Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This is the continuation of a trend, which is not ending in the near future — the sort of the Kirklandization of the industry. A lot of the traditional firms that looked down on [the nonequity tier] have since come around. The whole industry…
The European Commission has published a draft directive that would significantly amend the 2009 European Works Council Directive. If enacted, these reforms would have profound implications for all businesses with a European Works Council. However, enactment of the draft directive in its current form remains far from certain with the European Parliament and the Council…
The vendor expos at major legal conferences are always fun to stroll, especially if you need a sugar fix. There’s enough free candy to keep your dentist busy. Branded pens, coffee mugs, and beer koozies are also in abundance. Not long ago, I was walking in the aisles before I keynoted. It was about 10…
27 March 2024 Bates Wells To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On Monday 11 March, the government announced that it had updated its definition of ‘extremism’, specifically stating that this is in response to ‘increased extremist threat since the October 7th attacks…
The annual March Madness brackets have just been filled out, but there’s another important selection process going on every day in law firms. Attorneys have more options than ever before to pick from when kitting out their law firm technology platform. Of course, that only makes the choice harder. Wading through the noise, to get…
On March 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS,” together the “Agencies”) announced a cross-government inquiry on private equity investment in healthcare, followed shortly thereafter by the FTC’s virtual workshop “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Today, federal prosecutors announced a deal with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to drop the felony securities fraud charges against him — pending since his 2015 indictment — in exchange for how much…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Birmingham-Southern College, in Alabama, will close May 31, after a failed year-and-half campaign to secure $37.5 million in federal, state, county and city aid, college officials announced Tuesday. The financially distressed college got partway to…
26 March 2024 Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. March 20, 2024 – Over the past 12 months, the Biden administration continued its aggressive enforcement of the federal antitrust laws, although the rate at which the enforcement…
VIEW FROM THE COURT By Mark Walsh on Mar 26, 2024 at 6:35 pm Erin Hawley, the Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer representing the challengers, speaks to the press after arguements. (Mark Walsh) It’s a crisp morning here as Washington’s famous cherry blossoms are holding on to their leaves and color a good eight days after…