Press Releases

Medical Record Retention Requires Good Policies, Strict Compliance Healthcare Risk Management April 1, 2020 "Many healthcare organizations follow a policy of keeping medical records for seven years, says Andrew Selesnick, JD, shareholder with Buchalter in Los Angeles. “However, we usually recommend 10 years because if there is a dispute and the medical records are unavailable, defending on such a claim could be more problematic,” he says ...

Hospitals likely to face protective gear lawsuits, attorneys say Los Angeles Daily Journal By: Winston Cho "Damaris Medina, an attorney at Buchalter who regularly represents hospitals systems, called for protection for hospitals that will be hit by lawsuits from health workers for exposing them to hazardous working conditions ...

Office Tenants and Owners are Feeling the Coronavirus Crunch Globe Street By: Lisa Brown "SAN FRANCISCO—In these unprecedented times of COVID-19, office owners are feeling the crunch right along with many others. End of the month moves are shot, there are issues with tenants moving in and out, and dates are being pushed out for build-outs, says Manuel Fishman, shareholder at Buchalter in San Francisco. 'It is during these times that human nature comes out,' Fishman tells GlobeSt.com ...

Deacons' Financial Services team has assisted Shanxi Securities International Asset Management Limited on the successful listing of its first exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF commenced trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 27 March 2020 and is not only the manager’s first retail product in Hong Kong, but also the first ETF which invests in onshore iron ore futures via the Dalian Commodity Exchange’s futures product internationalisation scheme ...

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is providing legal support to the Esprit Group in an ongoing restructuring process with the objective of maintaining operations during the corona crisis, strengthening the group's liquidity and securing the future of the Esprit brand. The project is being supported by lawyers in particular from Dusseldorf and Munich, with Heuking partners Prof. Dr. Georg Streit and Dr. Marc Scheunemann acting as lead partners ...

In January, Soccer Québec and the Montreal Impact announced a partnership to boost the popularity and quality of Quebec soccer. Lavery had the opportunity to support Soccer Québec in reaching this agreement, which is the first in Canada between a professional soccer club and a provincial sporting federation ...

Morgan & Morgan advised the shareholders of Unity Group, a holding company with subsidiaries engaged in insurance brokerage in Central America with operations in six countries (Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua), in a corporate restructuring and subsequent sale of its business to Willis Europe B.V., a company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and a subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global brokerage and consulting firm ...

Representation of the Israel Football Association – Preference for Arbitration over the Labor Court Our firm represented the Israel Football Association (the “IFA“) at the Regional Labor Court in Jerusalem on the issue of the status of the IFA’s internal judicial bodies. In a nutshell, a dispute arose between the football players and between their clubs relating to the players’ employment rights ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Nathaniel J. Greeson has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as an associate in the Government Contracts Practice Group. Mr. Greeson represents clients in a range of government procurement issues, including bid protests, claims, disputes, audits, and investigations ...

Han Kun has recently been recognized as a notable firm in "Trade mark contentious" in the "2020 Global Intellectual Property Star" rankings issued by Managing Intellectual Property ("MIP"), the world's leading authoritative intellectual property media organization. MIP provides the world's leading intellectual property information and news analysis, comprehensive coverage of intellectual property legal information, and has a high reputation in the industry ...

On March 24, 2020, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP secured a case-ending victory for our client, a medical device manufacturer, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The defendant was sanctioned for perpetrating fraud on the court by withholding information and relevant documents in bad faith during discovery, as set forth in Judge Lois Bloom’s Report and Recommendation in May of last year ...

Afridi & Angell recently advised Thomas Cook India Group (TCI), a leading global integrated travel services player, on a fast paced AED149 million (USD40.6 million) acquisition of 51 per cent stake in Digiphoto Entertainment Imaging (DEI), a UAE headquartered imaging solutions and service provider ...

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds, 2.85% Series due April 1, 2025. FPL was incorporated under the laws of Florida in 1925 and is a rate-regulated electric utility engaged primarily in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy in Florida ...

COBALT advises SA KredEx on conducting public procurement in 2020 for the development of the Estonian start-up business ecosystem and start-up business development programs. The purpose of the procurement is to mitigate through comprehensive value propositions the bottlenecks in the start-up business ecosystem, which hinder the development of start-ups / potential start-ups and/or the ecosystem as a whole ...

COBALT advises the leading fashion brand house in the Baltics AS Baltika in reorganisation proceedings. Baltika is in the opinion that in the current situation reorganisation of the company is the best way to protect the rights and interests of the shareholders, the employees, the creditors and the partners of Baltika ...

DORDA IP/IT and data protection experts Axel Anderl and Dominik Schelling support sportsWorld in a cooperation with Formula 1 in connection with the pop-up exhibition "Bond in Motion". Vienna, 26 March 2020 – DORDA advised sportsWorld Operations GmbH on several contracts with Formula 1 ...

YKVN advised Masan Group Corporation (HOSE: MSN) as sole counsel in relation to its acquisition of the Vingroup’s retail and agriculture units – VinCommerce and VinEco through share swap. The Vingroup’s retail and agriculture units – VinCommerce and VinEco are transferred to MSN and together with MSN’s subsidiary – Masan Consumer Holdings will be the country’s biggest retail group ...

On February 21, Vista Oil & Gas SAU issued Class III Negotiable Obligations for a nominal value of US $ 50,000,000, in an emblematic transaction that included the integration of the securities in Pesos and their repayment in United States Dollars in an account abroad ...

On January 31, 2020, Raízen Gas SA, a company dedicated to the business of fractionation, commercialization and distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), advised by Marval O´Farrel Mairalfue acquired by Italgas SA The value of the operation is confidential. The transaction makes Italgas, advised by Beccar Varela, one of the main players in the commercialization and distribution of LPG. The transaction also involved the negotiation of supply agreements to provide Raízen Gas S.A ...

Chilean fund manager CMB and French investment company Ardian purchased a minority stake in two toll roads in Santiago. The seller, U.S. asset management company Brookfield Infrastructure Partners relied on Carey for the deal, which closed on 6 February, 2020. The value of the deal remains confidential. The transaction gave CMB and Ardian a 33% joint stake in the Vespucio Norte Express and Túnel San Cristóbal toll roads ...

Bradley attorney Todd Presnell was quoted in Law360 on best practices for reinforcing client relationships and confidentiality during the coronavirus pandemic. With lawyers across the world working from home and with unfamiliar tools, it’s more important than ever for attorneys to be conscious of their good privilege and confidentiality habits ...

SEATTLE, Wash., March 26, 2020 – Buchalter is pleased to welcome Bradley Hoff as Chair of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group. Mr. Hoff, who is based in Seattle, joins from Foster Garvey PC. “Brad’s experience and leadership bolsters our existing team of insurance coverage attorneys providing expert legal advice to a broad array of industries – particularly given the COVID-19 pandemic and all of the insurance coverage issues arising on a daily basis,” said Adam J ...

Asters acted as a legal counsel to Regal Petroleum, a British oil and gas company, on its up to USD 8.63 million acquisition of Arkona Gas-Energy, a Ukrainian company holding the license to explore, develop and produce hydrocarbons in Svystunkivsko-Chervonolutske field located in Poltava region ...

COBALT successfully advised and represented Estonia's largest waste handler, Ragn-Sells AS in a dispute concerning the public procurement of a waste removal concession organized by Vinni municipality. The dispute concerned determining in the waste removal contract documents of the place where the waste is to be treated. In its judgment of 15.01 ...

Elena Manachimova (36) joined DORDA in 2011 and has long-standing experience in advising international clients in the fields of immigration and tax law as well as private foundations and cross-border succession planning. Now, Elena Manachimova, who completed full scale legal studies both in Austria and the Russian Federation, has been admitted to the Austrian Bar ...