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With data privacy issues constantly in the news, what do businesses need to know about handling personal information when they’re considering bankruptcy, especially if some personal information – like customer records – may be a valuable asset? This 3-part series of posts will offer an overview of the Bankruptcy Code’s provisions related to personally identifiable information (“PII”), and how transfers of PII in bankruptcy can play out in the real world; recommendations of best practices ...

On August 7, 2020, the Government of Alberta launched Period 4 of the Site Rehabilitation Program (SRP) and released further details about the SRP, including information about the submission process for abandonment work and Phase 1 Environment Site Assessments (ESA), Indigenous company criteria, and further guidance for interim invoice reporting....By: Bennett Jones LLP

The pressing need for affordable housing in our region is not new, but it has undoubtedly become more palpable. Those of us involved in developing these housing options expect the demand to continue growing, regardless of the current economic conditions or the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic....By: Bilzin Sumberg

Every day, businesses large and small are seeking to be acquired, in whole or in part. (While such efforts are often described broadly as “M&A activity” they are much more commonly aimed at “Acquisitions” than “Mergers”). Naturally, potential buyers of a business will be keenly interested in the nature and value of the seller’s…...By: Fish & Richardson

People involved in mergers and acquisitions know there are risks inherent in every deal, including the risk that the parties will spend time and money and then the deal will not close. The only certainty in the COVID-19 world these days seems to be uncertainty. Given this unsettled environment, how can parties proactively mitigate these heightened risks?...By: Holland & Hart LLP

Time and money are often seen as going hand in hand in construction contracts. In a typical employer contractor relationship, if the project is delayed by matters for which the contractor is responsible (non-excusable delay events), then the contractor may find itself liable to the employer for damages. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: FTI Consulting

One Equity Partners has announced it acquired American Medical Technologies. American Medical Technologies, based in Irvine, Calif., is a provider of advanced wound care, ostomy, urology and tracheostomy supplies and services....By: McGuireWoods LLP

Manti Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc. considered whether a “loser pays” fee-shifting provision in a stockholders’ agreement violated Delaware law.  In 2008, the Petitioners had all held stock in a prior entity, Authentix, Inc....By: Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Mere months after Airbus entered into a record-breaking, nearly $4 billion resolution with the U.S., U.K., and France to settle foreign bribery allegations, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) moved on July 30, 2020, to bring additional corruption charges against Airbus. This time, the charges are against subsidiary GPT Special Project Management Ltd. (“GPT”) and three individuals in connection with GPT’s Saudi Arabian operations and alleged corruption by GPT’s former Managing Directo...

Distressed M&A may offer a silver lining for both buyers and sellers ? if you look for that break in the clouds. In episode 10 of our Continuity podcast, Blakes Partners Chris Burr and Olga Kary provide a forecast for what’s on the horizon....By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP