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Disrupting Procurement: The Process Contract and Other Avenues

Jodie Burger

Fortunately, for procuring authorities, process contracts can generally be excluded with a well-drafted exclusion clause in the tender.

FEMA Will Audit Emergency Response Efforts After Hurricane Maria

Sidney F. Ansbacher

New law requires FEMA to audit failed hurricane contracts.

Issue Spotting Guide for Assessing Inbound to U.S. Travel Issues

Kathleen M. Peregoy

This guide is intended to serve as a resource for management and human resources representatives when making decisions and advising employees/management on travel and immigration-related concerns.

Blockchain 101

Peter Brown

The rapidly developing technology is good for much more than just cryptocurrency exchange. What do lawyers need to know?

Infrastructure in the Trump Administration

Building Blocks

G. Christian Roux

Everyone agrees U.S. infrastructure is in lamentable shape. Can Congress and the Trump administration muster the courage to do something about it?

Recent Developments on Privacy and Data Protection in Brazil

Ricardo Barretto Ferreira da Silva and Camila Taliberti Ribeiro da Silva

A change of paradigm is urgent and requires a robust legislation on personal data protection.

Five Easy Ways to Bolster Your Company’s Global Business Compliance

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

Beyond the Basics

CEO Acquitted of Securities Fraud Charge

Bart Daniel

On April 19, 2017, after a two-week trial, a federal jury unanimously acquitted Revolutions Medical Corporation (RMCP) CEO Rondald Wheet on all three counts of securities fraud and false filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Decisions, Decisions

Boris Bershteyn

Leading cases on the Supreme Court’s 2018 business docket.

New Proposed Rules Regarding Government Rights in Federally Funded Research

Hunton Andrews Kurth

Q&A with Pinheiro Neto Advogados Project Fina

Q&A with Ricardo Coelho and Júlio César Bueno of 2018 Brazilian “Law Firm of the Year” Pinheiro Neto Advogados’ Project Finance and Development Practice

Best Lawyers

Can you tell me about the characteristics that make up your law firm and the project finance in development practice that led to being recognized as a “Law Firm of the Year”?

How Driverless Cars Could Impact Your Practic

No One at the Wheel

Michael R. Greco

Will autonomous vehicles drive employers crazy?

New Means of Doing Business, New Legal Institutions?

Joan Roca Sagarra

From the public sector to the new cooperative private businesses, we will have to review the traditional legal institutions.

Central Intelligence

Françoise Gilbert

To truly flourish, the smart cities of tomorrow must harness their data—but make sure they are doing so legally, ethically, and securely.

The Proverbial Rock and Hard Place

Sarah E. Coyne

The physician's opioid prescribing dilemma.

“Defend Trade Secrets Act” Signed Into Law Effective May 11, 2016

Brooks Kushman

The Defendant Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (“DTSA”), was signed into law by President Obama on May 11, 2016. The new statute creates broad private federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation and has been hailed as “the most sweeping change to the nation’s intellectual property laws in a generation or more.”

“Change” Comes to Washington—What to Expect

Harold P. Coxson, Jr.

On January 20, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, with an ambitious agenda set for the first 100 days, including the confirmation of his cabinet appointees and a yet-to-be-named Supreme Court nominee.

Issue Spotting Guide for Assessing Outbound from U.S. Travel Issues

Neil S. Dornbaum

This guide is intended to serve as a resource for management on travel and immigration-related concerns.

How Legal Translation Can Make or Break a Cas

Lost in Legal Translation

Terena Bell

What law firms need to know about translator credentials.

The Future of the First Amendment

Julia Yoo

When the future isn't free.

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The Global Employer: Strategies and Best Practices for an International Workforce

Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm

Developing and retaining an international workforce is essential to competing in the global marketplace.

Going Into Business With a Partner

Thomas J. Nichols

So you're thinking of going into business with somebody else? Maybe a friend or a family member. Or perhaps somebody who already is a business acquaintance. There are a couple things that you might want to consider as you think about going into a venture with a partner.