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On January 10, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division (the Agencies) proposed draft vertical merger guidelines (Vertical Guidelines). The Vertical Guidelines will be open for public comment...By: Hodgson Russ LLP

In May 2019, the esports industry was rocked when Turner Tenney – the famed Fortnite player and streaming star known as “Tfue” – sued the well-known esports and media company FaZe Clan in California state court. The suit sparked a media frenzy and...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury (“PR Treasury”) recently announced the limits that apply to Puerto Rico qualified retirement plans in 2020. These limits may look familiar because the PR Code incorporates many of the...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The procurement process for a public-private partnership differs in many respects from the ordinary public-procurement process for goods and services. To be sure, P3s are often large-scale and high-profile, with sophisticated participants, and more...By: Bilzin Sumberg

On Thursday, January 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) published in the Federal Register the much-anticipated Final Rule regarding joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This rule completes...By: Epstein Becker & Green

California's new law, AB 5, broadens the definition of "employee" by adopting the so-called A-B-C test for employment status.  Recently, I commented on the possible ramifications of classification of outside directors as employees. AB 5 is rife with...By: Allen Matkins

Leaked Legal Advice Protected Under Privilege, Court of Appeal Holds - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On October 22, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal held that a leaked email, in which in-house counsel told a line manager...By: Littler

On January 13, 2020, in an opinion authored by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., the Supreme Court of Delaware affirmed the dismissal by Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery of a stockholder derivative suit for lack...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

Key Points - The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a lower court decision which held that two affiliated private equity funds with indirect ownership interests in the same portfolio company were liable for the obligations arising...By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

On the heels of a new federal law requiring certain public federal buildings to provide lactation spaces, California has enacted one of the most expansive sets of protections for breastfeeding employees in the country....By: Akerman LLP - HR Defense