As the government and interested parties continue to fight over the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act’s reporting requirements, prudent businesses and reporting companies should be prepared to comply with all...more
12/19/2024
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After the U.S. Congress enacted the federal Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) on January 1, 2021, a wide range of plaintiffs immediately brought suit against the government challenging its constitutionality. Currently,...more
11/18/2024
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The unprecedented global pandemic posed by the new coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has left US lawmakers scrambling to provide emergency relief for individuals and businesses throughout the country while also seeking to slow the...more
Litigators are familiar with the attorney-client privilege as the focus of many discovery disputes, but transactional lawyers increasingly recognize the privilege as an asset that may or may not be part of the bargain in a...more
San Francisco Partner Meryl Macklin and Los Angeles Partner Sharon Weiss and Counsel Rosario Vizzie hosted a webinar Dec. 7 on the litigation bankruptcy and fraudulent conveyance issues in M&A deals.
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Many of us have unfortunately experienced the perils and pitfalls that follow when imprecise terms and definitions appear in deal documents. The risks of imprecision are especially acute in the area of indemnities,...more
On September 20, San Francisco Partner Meryl Macklin and Los Angeles Partner Katherine Ashton hosted a webinar on the litigation issues arising from M&A transactions and how legal shortcuts could come back to haunt...more