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This week, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s office announced a new protocol for re-starting city construction projects deemed “essential.” In mid-March, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walsh ordered most construction in the city to cease....By: Pierce Atwood LLP

Parties entering into contracts with corporations, limited liability companies, and other legal entities often require proof, in the form of resolutions by the board of directors or members authorizing an identified officer to sign the contract on...By: Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

For contractors and subcontractors, late payments can be an all-too-familiar part of the construction industry. Many assume the best of intentions—maybe the check is still in the mail? Maybe there was an emergency around-the-clock project? When it...By: Butler Snow LLP

The recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision in Frederick Hsu Living Trust v. ODN Holding Corporation found that the defendants’ conduct in effecting a partial redemption of preferred stock was “entirely fair.” In the complaint, the plaintiff...By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

May companies work with their competitors to produce equipment needed to battle COVID-19 without running the risk of antitrust enforcement actions or treble damages lawsuits?...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

For private equity transactions going forward during the COVID-19 crisis, and for those occurring several years after it’s over, private equity investors will need to perform additional due diligence to evaluate whether and how well targets managed...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

Beginning May 7, 2020 the construction industry and certain other real estate businesses may resume in-person operations in Michigan under the conditions set forth in Gov. Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-70 (the Order)....By: Varnum LLP

In recent years, the autism services market has been robust. At the recent Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Private Equity and Finance Conference in Chicago, experts discussed market trends in the autism services industry....By: McGuireWoods LLP

Businesses are starting to reopen as stay-at-home orders and business closures resulting from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) begin to ease. Unfortunately, reopening likely will not be an immediate return to business as usual. The impact of closures...By: McGuireWoods LLP

In an earlier post, we covered the local Shelter-in-Place (“SIP”) orders, which severely restricted construction activities throughout the Bay Area. This week the participating jurisdictions (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo,...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP