ArticleAnatomy Of A Restrictive CovenantIn the fourth installment of the 2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys will discuss restrictive covenants, including non-competes, non-solicitations, and NDAs.United StatesEmployment and HRSeyfarth Shaw LLP
ArticleGuernsey Home To Funding Circle's SMEs Investment TrustFunding Circle, the peer-to-peer lender has listed its small business investment trust on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).GuernseyWealth ManagementGuernsey Finance
ArticleSupreme Court Decides Predatory Bidding CaseOn February 20, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., No. 05-381, addressing the antitrust analysis of predatory bidding (i.e., paying an above-market price to gain control of a necessary input to the detriment of other buyers) under Sherman Act Section 2. United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawFenwick
ArticleTennessee Insurance Legal News - October 2014 • Volume 3, Number 3The Tennessee Legislature recently reformed the law of sinkhole coverage and sinkhole losses in the State of Tennessee with legislation which became effective July 1, 2014.United StatesInsuranceDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleWashington AG's Wish List: Expanded Access To Free Health Care For Indigent PersonsThe bill also expands the definition of "charity care" to encompass care provided in clinics affiliated with hospitals in addition to care provided in hospitals.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesCozen O'Connor
ArticleThe Co-existence Of AI And CopyrightArtificial intelligence ("AI") is one of the most widely-discussed topics in the world right now and will continue to remain relevant in the year ahead, as new developments...South AfricaIntellectual PropertyENS
ArticleHere Are The Final Candidates For Mayor Of ClevelandEarlier this year, current Cleveland Mayor, Frank Jackson, announced he would not run for re-election this fall. With no need to beat an incumbent, the Cleveland mayoral race suddenly became competitive.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorBrennan Manna & Diamond
ArticleGuernsey LSE AIM-Listed Fund Gets €186 Million InvestmentGlobalworth issued shares at a premium to Growthpoint and Oak Hill Advisors (Europe) LLP to raise a total of €200 million. GuernseyWealth ManagementGuernsey Finance
ArticleAssuming An Employee Has Resigned Can Be Costly For EmployersGenerally, if an employee voluntarily resigns from his or her employment, the employee cannot bring an action for wrongful dismissal.CanadaEmployment and HRBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleFifth Circuit Rejects Non-Pro Rata Uptier Transaction From Serta Simmons; Landmark Ruling May Have Chilling Effect On Similar Uptier TransactionsOn December 31, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the Court or the Fifth Circuit) held that the controversial $200 million Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) uptier financing transaction that was available only to a subset of SSB's lenders violated the "sacred right" to pro rata payment under the existing credit agreement.United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringLowenstein Sandler LLP
ArticleFinally Put To Bed? - Bankruptcy Court Awards Serta Simmons’ Excluded Lenders $261 MillionSix years after Serta Simmons Bedding (“SSB”) executed its famous, non-ratable uptier liability management transaction, Judge Christopher Lopez of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas...United StatesFinance and BankingProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleDQ Acts In GVC's £1.2bn Takeover Of BWINGVC's takeover of BWIN is one of the largest e-gaming/e-business acquisitions of 2015/2016 with a deal value of around £1.2 billion. Isle of ManCorporate/Commercial LawDQ Advocates
ArticleSatisfying Tax And Other Liabilities With CryptocurrencyOhio appears to be the first state that will accept bitcoin as payment for tax billsUnited StatesTechnologyBakerHostetler
ArticleThe use of recordings as evidence in family law proceedingsSmartphones have made it easier to record life, with photographs, videos and audio recordings captured for evidence.AustraliaFamily and MatrimonialKott Gunning
ArticleB.C. Employment Standards Tribunal Confirms After-Acquired Cause May Justify Termination Without Notice Or Pay In Lieu Under The Employment Standards ActIn Re Black Press Group Ltd., BC EST No. RD074/17, the B.C. Employment Standards Tribunal confirmed that evidence of after-acquired cause (i.e. evidence of pre-dismissal misconduct...CanadaEmployment and HRRoper Greyell LLP
ArticleCan A Party's Silence Alone Result In An Enforceable Contract? A Successful Challenge To An Arbitration Award On Jurisdiction Under S67 Of The Arbitration ActIn a rare example of an arbitration award being successfully challenged in the Courts, HHJ Pelling QC's judgment in MVV Environment Ltd v NTO Shipping, was handed down today.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationQuadrant Chambers
ArticleFranchise Legislation May Soon Be A Reality In British ColumbiaIn October 2012, the British Columbia Law Institute began a project on bringing forth recommendations for a Franchise Act for British Columbia. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawGowling WLG
ArticleAdd 10 Per Cent To Discrimination Compensation Awards?From April 2013, as a result of the Court of Appeal case Simmons v. Castle, there was a 10 per cent increase in general damages for non-monetary losses.United KingdomEmployment and HRDentons
ArticleThis Week's Florida Appeals – Week Of January 8-12, 2018Week of January 8 - 12, 2018United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationCarlton Fields