On May 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced rule and form amendments that will affect registrants’ financial disclosures relating to business acquisitions and dispositions. The amendments are intended to streamline the required...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) recently announced it has adopted an administrative law decision that clarifies issues relating to the transfer of multinational executives and managers from foreign offices to the United...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Draft German investment control rules give the German government broader powers to intervene against M&A deals perceived to affect German (or EU) security or other public interests. New stand-still obligations will limit exchange of technical...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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With COVID-19 emergency orders in place, can you continue construction? This question is addressed on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis, evaluating the text of the emergency order to assess whether construction projects, general contractors, and...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Dorsey is compiling the emergency orders limiting business activity in response to COVID-19. We will make every effort to keep this list updated....By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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As novel coronavirus has spread from China to Europe, the United States and around the globe, it has begun to have a debilitating impact on world markets, manufacturing, distribution, supply chains, and the workforce in general. It seems only a...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following three opinions: Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma, No. 18-1116: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) demands that plaintiffs with “actual...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following opinion: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano, No. 18-921: Active and retired employees of Catholic schools in Puerto Rico filed a suit in Puerto Rico’s Court...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Employees must be paid for time spent on their employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required searches of bags and other property voluntarily brought to work, according to the California Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday. In Frlekin v....By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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A recent trend in U.S. employment law has been the adoption of stricter and stricter tests for when a worker may be classified as an independent contractor rather than an employee. Independent contractor relationships are often less expensive and...By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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