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President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration
Headlining the Executive Actions announced by President Obama on Nov. 20, 2014, were plans to defer the removal of, and to provide work authorization to, undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for more than five years and are parents of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. In addition, the administration will expand the existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative.
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Leasing Strategies for the Semiconductor Industry
To begin, the semiconductor industry is, of course, enormous. The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) released its end-of-year market indicators, showing a solid growth of 9% to over US $333 billion in sales for 2014 over 2013, driven mainly by double-digit growth in the memory products category.
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Real Property Law
Discussion and analysis of several pivotal rulings.
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Parents May Be Liable for Child's Activity on Facebook
It's 10 p.m. Do you know what your children are posting online?
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To Correct or Not Correct Misinformation in Social Media
In June 2014, the FDA issued a draft guidance document on correcting independent third-party misinformation on social media. While the draft guidance is not legally binding, it offers insight on the implications of whether or not to correct misinformation.
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'Independent Covenant' Language
Most often, a former employee will claim that the former employer breached the employment agreement . When such a defense is raised, an injunction hearing that should focus on the former employee's wrongful post-employment conduct instead often digresses into an argument about what compensation agreement existed and whether the former employer breached that agreement .
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Commercial Lease Diligence
This article reviews the recommended due diligence efforts of the purchaser's counsel with respect to leased commercial property, and elaborates on the pre- and post-closing rationales for completing such diligence review. The main focus of this article is the due diligence activities and rationale of counsel to a potential purchaser of all of the stock of a selling entity. Where relevant, it incorporates the alternate considerations that might arise in the context of an asset purchase or merger structure.
Second Circuit Affirms Protection of the Section 546(e) Safe-Harbor Shield for Certain Madoff Investors
The trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) may not clawback money paid out by BLMIS to hundreds of its customers, says the Second Circuit. This article explores the arguments advanced in support of, and in opposition to, avoiding the payments made by BLMIS to its customers.
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Time to Define InsiderTrading
The average person probably believes it is illegal for a corporate insider to purchase or sell stock based on confidential information or provide the information to an outside trader. However, a bombshell ruling by an influential federal appeals court could make such conduct perfectly legal.
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Will That Restriction Hold Up?
Given their critical nature to both parties, use clauses, exclusives and prohibited uses are among the most heavily negotiated provisions of any retail lease. As a result, the final draft may contain a number of compromises and vagaries that are understood only by the original parties involved.
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