This Client Alert addresses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., which found that it was not an impermissible extraterritorial application of U.S. law to award damages ...

On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that you must have registered your copyright in the US Copyright Office before you can sue for infringement of the copyright

On February 21, 2019, the Florida Legislature introduced a bill to create the "Florida Biometric Information Privacy Act."

When a company or an individual is faced with a crisis, such as a scandal, a government investigation or criminal charges, the first call is likely to be to the lawyers.

At the end of 2017, national business media attention was given to two separate trial court decisions: one out of Indiana's Marion County Superior Court and the other out of Washington's King County Superior Court ...

On October 2, 2020, the Federal Circuit reinstated a $235.5 million jury verdict against generic drug manufacturer Teva, for the sale of its generic carvedilol product.

A sale to private equity can be a great option for a Seller. For example, a private equity ("PE") firm may provide additional management, proven processes, best practices, and additional capital to take a company to another level.

This is a significant decision which will make forum shopping more difficult, particularly in cases in which the defendant lacks a physical presence within the district.

In a recent decision in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Plaintiffs, consisting of a class of current and former employees of Defendant Whole Foods Market, Inc. ("Whole Foods", owned by Amazon.com, Inc.) ...

Under the Paycheck Protection Program (the "PPP"), PPP loan borrowers are, and always have been, required to certify that the requested PPP loan funds

With a new year comes several changes to New York State labor and employment laws. Employee eligibility for paid sick leave, wage and hour laws, rules pertaining to...

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB") issued two separate decisions—Shamrock Foods Company, 369 NLRB No. 140 (July 29, 2020) and Bemis Company...

In late December of 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the "CAA") was signed into law which contains approximately $900 billion in additional coronavirus (COVID-19) relief funding programs.

A great deal of money is at stake between property insurers and the businesses they insure in those insureds' lawsuits over whether business-interruption or civil-authority insurance covers the...

On October 3, 2011, the U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York disqualified a law firm from acting as counsel in a reinsurance arbitration.

Many consumers prefer to purchase items that are "Made in U.S.A." They will actively seek out those products and even pay a premium for them.

On October 3, 2011, the U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York disqualified a law firm from acting as counsel in a reinsurance arbitration.

An antitrust violation can be costly for a company. It can subject the company to criminal fines. Executives may even be sentenced to jail.

Since the inception of the Paycheck Protection Program (the "PPP"), there has been a lot of ambiguity as to the requirements for PPP borrowers looking to engage in M&A transactions and...

President Donald Trump has declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency.1 Cities and municipalities across the country have reacted to the crisis ...