For one reason or another, you may wish to take your child out of the public school system. Perhaps you're dissatisfied with the curriculum, the school's treatment of your child, or just the institution of government-funded education.
Just weeks before the sentencing of three insurance producers for insurance fraud and STOLI-related conduct in the Southern District of New York (covered here), two insurance producers and several insureds were arrested in Orange County for alleged...
It was inevitable that EPA's Clean Power Plan, regulating carbon emissions from existing power plants was going to generate law suits. Even if the suits are ultimately unsuccessful, an injunction against the Plan's adoption or implementation may...
Many people think a high(er) valuation is the Holy Grail. Those people are (often) wrong. In pursuit of a high(er) valuation, founders often unwittingly give up valuable ownership percentage points by agreeing to a needlessly large option plan...
On July 31, 2014, President Obama signed the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order, which requires bidders on federal procurement contracts for goods and services (including construction) in excess of $500,000 to disclose labor law...
In a precedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Opalinski v. Robert Half Int’l recently held that a federal judge—not an arbitrator—should decide whether an agreement between individuals to arbitrate employment disputes...
In June 2014, the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) jointly promulgated the Circular Concerning Improvement of Filing Process for Foreign Invested Real Estate Enterprises (“Circular 340”), which...
Tenants, in the course of obtaining financing, often ask their Landlords to sign a Landlord’s Waiver. Landlord’s Waivers are intercreditor agreements for the benefit of the tenant’s lender or equipment lessor, stipulating the landlord’s and the...
The Department of Justice and the SEC have emphasized the importance of designing an anti-corruption compliance program based on a company's risk assessment. An effective program has to be tailored to the specific risks identified in the risk...
You have to admire some people for their chutzpah. In a recent Global Fraud Survey conducted by Ernst & Young, survey results suggested that anti-corruption compliance may be “running out of steam.”... By: Michael Volkov
