Mondaq USA: Corporate/Commercial Law
On May 3, 2013, the House passed into law the new Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act in the form of Senate Bill 1300, and as amended, House Bill 1079.
Join Dave Cappillo of Goodwin Procter LLP as he leads a discussion focused on avoiding eight missteps that entrepreneurs commonly make in the early stages of a company's life cycle.
The law governing New Hampshire limited liability companies has been completely rewritten.
In "McDaniel v. Wells Fargo Investments, LLC", the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of four class action lawsuits filed by employees.
The franchisor/franchisee contractual relationship is one that incites many questions, particularly in terms of insurance.
These Standard Clauses provide general corporate social responsibility representations and warranties for use in a commercial sale of goods or services transaction.
Following the House Financial Services Committee mark-up session, HR 701 and HR 801 were both approved by voice vote.
The House of Representatives has recently approved H.R. 701, a bipartisan bill that directs the SEC to finalize rules by Oct. 31 to implement Title IV of the JOBS Act.
In a recent speech SEC Commissioner Aguilar addressed the "scale back" of disclosures in connection with the JOBS Act, and the role of institutional investors in the capital markets.
Our 2013 M&A Report offers a detailed review of, and outlook for, the global M&A market.
Many state motor vehicle dealer statutes require that franchisors provide dealers with an opportunity to cure contractual breaches prior to implementing terminations.
Mandatory arbitration clauses are common in franchise agreements, including motor vehicle franchise agreements.
A summary of the Mississippi CON Report.
Commercial agreements usually provide for extraordinary termination rights or even automatic cancellation in the case of insolvency of one of the parties.
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has recently struck down a controversial rule requiring employers to post information respecting their employees' right to unionize.
Despite lingering economic uncertainty for much of the year, in 2012 the venture capital market produced the second-strongest deal flow since the end of the dot-com boom in 2001.
The SEC recently announced an action where the promoter allegedly told investors that the 2012 JOBS Act would allow his fund to raise billions of dollars by advertising to the general public and produce large profits for early investors.
An analysis of the recent trends in the IPO market.
The House Committee on Financial Services will mark up two JOBS Act related bills, HR 701 and HR 801.
Within the past two months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the city of Harrisburg, PA; the state of Illinois; and the city of Victorville, CA, with securities fraud.
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On March 4, 2013, Nasdaq issued a proposed new rule that, if approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, will require listed companies to establish and maintain an internal audit function.
Assume you are a business owner. You purchased certain computer software last year which you hoped would improve productivity, but which you now realize your business no longer uses or needs.
A number of Dodd-Frank compliance deadlines are quickly approaching for all users of swap contracts.
The SEC has recently announced that it entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement with Ralph Lauren Corp. in connection with alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, Congress also passed the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.
For individual investors the most troublesome provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, relate to crowdfunding–a term not defined in the law, but popularly used to mean raising money online for a variety of purposes.
A number of significant changes to California construction statutes take effect over the next year.
The US IPO market produced 102 IPOs in 2012—a 5% increase from the 97 IPOs in 2011. Before drying up in mid-May, IPO activity was at its highest level for the comparable period in any year since 2007.
The charges arose out of a periodic SEC examination of DAP and its Global Markets Group.
Public companies are encouraged to rigorously analyze SEC guidance prior to disseminating material information via social media.
