Two recent events have dramatically changed the face of estate planning and each will have a significant impact on divorces for years ' likely decades ' in the future. This article explores each of these two factors.
May 28, 2013Martin M. Shenkman
Questions posed by the Supreme Court may portend rulings not on the merits.
May 28, 2013Frank GulinoWhat is the enforceability of nursing home arbitration clauses? A look at federal and state rulings.
May 28, 2013Adam L. Appel, Andrew W.Countryman and Kim RuderContracts may represent the most important assets of a corporation. The counterparties to those contracts, wary of changes in the identity of the corporation that could follow an M&A transaction, usually seek to restrict those changes by negotiating anti-assignment clauses.
May 24, 2013Robert S. RederThe two hottest litigation areas these days are wage-and-hour and regulatory/compliance cases. But that isn't translating into more legal spending by corporate law departments.
May 24, 2013Sue ReisingerThe year 2014 ushers in the most significant changes to date: the implementation of Health Benefit Exchanges (Exchanges) and employer "shared responsibility" provisions. Here's what you need do now.
May 24, 2013Timothy B. Collins and Amanda E. LaytonFor General Counsel looking for a cost-effective way to reduce risk and to stay off the EEOC's radar, knowing what the EEOC's national priorities are and conducting a self-audit in these six areas is a good start.
May 24, 2013J. Randall CoffeyOn March 4, 2013, the SEC issued a no-action letter in response to a request for interpretive guidance regarding the applicability of Section 402 to a program that would allow directors and executive officers to obtain credit utilizing equity grants made by a public company issuer. Here's what this means.
May 24, 2013Laura P. WashburnWho's going where; who's doing what.
May 24, 2013ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Many commercial leases have what can be called a "repair and maintenance gap." This gap is created when the lease specifies certain repairs and maintenance for which each of the tenant and the landlord are responsible, but then is silent on others.
May 24, 2013Daniel W. Graves and Marisa Byram