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On February 27, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued important guidance to boards of directors seeking to utilize special committees of disinterested and independent directors to insulate themselves from fiduciary liability in connection with merger...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Blackstone has announced that it will acquire HealthEdge. HealthEdge, based in Burlington, Mass., is a healthcare software developer for health insurers......By: McGuireWoods LLP

In late 2019, COVID-19 (more commonly known as the coronavirus) began to spread throughout mainland China, and has since spread around the world, affecting numerous lives and businesses. As a result, companies spanning a wide range of industries have...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth Shaw’s OSHA/MSHA group is at the ABA’s Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee Midwinter Meeting this week. Today, we heard from panels that discussed California Workplace Violence and Indoor Heat Rules, Issues under...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

In order to take a worthlessness deduction for an equity investment in an entity, including an equity interest in a corporation or a partnership, the taxpayer must show that the instrument is worthless (no value at all), and must support the year of...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Big Tech companies using facial recognition software have begun to support “’precision regulations’ that don’t allow mass surveillance.” Lawmakers in New York, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Michigan, and California are considering regulations that concern...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

On Nov. 21, the Queen Mary University of London School of International Arbitration, in partnership with the U.K.-based law firm Pinsent Masons LLP, released its ninth annual international arbitration survey focused on international construction...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

In April 2019, the IRS’s Large Business and International Division (LB&I) issued an LB&I Transaction Unit (LTU) that described potential positions a taxpayer may take to recover previously capitalized transaction costs....By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

The Minnesota Supreme Court recently issued a decision that altered the rules on when the clock starts on a condo association's right to bring a claim under Minnesota's new home statutory warranties. Those warranties will now begin to run on the date...By: Stinson LLP

For the first time in its history, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) plans to require the payment of fees in connection with the submission of full notifications for covered foreign investment transactions, with...By: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP