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The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) recent expanded interpretation of the "persuader rule" places a host of new compliance obligations and constraints on employers when obtaining services from an attorney or consultant. Applicable to agreements or...

If the United Kingdom (UK) votes to depart from the European Union (EU), the potential impact on litigation in the UK ranges from profound to negligible. Some UK laws owe their existence to direct European legislation, and others are enacted because...

The New York Times editorial board this month published a problematic opinion piece that is illustrative of the difficulties and ironies that can arise in human rights law.

New legislation gives European regulators the power to write-down, change the terms of, cancel, and convert into equity the liabilities (including loan commitments) of troubled European lenders. New credit agreements typically require the borrower...

Our latest client alert on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy sets out some of the key aspects of the most recent proposal from the Commission relating to the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and some of the effects they...

In this short video, Pepper partner Howard Goldberg discusses a tax-advantaged structure for taking an LLC or partnership public, the "Up-C" structure....
By: Pepper Hamilton LLP

Sometimes but not that often everyone on the US Supreme Court agrees on a topic. That is what happened last week when the eight justices had to consider government contracts for veteran-owned businesses.

On June 14, 2016, the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a final rule updating the sex discrimination guidelines governing federal contractors for the first time in 40 years. The new rule...

Because the power to manage a corporation’s affairs rests with the board of directors, it is normally up to the board to decide whether the corporation will pursue a claim. A shareholder who believes that the corporation should sue must therefore...

"La Lettre de l'Environnement de Reed Smith" is a Reed Smith newsletter dedicated to publishing the latest news on French environmental law. France currently has nearly 500,000 institutions under legislation on classified installations for...

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