On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Congress passed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021” (the “Omnibus Bill”) which is expected to be signed into law shortly by President T...
Partners Emma Russell and Deborah Low and Associate Emily Fuller authored a chapter in International Comparative Legal Guides’ (ICLG’s) publication titled “Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2021....
Associate Mini Kapoor co-authored an article in the State Bar Litigation Section Report, The Advocate, titled “Innovative Tort Claims in the Wake of COVID-19.”
Partner Ricardo Garcia-Moreno talked with Law360 about how the shift to working remotely and meeting with clients virtually may spell lasting changes to the mergers and acquisitions process.
On December 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed its first pandemic-related enforcement action against a public company for allegedly making misleading disclosures about the i...
Helen Conybeare Williams, counsel and solicitor advocate at the Haynes and Boone London office, was featured in a Mealey’s International Arbitration Report article about how global economic e...
The IRS recently released long overdue guidance removing certain CARES Act tax-related obstacles to merger and acquisition transactions. Under the CARES Act, an employer is permitted to take advantag...
Partner George Y. Gonzalez and Summer Associate Jesus Alcocer wrote in Global Trade Magazine about how the potential cost of reshoring out of Asia to North America could be lessened if capaci...
Partner George Y. Gonzalez and Summer Associate Jesus Alcocer wrote in Global Trade Magazine about reshoring manufacturing in North America through domestic policy and government support duri...
As COVID-19 cases have continued to surge into the Fall, so have the number of lawsuits filed by corporate policyholders seeking to recover part of the billions of dollars in lost income sustained sin...
Associate Mini Kapoor writes in Occupational Health & Safety about how employers should encourage a culture that allows open discussion about safety concerns in the workplace and allows employees to r...
World IP Review quoted Partner Purvi Patel Albers about how unprecedented growth in trademark applications is seen as a positive sign of economic recovery amid the pandemic, but it may also raise ques...
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Matt Ferris talked with Bloomberg Law about how hospitals and other healthcare providers are bracing for a bankruptcy wave as the government stimulus aid that ga...
On October 1, 2020, the "Document that modifies rules and criteria of a general nature in matters of foreign trade" (the "Amending Document") was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation ("...
Healthcare companies providing patient care during the pandemic must be vigilant, not only to prevent the spread of infection on their premises, but also to avoid lawsuits by patients, employees, and ...
On Sept. 15, Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner Albert Tan participated in a webinar panel discussion titled “State of the Market: Outlook of the Fourth Quarter,” the latest installment of a Fund Finance w...
Partner Micah Skidmore talked with Business Insurance about whether the COVID-19-era winning streak will end for insurers in cases concerning policyholders’ business interruption policy provi...
The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) released a Procedural Notice to Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) lenders on October 2, 2020, providing ...
Haynes and Boone, LLP is pleased to introduce to you our firm’s new podcast series, HB Media Minute. These podcasts will focus on new legal developments and trends impacting the media and ent...
Managing Partner Tim Powers talked with The American Lawyer about how COVID-19-imposed cutbacks in law firm spending have left firms wrestling with 2021 expenditures.
COVID-19 and the sheltering in place rules have produced both winners and losers in the market place for food, ag and the tech used in food production.
When the USPTO launched its COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program on May 14, 2020, a key focus was to shorten the timeline to patent protection of COVID-19 related innovations for small busin...
A Congressional Panel overseeing the Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”) has indicated that its utilization to date dwarfs the lending capacity of the Program. As of mid-August, eligible lende...
Partner Michael Mazzone and Associate Mini Kapoor authored an article in Texas Builder about what companies can do to protect themselves from potential COVID-19-related premises liability cla...
Businesses that open their doors to customers, guests, and other visitors during the pandemic must be vigilant, not only to keep their premises safe to those who enter, but also to avoid lawsuits by i...
Firm Partners Michelle Jacobs and Deborah Coldwell and Associates Mini Kapoor and Sally Dahlstrom authored an article in Franchising.com about the need for franchise businesses to maintain safe ...
The Texas Lawbook included Haynes and Boone, LLP in an analysis of the law firms in Texas that have played the most active role in Chapter 11 restructurings filed in the wake of the COVID-19 ...