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Companies utilizing "shrinkwrap" contracts within product packaging or in "Welcome Kits" should take steps to conspicuously disclose the terms of such agreements.

NAMA Holdings involved a discovery dispute arising out of a series of legal proceedings between the managers of Alliance Network, LLC ("Alliance"), the law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP ("Greenberg")...

On June 6, 2011, in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision overruling the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and expressed the limited holding that investors are not required to prove "loss causation" to obtain class certification in a federal securities fraud case.

One of the most significant changes in the most recent set of CMBS loan documents has been the expansion of the recourse carve-out provisions (a/k/a the bad boy provisions) to include a "non-interference" carve-out.

The IRS recently released a Governance Check Sheet which will be used by IRS revenue agents during an audit of public charities described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Any U.S. taxpayer with a financial interest in a foreign bank account is required to file the FBAR form if the aggregate value of the account exceeded $10,000.

En banc First Circuit reverses panel decision in Textron holding 3-2 that “work product privilege does not apply” to tax accrual workpapers. The Court’s decision may be read narrowly to apply to tax workpapers both relating to tax shelters and prepared under “compulsion of the securities laws and auditing requirements.”

On September 10, 2013, the Coast Guard issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making.

The Coast Guard issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on June 22, 2009 to establish notice of arrival (“NOA”) requirements for units (i.e. floating facilities, mobile offshore drilling units (“MODUs”), and vessels) planning to engage in Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) activities in order to improve U.S. maritime domain safety and security awareness.

On October 5, 2011, the MV Rena, a 47,000 ton container vessel registered in Liberia and owned by the Costamare Shipping group, struck the Astrolabe Reef off of Tauranga, New Zealand. At the time of this advisory, the ship is in extreme distress and on the verge of breaking up.

Companies often ask if it is possible to obtain a Jones Act waiver in emergency circumstances or otherwise when they know that there may not be domestic Jones Act vessels available...

An LLC's state of organization and principal place of business are legally irrelevant for purposes of determining diversity jurisdiction in the Third Circuit.

The IRS has issued new guidance regarding supporting organizations, which are entities that obtain public charity status by virtue of their relationship with other public charities.

With the London 2012 Olympics fast-approaching, many corporations are wondering whether they can provide corporate hospitality packages to their current and prospective customers, suppliers and business partners without the risk of violating the UK Bribery Act.

We have been following Vermont AG Bill Sorrell’s groundbreaking consumer protection lawsuit against alleged patent troll MPHJ since it was filed in 2013.

All employers, particularly those with employees in New York, should be aware of three important developments in New York employment law.

The federal False Claims Act is one of the United States' most effective tools to detect and prevent fraud against the Government.