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Manti Holdings, LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Co., Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0887 SG (Del. Ch. Aug 14, 2019). In Manti Holdings, LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Co., Inc., the Court of Chancery held that a contract provision limiting or waiving future...By: Morris James LLP

In Salazar v. McDonald’s Corp., the plaintiff argued that McDonald’s, a franchisor of fast food restaurants, was liable for wage and hour violations as a “joint employer” of its franchisees’ employees. Last week, a panel of the federal Ninth Circuit...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the Final Overtime Rule which will go into effect January 1, 2020.  The Overtime Rule changes the eligibility requirements for executive, professional and administrative exemptions from...By: Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

This month’s Friday Five covers recent cases addressing class certification, pre-existing condition limitations, consideration of extrinsic evidence on a motion to dismiss a purported ERISA action, fee awards, and what level of factual detail is...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Prompt payment arrived for Ontario's construction industry October 1, 2019. The final stage of implementation of the changes introduced the Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017, came into force on October 1, 2019. Subject to a grandfathering period...By: Bennett Jones LLP

Abdul Latif Jameel Trans. Co. v. FedEx Corp., No. 19-5315 (6th Cir. Sept. 19, 2019). In the world of international arbitration, where document disclosure is already relatively limited compared to practices in federal and state court, 28 U.S.C. §...By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

One of the hardest areas of M&A due diligence is the target company’s technology. The buyer has to understand the current “technology stack” of the target, which can include a wide range of technologies including hardware, software, data, and...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final regulations, effective September 23, 2019 (the “Final Regulations”), that modify the hardship distribution rules for plans established under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as...By: Dechert LLP

Beginning January 6, motor carriers using drivers subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s drug and alcohol rules will be required to submit testing results and other information to a new electronic Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse....By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Jobs report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers [and let’s temper those expectations, okay?]......By: Robins Kaplan LLP