The Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the IRS (the “Agencies”) have issued Frequently Asked Questions #51...

Here are some common tax fallacies involving settlements and why they are wrong. Putting the money in a lawyer-client trust account...

We have reported that states are restricting the operation of non-compete and other restrictive post-employment covenants. The latest...

NOTE: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an emergency motion to stay enforcement of this Standard, finding...

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) filed its first major no-poach case in 2010, against a group of Silicon Valley...

Delaware’s Supreme Court has adopted a new three-part universal test to decide a whether pre-suit demand upon a company’s board should be...

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New deployments of smart devices and smart services are happening rapidly. Almost all new infrastructure should be informed by new...

Before filing registration statements with the SEC, a group of companies designated the federal courts as the exclusive place to resolve...

In premises liability cases, the proliferation of surveillance cameras in commercial settings means a corresponding focus on the duty to...

Does putting a lawyer on a cc line instead of the to line affect the likelihood that the email qualifies for attorney-client-privilege...

China approved a Data Security Law (DSL) which will take effect on September 1, 2021. DSL, together with two other laws known as the PRC...

Most LLC operating agreements have provisions on transfers of interests by members. Without specific provisions in an operating...

NDAs allow parties to cooperate using information owners would be unwilling to share absent the protections they afford. The basic...

The first substantial amendments to China’s Copyright Law in 20 years come into effect on June 1, 2021. They focus on enhancing...

The Bankruptcy Code does not generally allow debtors to individually modify the terms of property leases. The Consolidated Appropriations...

The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (the NDAA) was enacted on January 1, 2021. Part of it imposes new beneficial ownership...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) has finalized two parts of its debt collection rule under the Fair Debt Collection...

A patent gives the owner the legal right to sue other parties for making, using, selling, or importing the patented matter. Compulsory...