The 2014 session of the Connecticut General Assembly has just concluded. The following is a cursory description of bills that were passed by the General Assembly that may be of interest. A more detailed summary of these enactments will be...
The Kazakhstan government recently announced a roadmap of specific and immediate measures designed to incentivise foreign direct investment and further privatise key sectors of its economy. The roadmap broadly outlines a series of measures to be...
On April 14, 2014, Governor Cuomo announced that New York had finalized the terms and conditions of a Medicaid 1115 waiver amendment agreement (the “MRT Waiver”) with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”). The waiver amendment...
We are watching decisions and regulatory developments that will impact health insurers and the way they do business. What are you watching for in 2014? Issues surrounding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) capture our top three...
This post updates one we did over a year ago analyzing antitrust reverse breakup fees in public deals since January 1, 2005. An antitrust reverse termination fee (ARTF), sometimes called an antitrust reverse breakup fee, is a fee payable by the...
In Webmediabrands, Inc. v. Latinvision, Inc., No. 601048/2010, the Supreme Court (J. Friedman) pierced the corporate veil at the summary judgment stage. Under New York law, the factors used to determine whether a court should allow plaintiffs to...
Pressure. Debt collectors want you to feel the pressure. And nothing is going to put pressure on you to pay the debt collector money like them calling your job and discussing your personal financial information with others. Calls to your place...
At last, the new Supervisor of the California Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (“DOGGR”) has been announced. Steven Bohlen, currently Program Director at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will...
Latham & Watkins co-hosted a senior level industry summit with ASIFMA in Hong Kong entitled "Maximizing Outcomes in Upcoming Restructurings." Robyn Meredith, Managing Director of REORIENT Financial Markets Limited and best-selling author, shares...
Seventy-seven percent of companies have acquired customers through Facebook, 43% have gained customers through LinkedIn, and 34% have generated leads through Twitter. Most companies have been leveraging social media as a marketing tool for quite some...
