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As the digital economy continues to grow, companies of all sizes rely on the internet to reach new customers through e-commerce or...

Williams Companies, Inc. v Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. – Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware On June 24, 2016 the Delaware Court...

The laws governing payment of wages, overtime pay, and commissions have become a leading source of employee claims and employer...

On August 1, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed “An Act to Establish Pay Equity (the Act)” into law. The Act, which does...

On June 1, 2016, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced and issued an enforcement action (the...

THE PROBLEM:  LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE OVER-HANG In today’s economy many venture backed companies may now find that the liquidation...

For more than 25 years, the Internal Revenue Code has allowed discounts on the fair market value of ownership interests in...

Almost every company has an internet presence. Some do all of their business on the internet. Even though we’ve had more than two decades...

In what has been a seemingly rare occurrence in recent months, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued a...

We just celebrated our 20th anniversary on May 20th of this year. The 20 years have flown by quickly. I estimate that we have worked with...

The European Commission Has Adopted and Launched the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Earlier this week, the European Commission adopted the...

Revised on July 14, 2016, with Updated Information from Office of Enforcement On June 28, 2016, we alerted employers about the San Diego...

In June, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina filed suit in federal court against beer giant, Anheuser-Busch LLC (AB), and one of its...

Sooner or later many companies with a successful product or service will receive an overture from a patent holder. Some are almost...

On June 27, 2016, the United States Supreme Court denied a Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Sequenom, Inc. requesting the Supreme...

“It’s our company, shouldn’t we already own our shares?” This question is one of the most common that I hear during my initial...

Over the past weekend, many celebrated the 240th birthday of the United States with fireworks, food, and flying the nation’s flag. Red,...

Article 4 of Law No. 7 of 2006 (“Dubai Property Law”), is the law governing real property ownership in Dubai and provides that the right...

If you have ever ventured onto the gaming floor of one of the many Indian casinos in California, you have likely been puzzled by the...

On June 13, 2016 in its decision on U.S. v. Bryant, the Supreme Court held that uncounseled tribal court convictions that are compliant...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced a settlement with InMobi, a Singapore-based mobile advertising network.  The FTC...

The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued a decision in two unrelated cases[1] that overturns the 2007 Federal Circuit ruling[2], known as...

Under the Department of Labor’s updated overtime rules, employers may need to pay their workers quite a bit more in salary or plan to pay...

An ever-increasing array of laws governs the workplace. This issue of the Employ­ment Law Advisor outlines some of the laws regulating...