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Venture capital and private equity arrangements often include contractual provisions limiting the rights of investors, including drag-along provisions in connection with future transactions approved by controlling stockholders and sometimes express...By: Locke Lord LLP

Sorry to disappoint you Superman fans but that’s not your favorite superhero in the sky – it’s an OSHA drone. OSHA has begun using drones to collect evidence. Over the past year, it has been confirmed that the agency has used drones in several...By: Cole Schotz

Exposure to claims for appraisal can be a significant risk in merger and acquisition transactions in which dissenter’s appraisal rights are available. This risk has increased in recent years as aggressive investors realized the opportunities...By: Locke Lord LLP

The New York State Legislature and Governor Cuomo have been busy in 2019 enacting laws that will have a lasting impact on employers and workers in the Empire State for years to come. Among these are bans on inquiring about salary history, and...By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

New Jersey employers face heightened risks and consequences for non-payment of wages, or wage theft, with the new Wage Theft Law (WTL). Signed on August 6, 2019, the new law adds protections for retaliation claims, increases wage theft penalties and...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Last month, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act (the Act), amending the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (NJCUMMA). The Act expands job protections for employees and...By: BakerHostetler

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I go into the weeds to explore size of the...By: Thomas Fox

There is nothing more inspiring than hearing about someone who has been there and done that.  In today’s episode we feature Kris Robidoux who was involved in the first two anti-bribery cases in Canada and led the way for those after her. Kris is a...By: Thomas Fox

Delaware has responded to the #MeToo movement through legislation. Sexual harassment has long been a legally cognizable form of sex discrimination under the Delaware Discrimination in Employment Act. However, as of January 1, 2019, sexual harassment...By: International Lawyers Network

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion upholding the right of a former bank employee to proceed with a Sarbanes-Oxley claim that he was retaliated against by his former employer, a national bank, without being subject to...By: Weiner Brodsky Kider PC