As the end of Q1 2021 draws closer, the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (the Working Group) published a Q&A that aims to address the end-Q1 milestone for no new GBP LIBOR lending and a best practice guide for GBP referencing loans (the Best Practice Guide) on February 26,
Effective as of February 23, 2021, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) have, once again, updated the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently ruled that New Hampshire’s regulation that places certain caps on long-term care insurance premium rate increases exceeds the Insurance Commissioner’s rulemaking authority and, therefore, is invalid. See Genworth Life Ins. Co. v.
Equipment manufacturers are generally well aware of the onerous and often expensive equipment repurchase obligations they incur when terminating or non-renewing a dealer.
An Ontario Superior Court judge has accepted, in a preliminary decision in Price v Smith & Wesson Corp, 2021 ONSC 1114, that gun manufacturers may have civil liability in Canada for losses caused by mass shootings when feasible safety measures could have prevented the harm but were not used..
A recent trend in the blockchain business, and particularly among cryptocurrency companies, is to seek tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code).
The acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) last week issued a statement (available here) directing the agency to focus on climate-related disclosures in public company filings.
Last year, Harris Beach wrote about a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to deny Defendants’ motions for summary judgment in a toxic tort suit arising from occupational exposure to ortho-toluidine (“o-toluidine” or “OT”), Sarkees v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. (W.D.N.Y.
