in physicians and other practice groups. This article provides information about drafting buy-sell...more
We previously previewed the issues presented in Higuchi Int’l Corp. v. Autoliv ASP, Inc., an appeal with potentially far-reaching implications for suppliers, in our March 22 and May 21 blog posts. Yesterday, the U.S. Court of...more
In corporate transactions of all kinds—mergers, acquisitions, and other business combinations—the purchaser company (Purchaser) must confront the question of how to treat the outstanding equity awards and the current equity...more
Because the courts have interpreted the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., as a strict liability statute holding owners in the chain of title liable...more
In Bolwell & Anor v NWC Finance Pty Ltd & Ors [2024] VSC 30, the Supreme Court of Victoria clarified that a lawyer will not be a "controller" of property within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) recently made OSC Rule 45-508 Extension to Ontario Instrument 45-507 Self-Certified Investor Prospectus Exemption (the “Rule”) to extend relief granted previously in respect of...more
Last June (2023), in response to a ruling request from Your Special Delivery Services Specialty Logistics (YSDS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued HQ H324098, clarifying what it means to be an “owner or purchaser”...more
This column was originally published on RENX.ca. When a deal to buy and sell land for development goes awry, an innocent purchaser can sue for the damages suffered....more
It is longstanding conveyancing practice for the vendor’s land tax liability to be included in the usual settlement adjustments between a vendor and purchaser. This practice will be banned for most sales of land in Victoria...more
It has been one year since the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) introduced the listed issuer financing exemption (the LIFE Exemption) under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions, which is...more