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Beginning on February 27, 2020, transactions valued at more than $94 million may require filing with the antitrust agencies of a Premerger Notification and Report under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended....By: K&L Gates LLP

Fast Facts - United States - - The DOJ and FTC concluded 26 significant U.S. merger investigations in 2019 – similar to the level of activity from 2011-2014 under the Obama administration but trailing the activity observed during Obama’s final two...By: Dechert LLP

As the rest of the world backed away from the deal table, confident US corporates continued buying businesses—especially in the life sciences and TMT sectors, and particularly in the domestic market. US dealmakers had a strong 2019, with 5,757 deals...By: White & Case LLP

We are all familiar with the federal WARN Act, which requires that employers give defined notices to employees ahead of certain layoffs or plant closings, but it is more difficult for employers to keep abreast of the ever-changing landscape of...By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

As the UK departs the European Union, the CMA – the UK competition regulator – is facing a transformation in its mandate. White & Case considers how the CMA will approach its workload during and after the Transition Period and the implications for...By: White & Case LLP

As class actions brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) proceed through litigation, defendants have made a variety of arguments attempting to push courts to define the limits of the somewhat vague statute. The Illinois...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SCOTUS Reviews "Blissful Ignorance" as Statute of Limitations Defense - On December 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Intel Corp. Inv. Policy Comm. v. Sulyma, 139 S. Ct. 2692 (2019). The question presented is whether the three...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: An appellate court has ruled that a district court should not authorize notice of an FLSA suit to employees who are ineligible to join the suit because they agreed to resolve disputes exclusively through arbitration. And, the court...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Part 2: New Employment-Related Court Decisions Impacting California’s Public and Private Entities - California and federal courts handed down a number of labor and employment-related decisions last year, impacting compensation, medical leave,...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Vaccinations have been widely debated over the past few years, leaving employers unclear about their obligations to accommodate employees whose religious beliefs conflict with them. Recently the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP