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National security interventions have largely been confined to defense-related transactions - Since mid-2018, there have been a number of important changes (actual and proposed) to legislation permitting intervention by the UK government in...By: White & Case LLP

Election and Impeachment - The presidential race will garner much of the attention during the 2020 election cycle, but there is fierce competition elsewhere, too. Republicans and Democrats are fighting for both U.S. House of Representatives and...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

• On January 6, 2020, DDTC published a new FAQ on Defense Services Performed by U.S. Persons Abroad, confirming that the ITAR regulate defense services performed by a U.S. person employed by a non-U.S. company outside of the United States. • The FAQ...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Many federal construction contractors have been there: it’s near the end of the project and the government raises an issue with work that was done much earlier, but is not in strict compliance with the specifications. The contracting officer demands...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Foreign states and their agencies engage in a variety of construction projects in the United States, all of which are subject to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSA”)....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Part 2: California Laws Impacting Public Agencies for 2020 - How do the laws passed last year by California lawmakers impact how public agencies do business in the new year? In this annual Legal Alert series, Best Best & Krieger LLP brings you...By: Best Best & Krieger LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division recently issued two opinion letters providing clarity to employers in determining (1) the proper overtime rate of pay for non-discretionary, multi-week bonuses; and (2) whether...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Risk in construction contracts - 'Risk', in a project delivery context, can be defined as 'an uncertain event or set of circumstances that, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of one or more of the project's objectives'. Risk...By: White & Case LLP

On December 20, 2019 the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) Act was enacted into law. The Act includes minor changes to the law in several areas, along with some significant changes regarding the distribution of certain...By: Varnum LLP

A year after Akorn v. Fresenius (Akorn case), the first Delaware case holding that a party was entitled to terminate a merger agreement based on a material adverse effect (MAE), the Delaware Court of Chancery, in Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston...By: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP