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This program, co-sponsored by Seyfarth and Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps, will bring into sharper focus the application of new regulations issued by Treasury on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Our...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The World Health Organization has declared the 2019 novel coronavirus a global health emergency. With thousands of confirmed cases of coronavirus in more than two dozen countries outside of China, many employers in the United States are wondering...By: K&L Gates LLP

When preparing for a construction project, one of the first decisions that must be made is whether to use a general contractor, construction manager at risk or design-build delivery model. Join Bricker attorneys Laura Bowman and Casey Cross for an...By: Bricker & Eckler LLP

In Rittinger v. Healthy Alliance Life Ins. Co., 914 F.3d 952 (5th Cir. Jan. 31, 2019), and Roebuck v. USAble Life, 380 F. Supp. 3d 852 (E.D. Ark. Mar. 30, 2019), the courts found no abuse of discretion where the ERISA plan administrators denied...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The trend for megadeals in US real estate continued in 2019, with 38 transactions in the sector, worth a total US$56.6 billion—but overall deal volume was down 17 percent and deal value fell 25 percent year-on-year. Real estate deals in the US may...By: White & Case LLP

Effective February 13, 2020, foreign investment in U.S. businesses and real estate will require pre-deal diligence and timely filings to comply with U.S. law. In the digital economy, the world is flat. As a result, many businesses are at risk of...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: On February 10, 2020, the EEOC released its first-ever Annual Performance Report (“APR”) for Fiscal Year 2019 (see here). The APR is an analysis of the EEOC’s litigation goals and performance results, and contains important clues...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a clarification of the administrative/production dichotomy, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that whether a duty is exempt under the FLSA’s administrative exemption may turn on the employee’s...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

-The DOJ has announced charges against four members of China’s military related to the 2017 cyberattack on credit-reporting agency Equifax, the breach that revealed “trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million Americans.”  The indictment...By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Although there have only been a handful of confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV or the “coronavirus”) within the United States so far, employers are nevertheless well-advised to take affirmative steps to protect their employees...By: Akerman LLP - HR Defense