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The Legal Intelligencer

Failure to Consider US Export Control Regulations Can Be Costly

Export controls are laws and regulations that regulate and restrict the release of sensitive technologies and information to foreign countries and foreigners, both within and outside of the United States, for reasons of national security and foreign policy.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Beware the Pitfalls in Standard Commercial Real Estate Agreements

Whether inexperienced or seasoned, a commercial real estate investor's main focus is usually on their bottom line. In order to minimize costs, investors commonly use standard FR/BAR agreements, the most recent version of a Florida real estate form issued and approved by the joint committee of Florida Realtors and The Florida Bar, for the purchase and sale of commercial property.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Global Trade Sanctions Picture Growing Tenser and Murkier for General Counsel

Recent action by the U.S. on the sanctions front has given American companies reason to be leery. Sometimes, with cross-border transactions, it's tough to even know which country's legal regime to follow.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

McGuireWoods Adds Another PNC, Reed Smith Alum in Pittsburgh

Christi Davis spent nearly a decade at PNC Financial Services Group after leaving the partnership at Reed Smith.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Taxes and the Rise of the Robots: Short-Term Impact Likely

The robotics industry received two favorable tax breaks in the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that will likely help spur the development of this burgeoning technology.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New MSU Top Lawyer Robert Young's Priorities: Resolve Nassar Matters; Reform Legal Services

Corporate Counsel got Young to open up about why he has taken on the formidable challenge of running MSU's embattled legal department.
7 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

CBS, in New Complaint Against Redstone, Says It Moved to Preserve Discretion of Independent Directors

CBS on Wednesday defended a board vote that sharply reduced the voting power of Shari Redstone, its controlling stockholder, filing an amended complaint that her bid to block the move was "inequitable and invalid" and arguing that it acted to preserve the discretion of independent directors.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cannabis and Banks: What Qualifies as Illegal Activity?

Many legal issues arise out of financing cannabis activities, not the least of which is whether a target property for a cannabis venture is mortgaged by a bank. The standard institutional mortgage contains language that allows the mortgagee to “call” the loan if the property is being used to conduct “illegal activity.”
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Self-Dealing Conduct Supporting Fiduciary-Duty Claims Was Covered by Contractual Duties Imposed in the LLC Agreement

The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act's policy is to give the maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract in LLC operating agreements.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Mexichem's GC Brought His Team Together by Building a Global Compliance Program

Francisco Hernandez of Mexichem took a group of disparate lawyers spread throughout the world and shaped them into a global legal function using a rather surprising tool--ethics and compliance.
1 minute read

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