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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, both the public and private sectors have been working to understand the market’s response and search for solutions addressing the pandemic’s unprecedented impacts....By: Nossaman LLP

Headed into 2020, start-ups accustomed to easy venture capital (“VC”) dollars already faced leaner times, with VC funding having already cooled in Q4/2019. And then along came COVID-19... When you consider the shock waves this pandemic sent around...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Physician groups can keep their practice competitive–and on the “cutting edge”—by partnering with a private equity (PE) platform. The health care marketplace is evolving, and it takes substantial investment in infrastructure, such as IT, to stay...By: Epstein Becker & Green

In Damoco (Bermuda) Ltd and Others v Atlanta Bidco Ltd, the High Court rejected claims as to the longstop date for accounts needed to calculate a contractual payment. Instead, the Court adopted a much narrower interpretation of the longstop...By: White & Case LLP

We’ve previously written about how appraisal rights are a factor considered by deal-makers during the merger process, as well as by in-house counsel and other professionals involved in mergers: but are appraisal rights part of the decision-process...By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP

The COVID-19 pandemic swiftly eroded recent gains in the U.S. and world economies and has exposed economic and societal vulnerabilities that many believed, or at least hoped, would never come to light. There’s no doubt the virus is negatively...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

There have been debates for years about the pros and cons of owners withholding retainage (usually 5% or 10%, depending on each state’s retainage laws or local “industry standard”) from prime contractors. Typically, the primes will, in turn, withhold...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in widespread disruption of business and industry across California, including the state’s vibrant renewable energy and energy storage industry. Farella Braun + Martel attorneys are tracking developments and...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing unprecedented disruption to the private M&A market. Even in today’s uncertain environment, however, certain deals are still moving forward. To usher existing agreements to successful completion and...By: McDermott Will & Emery

As mentioned in a prior update, Governor Wolf is now permitting residential and commercial construction to resume operations on May 1, 2020. The administration has issued guidelines so that the industry can safely resume operations....By: Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC