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Guidance Recap for the Upcoming Annual Report and Proxy Season

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NEPA "Neat": The Proposed Rule, Distilled

New Law Repeals Parking Tax for Tax-Exempt Organizations

GREEN Act Update

Transaction Tax Deductions Following Tax Reform

In connection with the purchase and sale of the stock of a target corporation (a Corporate Target), the target often incurs various transaction costs (Transaction Costs) that may yield significant tax deductions (Transaction Tax Deductions). If such Transaction Tax Deductions...

An Imperfect Match: Aligning the Deemed Dividend Rule with the Post-Tax Reform DRD

Eighteen months after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or the Act), tax practitioners and taxpayers alike still are looking to Treasury for guidance to interpret and fill in gaps in the new tax laws. The...

New Insolvency Law for the Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC") Issued

On 13 June 2019, the much anticipated DIFC Insolvency Law No. 1 of 2019 and associated DIFC Insolvency Regulations 2019 (collectively the “2019 DIFC Insolvency Law”), came into full force and effect, replacing the DIFC Insolvency Law No. 3 of...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Scandalous, Immoral Trademarks

Brace yourselves – scandalous trademarks are coming! Today, in Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302 (June 24, 2019), the Supreme Court struck down a provision of trademark law that bans the registration of immoral or scandalous words or symbols. In its...

Appellate Court Affirms Decision to Block Medical Merger

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s issuance of a preliminary injunction to block the proposed merger of two North Dakota healthcare providers, Sanford Health/Sanford Bismarck and Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C. This decision...

New International AIPN Oil and Gas Farm-Out Agreement

In June 2019, the oil and gas industry body, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), published a revised version of its model form international farm-out agreement. The publication of this new model form agreement is a reflection of the increased sophistication, and continuing evolution, of the...

Timely Use It, or Lose It: Recent Supreme Court Case Provides Reminders for Employers, but Employees Still Need to File a Charge Before Filing Title VII Lawsuit

In Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis (U.S. June 3, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) held that the charge-filing requirement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) is not jurisdictional. The case involved an...

New Employment Law for the Dubai International Financial Centre Issued

The much anticipated and awaited DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019 (“2019 Employment Law”) will come into full force and effect on 28 August 2019 (“Effective Date”). Between now and the Effective Date, it is important that all employers...

Update on Infrastructure Policy Reform

The President’s recent Executive Order on energy infrastructure directed new measures to improve EPA’s program for state water quality certifications—often a serious impediment to energy infrastructure. Join us to learn about the (hotly anticipated) new guidance from EPA, viewed in...

SECURE Act Provisions

Major changes in federal law are in the works that could significantly impact employers’ qualified retirement plans, which could require amending such plans to reflect mandatory and elective changes. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Setting Every Community...

Supreme Court: Trademark Licenses Survive Bankruptcy Rejection

In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court settled a long-standing circuit split regarding the impact of bankruptcy filings on trademark licenses. Until May 20th, brand owners in some jurisdictions could use bankruptcy protections to terminate the rights of third parties...

Compensation Newsletter: Trends In Director Equity Compensation This Proxy Season

The trend of including director-specific limits on the size of annual equity awards to non-employee directors under long-term incentive plans (“LTIPs”) continues to pick up steam, as evidenced by our survey of LTIPs filed this proxy season for shareholder approval...

Dropping Anchor: Parent company liability and the English Courts

Since 2015, three cases have gradually been making their way through the English appeal courts: Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc;[1] Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell;[2] and AAA & Ors v Unilever.[3] To quote the Court of Appeal in Unilever, all...

Understanding Cyber Threats to State and Other Governmental Entities

Cyber criminals have targeted state and local governmental entities at an alarming rate. The threat and scale of cyber-attacks is unprecedented. Bracewell lawyers Phil Bezanson, Ed Fierro and David Springer will host a webinar to highlight the risks that cyber-attacks...

The United Arab Emirates' New Product Safety Law

The United Arab Emirates ("UAE") has recently released a draft of its highly anticipated product safety law (the "Law"), set to come into force in July 2019. This is the first time the UAE has enacted bespoke legislation specifically addressing...

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