Legal News

In the social and economic fallout from the Coronavirus, businesses are assessing how best to address their commercial relationships, especially where potentially insurmountable barriers to performance loom large.  One clause that concerns...By: Goulston & Storrs PC

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than just health concerns for our community—it has also created significant economic concerns. Jobsites are shutting down across the country and contractors are afraid that project funding will dry up, leaving...By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The coronavirus pandemic is causing ongoing instability and uncertainty to the global economy. Already, there is a profound alteration of worldwide business operations, including the U.S. construction industry....By: Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

The coronavirus epidemic has disrupted our world in ways we could not have imagined a few weeks ago. In the midst of the crisis, the federal government is trying to do everything possible to keep businesses afloat, and that includes the continuation...By: Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Lane Powell Legal Update - The spread of the coronavirus, and reactions to it by both public and private actors, have potential implications for the performance and enforcement of contracts....By: Lane Powell PC

Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”), parties to certain large mergers and acquisitions or tender offers are required to file premerger notifications and await governmental review (generally, where one party has...By: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Effective Tuesday, March 17, the City of Boston is suspending all regular activity on construction sites in the City until further notice....By: Goulston & Storrs PC

While this week’s Update does not include stories about Coronavirus and its potentially disastrous effects on the lodging and travel industries, I’m sure it will only be a matter of time. We are already hearing stories of distributors’ troubling...By: Foster Garvey PC

With news that a nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington has multiple confirmed cases of COVID-19, legal compliance is likely at the top of senior care and living providers’ minds. Having a plan to mitigate risk and ensuring compliance with rules...By: Lane Powell PC

This week’s Update again features number of stories on Google, including an update on last week’s story detailing Google’s recent addition of direct links to competitors’ travel sites. Last but not least, as most of you know, this past Monday,...By: Foster Garvey PC