Supreme Court Denies Nonconsensual Third-Party Releases in Purdue

The Supreme Court has rejected the bankruptcy court's authority to grant through confirmation of a plan nonconsensual third-party releases without consent of creditors in a narrow ruling that does not impact plans confirmed by final order and does not opine on acceptable forms of consent. For the jurisdictions that permit consensual third-party...

United States: New NLRB Leader Identifies Possible Changes

Overall, employers can use the general counsel's new memorandum not only to predict what may change in labor law during the current administration, but also to get ahead of those changes.

United States: COVID-19 Response - 2020 Hindsight and 2021 Vision: Labor and Employment

This podcast explores the pandemic's effect from the perspective of labor and employment. Discussion topics include evolving CDC guidance amid the vaccine rollout, advice for employer's with multi-jurisdictional operations, and the challenge of keeping up employee morale as uncertainties continue.

United States: SPAC Attack! SPAC IPOs Are Booming

On the IPO and M&A markets over the last 15 months, the number of SPAC initial public offerings has exploded. This article offers both a generalized summary of the typical structure and some of the high-level questions to ask as a participant.

United States: Ransomware Payments May Violate Sanctions Laws, U.S. Treasury Department Warns

Ransomware attacks are on the rise in the wake of COVID-19, but attack victims could unknowingly be in violation of federal law. A new advisory from the U.S. Department of the Treasury warns that ransom payments to sanctioned individuals or entities may result in criminal or civil liability.