Archive for April, 2015
What is a Non-Disparagement Clause and Why You May Not Want to Sign One
White Paper
Non-disparagement clauses have been enforced by a vast majority of state and federal courts, and proving that you have disparaged someone is not as hard as you think.
Agiloft Wins Top Slot on Capterra’s List of Contract Management Software Solutions
NEWS
Agiloft credited its Contract Management application’s surge in popularity to its comprehensive feature set.
Chesapeake Agrees to Pay $25 Million to Settle Michigan’s Charges
NEWS
The settlement also addresses complaints that Chesapeake defrauded hundreds of private citizens by fraudulently canceling their oil and gas leases in 2010.
Supplier Price-Fixing Civil Settlements Exceed $260M
NEWS
Civil settlements recently have exceeded $260 million in federal litigation stemming from the ongoing U.S. criminal antitrust investigation into supplier price fixing, reports Automotive News.
Hogan Lovells Appoints New Board Members
News
Ruth Grant and Cate Stetson have been elected to the board of directors of Hogan Lovells. Craig Hoover has been re-elected to one of the “at large” seats.
Webinar: Managing Cost Type Contracts
EVENT, May 19, 11 a.m. EDT
The skills required to manage straightforward T&M contracts differ markedly from the skills required to manage a cost type contract.
High Court Allows State Law Antitrust Claims to Proceed Against Interstate Pipelines
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The court considered whether the Natural Gas Act pre-empts state law antitrust claims when the challenged conduct affects both federally regulated wholesale natural gas prices and non-federally regulated retail natural gas prices, reports Mintz, Levin.
Independent Contractor Misclassification: How Companies Can Minimize the Risks
White Paper
Pepper Hamilton details three ways companies that use independent contractors can minimize or avoid future independent contractor misclassification exposure.
Coats Rose Advises City of El Paso on Housing Redevelopment
NEWS
Coats Rose attorneys Barry Palmer and Bill Walter worked on the Rental Assistance Demonstration program, having closed the first three RAD transactions in the State of Texas in 2014 and now following up with these 13 properties.
Settlement Under EPA’s Energy Extraction Initiative Offers Insight
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Advanced air emissions monitoring tools that EPA pursues in its settlements may expose settling companies to future litigation based not on the compliance demonstration method of the applicable air rule, but rather on broader Next Generation technology.
Rachel A. Scelfo Elected to West Babylon Public Library’s Board of Trustees
NEWS
Rachel A. Scelfo of Farrell Fritz has been elected to the West Babylon Public Library’s board of trustees. She will serve a five-year term.
DOE Highlights the Need to Modernize Aging US Energy Infrastructure
White Paper
The administration’s report provides a detailed roadmap for modernizing the energy transmission, storage, and distribution system to make it more secure and resilient to the effects of climate change.
Mid-Year Update: Employee Handbooks and Verifying Readiness for July 1
EVENT: June 17, 2 p.m. CDT
The webinar will cover developments this year in labor and employment law, including updating your employee handbook and preparing for new legislation going into effect on July 1, 2015.
Quarles & Brady Ranked 12th in Law360’s “100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys”
NEWS
The ranking is based on the firm’s female representation at the partner and nonpartner levels and its total number of female attorneys.
eDiscovery Managed Services: How to Achieve Stakeholder Buy-In
EVENT: April 30, 1 p.m. EDT
Perceived risks and binding contracts may give stakeholders doubt about managed services. Learn how to get ‘the Board’ on board – from those with direct experience.
Plain Packaging: Undermining the Power of Brands?
White Paper
Balancing the interests of potential trademark owners who wish to market their goods and services under vulgar signs and those who might be offended by such marks has raised wider concerns about unnecessary restrictions on free speech.
How to Detect the Signs and Symptoms of Drug and Alcohol Use in the Workplace
EVENTS, May 20, 2 p.m. CDT
Hatmaker Law Group will present a one-hour webinar designed to teach supervisors how to recognize the signs of drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace.
M&A Activity and Trends in the Midstream and Downstream Energy Markets
EVENT: April 28, 11 a.m. EDT
Topics will include oil prices and geopolitics and commodity price impact on M&A activity.
The ‘New’ Mexico: The Status of Mexico’s Energy Reform and How U.S. Companies Can Benefit
White Paper
The questions to consider are: what are the opportunities, what are the challenges, and how can U.S. companies make this groundbreaking change work for them?
Thornton Named Managing Partner of Adams and Reese
NEWS
Adams and Reese announces that governmental relations and legislative counsel Guilford F. “Gif” Thornton, Jr., a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, has been elected Managing Partner.
