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This Top Ten examines ten hot-button privacy and data security issues and presents questions to help you gauge whether your organization is at risk, in the U.S. or abroad.

This guide presents an overview of key legal and regulatory issues in the medical device business across a range of jurisdictions.

SPACs (“Special Purpose Acquisition Companies”) burst into mainstream popularity in 2020 as a financing alternative to traditional Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”) and private placements after years of on-again-off-again vogue. While SPACs are not for every business financing need, they have largely shed an earlier sometimes negative reputation and emerged as a mainstream alternative in the palette of financing options. This article discusses SPACs and “Deal Points” on important considerations in the SPAC IPO and business combination process and what at all costs not to do.

This article on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reviews the principal U.S. tax considerations influencing M&A transaction structuring. Following the discussion are “Deal Points” on important considerations in the purchase or sale of a business: what to do, and what at all costs not to do.

A perspective on mergers and acquisitions in Europe in 2022 and 2023.

This article focuses on one of the three principal types of transactions used in merges and acquisitions (M&A), a Stock Purchase, and discusses specific issues and attributes of Stock Purchase deals, and in section III, reviews the common elements of Stock Purchase Agreements, the main transaction document used to put a Stock Purchase deal together. Following the discussion are “Deal Points” on important considerations in the purchase or sale of a business: what to do, and what at all costs not to do.

The regulatory regime surrounding cryptocurrencies is fragmented and stretches to the extremes in some jurisdictions. Learn more about how different countries deal with cryptocurrencies.

The purpose of this comparative overview, covering 24 countries, is to provide employers with a comprehensive overview of each jurisdiction starting with the legal sources on salary and holiday pay, and includes an analysis of how income tax and social security contributions are calculated.

In this article, learn the more material changes brought about by the GDPR (those likely to have a bigger impact), comments on the likely impact of the proposal on businesses, and suggests action points that businesses can begin to address in the lead-up to the measure coming into force.

This QuickCounsel discusses how companies faced with subpoenas for documents in discovery disputes under US law may position themselves to invoke the Foreign Sovereign Compulsion Doctrine, in light of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore key issues in tax formats regarding the types of taxes imposed, allowed deductions, tax rates and withholdings, residency rules, tax compliance and tax treaties across a range of jurisdictions.

This paper continues to focus on Europe, which has long viewed the privacy of personal information and data as a fundamental right.

This checklist is a tool and guide to necessary and optional elements to negotiate and document the principal agreement or deal document in an international or cross-border joint venture (“JV”) between a U.S. party or parties and one or more non-U.S. parties.

In the wake of changes to Chinese law, mergers and acquisitions have soared, increasing 300 percent from 2003 to 2004. M&A transactions in China are fraught with risks and complexities to be carefully evaluated and anticipated. This article explores the issues and strategies you need to help your company evaluate and structure M&A deals in China.

This guide provides a detailed summary about the different pre-merger notification procedures in each jurisdiction.

This article focuses on how to treat intellectual property (“IP”) and rights to IP in U.S. M&A transactions, particularly in the technology and life sciences sectors, in which IP often accounts for a substantial amount of Target’s value in the deal.

This is a sample drug and alcohol policy for FMCSA-covered employees

This is a sample temporary employment services agreement where Company 2 is in the business of providing temporary personnel, skilled, unskilled, and professional, as required.

Learn about the metaverse and related legal issues.