12/28/2019 12:00:00 AM Alleged Janitor Espionage Fails to Show Hard Facts Necessary for OCI By Kenneth Weckstein How many times in movies, books, or television have we seen the scenario where the bad guy (or good guy) has to gain access to a top...
11/18/2019 12:12:00 PM Uncovering Fraud: First Response By Jane Colston Partner Jane Colston published a special report featured in the December 2019 issue of Financier Worldwide Magazine. "Crisis hits. One...
10/28/2019 3:48:00 PM Alert: First Successful Removal from the US Treasury’s “Kremlin List” of Russian Oligarchs By Neill Shrimpton Elena Sabinina Rey On 11 September 2019 the US Treasury issued a letter to Dr Valentin Gaponstev, one of the individuals listed on its so-called “Kremlin...
10/3/2019 2:48:00 PM Alert: Brown Rudnick’s M&A Litigation Trial Victory Highlights the Difficulty of Shifting the Costs of Post-Closing Business Decisions onto the Seller By Mark Baldwin Dylan Kletter In a recent case captioned Project Boat Holdings, LLC v. Bass Pro Group, LLC, Brown Rudnick’s M&A litigation team obtained a trial...
9/27/2019 10:44:00 AM Commercial Fraud Litigation – London Pow-wow, June 2019 By Jane Colston Jessica Lee Commercial fraud is a continuing global menace costing hundreds of billions every year. Crimes such as money laundering, asset...
9/24/2019 2:47:00 PM Client Alert: Department of Labor Announces More Stringent Test for Exemption from Overtime Pay By Shlomo Katz The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires that non-exempt or “overtime-eligible” employees be paid one and one-half times...
9/14/2019 12:00:00 AM Being a Not for Profit Company Does Not Avoid Affiliation for Size Purposes By Kenneth Weckstein Size protests stemming from corporate affiliation between subsidiaries, sister companies, and owners are common. Less common are size...
7/8/2019 11:22:00 AM INSOL International: The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology in Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practices By Jane Colston 1. Introduction and backgroundThe topic of technology / artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential use has actively been on people’s...
7/2/2019 2:44:00 PM Brown Rudnick CIS Briefing, Edition No. 2 – July 2019 By Neill Shrimpton Elena Sabinina Rey Tatneft ordered to pay security for costs due to real risk of substantial obstacles to costs enforcement in Russia In a recent High Court...
6/5/2019 2:42:00 PM Summary Of Key Changes To The LSTA Trading Documentation (May 17, 2019) And Comparison To LMA Position By Linda Marcus Louisa Watt Iden Asl The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (the "LSTA") published revised trading documentation on May 17, 2019 (the "Publication...
5/23/2019 12:00:00 AM Who Will Pay the High Price of FLSA & SCA Violations? By Shlomo Katz Kenneth Weckstein The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced last week that a Virginia contractor has agreed to pay $2,772,977 in back wages to 6,450...
5/15/2019 2:41:00 PM Brown Rudnick CIS Briefing – Edition No. 1 – May 2019 By Elena Sabinina Rey Neill Shrimpton A recent decision of the High Court of England and Wales highlights the importance of jurisdictional considerations in claims between...