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California Federal Court Grants Franchisor’s Motion to Compel Arbitration but Finds Forum Selection and Choice of Law Clauses...

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A federal court in California recently granted franchisor Spiffy Franchising, LLC’s motion to compel arbitration of a franchisee’s claims, but found the North Carolina forum selection and choice of law provisions in the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Can a Shareholder Be Oppressed After Ceding Control? Oppression, Reasonable Expectations, and Contractual Formalism

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One of the first business divorce cases that I participated in as a young litigator was a lengthy arbitration over whether a minority shareholder was oppressed under BCL 1104-a.  With those fond memories, evolution of the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

FTC Finalizes Click to Cancel and Negative Option Rule

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On October 16, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a revision to its negative option rule. The rule, formally entitled the “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs,” is a...more

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Plugged In: EV Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 1

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We ring in 2025 with a new edition of Plugged In. In this edition, Bob Weiss contemplates the critical challenges facing Volkswagen. From missteps in strategy to fierce competition in China and unprecedented restructuring...more

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2024’s Top Stories in Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets Law

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2024 was quite a year in unfair competition and trade secrets law, with the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule on non-competes garnering widespread mainstream media attention. While the FTC final rule has been set aside...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC Order Requiring Stingray to Restore Service Before Abandoning Damaged Pipeline

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On December 20, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) upheld FERC’s order authorizing Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Stingray”) to abandon a portion of its...more

DLA Piper

FTC Assesses Record Fine for Gun-Jumping Antitrust Violation

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced, on January 7, 2025, that crude oil producers agreed to pay a record $5.6 million fine as settlement for violating the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act) through illegal pre-merger...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Treasury Department, IRS Release Section 45W Clean Commercial Vehicle Guidance

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS released proposed regulations on Jan. 10, 2025, regarding the qualified commercial clean vehicle credit under Section 45W of the Internal Revenue Code, as enacted by the Inflation...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Mass Arbitration: Managing the Risk and Complexities

For over three decades, arbitration has offered an efficient and cost-effective mechanism for resolving consumer disputes. Companies across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, retail and the gig economy,...more

Hogan Lovells

DORA – One week to go

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The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”) is due to apply from 17 January 2025. It is designed to ensure regulated financial entities can withstand and recover from technology issues such as cyber events and...more

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Antitrust Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2025

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There were a number of significant developments in antitrust law in 2024, including some major wins for the government in merger enforcement, increased focus on competition concerns related to algorithmic pricing, and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Making Compliance Your New Year's Resolution

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As we begin a new year, it is the perfect time for companies subject to any government agreement to renew their focus on compliance. These binding resolutions require ongoing diligence to avoid civil and potentially criminal...more

Vedder Price

FTC Secures Record Gun-Jumping Penalty in a Case with Several Lessons for Merging Parties

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a record consent penalty of $5.6 million against two merging parties on January 7, 2025 for improper pre-merger coordination, marking the agency’s first gun-jumping action in over a...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Three Takeaways from the Initial Determination at the ITC Regarding Standard Essential Patents in the 1380 Investigation

On January 8, 2025, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Cameron Elliot issued a public version of the Initial Determination (ID) in Certain Video Capable Electronic Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-1380 brought by Complainant Nokia. While...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Breach of Trust? Baker Mayfield Sues Father in $12 Million Business Dispute

On November 22, 2024, NFL star Baker Mayfield, his wife Emily Mayfield, and their business entity Team BRM, LLC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas,...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Recent Bankruptcy Decision Reminds of the Importance of Corporate Governance Documents

On January 6, 2025, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the Bankruptcy Court) granted a mortgage lender’s motion to dismiss a debtor’s bankruptcy filing due to the debtor’s lack of...more

A&O Shearman

Contractual Interpretation: eSIMplified

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In Kigen v NOR Capital, the High Court was asked to interpret a clause to determine whether a “Success Fee” was payable by one party to the other. In a useful illustration of how to apply the established principles of...more

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey Signs into Law a Sweeping Health Care Market Oversight Bill

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On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill No. 5159, “An Act enhancing the health care market review process” (“H. 5159”), which was passed by the Massachusetts legislature in the last...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Navigating Transfers January 2025 - Investor Transfers: Lender Considerations in an Everchanging Fund Finance Market

Although transfers by investors of their interests in a fund have always been a feature of subscription / capital call facilities, as of late, there has been a palpable uptick in investor transfers and this trend is set to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The UK’s Banking Regulator Looks to Increase Its Receipt of Operational Incident Information

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”) has issued a consultation paper on proposals for rules and expectations for regulated firms to report operational incidents and material third-party arrangements (the “CP”) in...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in Kenya (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER KENYAN LAW - I. STANDARD FORMS OF AGREEMENTS - A. The transaction usually begins with a letter of offer from the seller setting out the purchase price, completion period,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Dust Off That Old Blog Post: Employee Pay When Facing Snow, Ice and Inclement Weather

With inclement weather, snow flurries, and ice in the forecast, we thought it was best to dust off the old blog post and remind you about best practices to address weather-related issues when paying employees. We hope you all...more

A&O Shearman

Instant Payments Regulation - January 2025

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In order to increase the use of instant credit transfers in euros at Union level, the EU legislators have amended Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CFPB Rules, M&A Standards Most Likely CRA Repeal Targets

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Alex Barrage, a partner with Troutman Pepper Locke, was quoted in the January 9, 2025 American Banker article, “CFPB Rules, M&A Standards Most Likely CRA Repeal Targets.”...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

OEMs Might Soon Get Clarity On Massachusetts and Maine Right to Repair Laws - Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series

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OEMs may finally get some clarity in the next couple of months about their obligations under Massachusetts and Maine right to repair laws requiring them to provide owners and independent repair facilities access to mechanical...more

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