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Peiqi Huang, University of Maryland Law School

This Quick Overview will introduce the mechanism of unitranche financing and the terms of an agreement among lenders, which makes the unitranche financing possible.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States

This article addresses the three broad topics that many Boards of Directors are examining as they review and assess cybersecurity issues.

Joseph Spratt, Director of Communications, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Laura Maechtlen, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Gerald Pauling, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

This Quick Overview (QuickCounsel) discusses three strategies for advancing law firm diversity and inclusion.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Global
John Kaufmann- Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig

This QuickCounsel will discuss the risks associated with not having a tax hedging policy in place, and will outline steps towards creating an effective tax hedging policy.

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Interest Area: Financial Services
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Joel D. Bush II and John M. Moye of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

This brief overview (QuickCounsel) provides an overview of a threat every company is facing today - the risks posed by the theft of company trade secrets and confidential information in the employment setting.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Michael Mueller, Associate General Counsel, Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Leslie Grab, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

This Top Ten addresses how activist investors have been utilizing the new inter partes review (IPR) process from the American Invents Act (AIA) to put pressure on stock prices of public companies that heavily rely on patent protection.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
Renata Pozzi Kretzmann, LLB from the Pontifí­cia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), in Brazil and member of the Consumer Rights Research Group at PUCRS

This Quick Counsel describes the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code which was created with the objective of balancing consumers relationships and to offer protection for those who consume. The Code aims to provide complete protection for the consumers, regulating behavioral and procedural aspects and stipulating rules for the market operation.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: Brazil
Dario Cadena, Associate, Lloreda Camacho & Co.

This Quick Counsel explains the general provisions that limit some of the clauses that the franchise agreement may contain.

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Interest Area: Commercial and Contracts
Source: Resource Library
Region: Colombia
Victor L. Morales, former Legal Resources Manager, Association of Corporate Counsel

This brief article provides a high-level overview of the considerations needed when advising your client to protect their subject matter by patenting or keeping it as a trade secret within the United States.

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
David S. Jones and Otieno B. Ombok, Jackson Lewis P.C.

This short article (Quick Counsel) describes the challenges that employers face with regard to previously ineligible individuals seeking to obtain employment authorization under the the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program.

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Interest Area: Employment and Labor
Source: Resource Library
Region: United States
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