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A recap of Carlos Ghosn’s big media moment on Wednesday, which was short on the escape details everyone wanted to hear and long on accusations against other execs at Nissan and Japan’s justice system....By: Robins Kaplan LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Flaherty v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., ___ F.3d ___, No. 18-1759, 2019 WL 7046367, at *1 (1st Cir. Dec. 23, 2019), the First Circuit struck a terminated nuclear plant security officer’s self-serving affidavit opposing...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The EB-5 program is undergoing the most significant changes in over 10 years – maybe ever. The changes are driven primarily by the new regulation increasing investment amounts and significantly restricting the geographical areas that qualify as...By: Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP

On December 20, 2019 the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 (2019 Disaster Act) was signed into law. This law was intended to address disaster relief and to provide technical corrections and amendments needed to clarify other...By: Varnum LLP

Good news for tax-exempt organizations! The “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020” (H.R. 1865 — 116th Congress (2019-2020)) (the “Act”) signed into law on December 20, 2019, retroactively repealed Section 512(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue...By: Bracewell LLP

As previously covered here, the California Legislature has long been searching for a way to prevent employers from requiring prospective employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment without running afoul of the Federal...By: Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth’s 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report analyzes 1,467 rulings and is our most comprehensive Report ever at 800 pages....By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., C.A. No. 2018-0673-AGB (Del. Ch. Dec. 18, 2019). Material adverse effect clauses provide a form of buy-side protection in merger agreements. These often are complex provisions permitting the buyer...By: Morris James LLP

It’s becoming very clear that the private equity industry and other investors are positioning themselves to take advantage of the United States’ generational tsunami by investing in the home health and hospice sectors....By: McGuireWoods LLP

Medical device and diagnostics companies and laboratories should anticipate significant legal, regulatory and market changes in 2020 that will have a lasting impact on the industry. From revisions to how the government regulates value-based care, to...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP