Background Mediation is a process by which parties attempt to resolve a dispute amicably with the assistance of a third party (ie the mediator) who has no authority to impose a solution on the parties. For the process to be successful, the parties must be willing to attempt to resolve their disp
In the most consequential update to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) since the 2001 passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, the United States Congress on 11 December passed a wide-ranging bill that broadens and updates the BSA and the U.S.
New York recently adopted new rules to, among other things, eliminate its cumbersome and confusing Form 99 blue sky notification filing requirement for many Regulation D offerings and instead require electronic notice filings on Form D for those offerings. New York’s Martin Act previously require
The decision leaves the door open for buyers to argue that inflexible ordinary course covenants can provide a basis to terminate a transaction in which a seller does not suffer an MAE.
Congress is moving rapidly towards passing the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (Extenders Bill) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
Questions about intellectual property rights routinely arise during construction contract negotiations and serve as a refreshing reminder that COVID-19 issues are not the sole focus of negotiations at the moment.
On December 16, 2020, the Michigan Senate passed bills designed to allow college athletes to receive compensation for the use of their names, images, or likeness rights.