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In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode The Paradise Syndrome which aired on October 4, 1968, Star Date 4842.6. Compliance Takeaways: How can you create a remarkable compliance experience? CCO as project sponsor. Compliance must widen its circle....By: Thomas Fox

On July 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued Circular 26-20-27, dated July 22, 2020, to address COVID-19 precautions for Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) project stakeholders....By: Ballard Spahr LLP

In the second installment of McDermott’s webinar series, HPE Europe 2020: What are the Life Science Transaction Trends in the Wake of the Sanitary Crisis?, moderator and McDermott partner Emmanuelle Trombe and industry experts Joseph El Khoury of Natixis, Cédric Garcia of EY’s Life Science Group, Dr. Erich Tauber of Themis Bioscience and Daniel Teper of CYTOVIA Therapeutics shared lessons learned from the first half of 2020, when COVID-19 changed the world. The panelists also discussed the...B...

The Tennessee Construction Industry Payment Protection Act was signed into law on June 22. The Act addresses or reallocates certain risks associated with non-payment on construction projects under Tennessee’s Prompt Pay Act (PPA) and is intended to increase clarity and consistency in the PPA and in Tennessee’s mechanics’ lien law, Truth in Construction and Consumer…...By: Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

On June 24, 2020, in Sayers Constr., LLC v. Timberline Constr., Inc., et al., a Florida District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court’s denial of a contractor’s motion to dismiss. The contractor moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a dispute with a subcontractor over confirmation of an arbitration award. The appellate court found the subcontractor sufficiently pled personal jurisdiction in accordance with Florida’s long-arm statute and that the contractor’s consent to...By...

For associations facing a bleak future as a result of COVID-19, a merger with another association in the same field may provide a lifeline. Integrating culture and operations poses challenges, but when they can be overcome, the two organizations can emerge better together. Originally published by ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership, July 2020....By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

On July 23, 2020, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, applying Florida law, looked beyond an operative complaint to relieve an insurer of its duty to defend in BBG Design Build, LLC v. Southern Owners Insurance Company. In the case, the First Amended Complaint alleged that the plaintiff sustained injuries in 2014 when she worked part-time at a domestic resource center that BBG Design Build was renovating....By: Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

An empirical analysis of 128 M&A transactions provides food for thought about whether the economic disruption of COVID-19 can trigger a material adverse change (“MAC”) in an agreement....By: FTI Consulting

A Time of Change - We are in a period of immense change in the legal world as we experience: (i) a flood of new technologies (artificial intelligence, blockchain, smart documents, predictive analytics), (ii) the ability to grab and use data (outcomes, cost), (iii) unprecedented access to cutting-edge forms and key market information, (iv) the application of management approaches to legal services (legal project management, LEAN, Six Sigma), and (iv) better ways to partner with clients and other....

On July 23, 2020, the French government issued decree nº 2020-892 of July 22, 2020 (the Decree), and a ministerial order of the same date (together, the Interim Rules), which lowered the applicable threshold that triggers French foreign investment control for investments by non-European investors in certain French publicly listed corporations. The Interim Rules were initially announced by the French minister of the economy (the Minister) on April 29, 2020, as part of the French government’s...B...