What is Reverse Vesting and What are the Tax Considerations?
FCA Implications for M&A Transactions
What You Need To Know About Representation and Warranty Insurance
Growth by Acquisition Important Considerations for Government Contractors, Part 2 of 2
The Exit: Everything You Need to Know but Didn’t Know to Ask about Startup Acquisitions
Podcast: Buy-Sell Market - Factors to Consider in Transactions of Automotive Dealerships
Jeremy Levy on Recent RWI Challenges and Near-term Outlook
Selling Your Government Contract Business: Plan Today for a Stronger Tomorrow, Part 1 of 2
Schlam Stone & Dolan Partner Jeffrey M. Eilender Discusses Whether Contractual Disclaimers Can Waive Fraud Claim
Opportunities and Optimism: M&A Deal Trends — A Recap Discussion Around ACG Atlanta M&A South Panel
Legal Steps For Dentists to Follow When Buying or Selling a Practice
Law Brief®: Mark Rosenberg and Richard Schoenstein Discuss Online Distribution Leakage
Top 20 Negotiation Tips: #8 and #9
Episode 15 | Hot! Hot! Hot! Don't get Burned by the Perils of Buying and Selling Residential Real Estate
Exit Worth Celebrating – It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Your Exit
How Private Equity Firms Structure Health Care Mergers and Tax Implications
Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors
How to prepare for a merger and acquisition in logistics and transportation
Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors
Mergers and Acquisitions in Healthcare: Getting Your House in Order
If you have shopped online lately, odds are you saw products proudly advertising themselves as “Made in the USA.” Maybe it was a flag, a pair of boots, or a kitchen gadget. But how often is that label actually true? According...more
The rise of President Trumps’ tariffs in 2025 has brought uncertainty to the profitability of product sales and has thrown a wrench in previously stable supply relationships. Reminiscent of the 2020 push to review force...more
To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving independent sponsor landscape, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor team –...more
In recent articles, we discussed rights and obligations arising from breaches of contract. However, at times goods may be damaged or destroyed during transit, without any fault on the part of the seller or the buyer. In this...more
To help businesses, owners, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor and Private Equity...more
Tariffs on imports into the U.S. are on the rise, focusing on many of the U.S.’s largest trading partners like Mexico, Canada and China, as well as major products such as aluminum and steel. Buyers and sellers who are...more
In the context of the tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration on imported goods, a prevalent misconception has arisen that foreign suppliers automatically bear the cost of these tariffs. The reality, however, is more...more
In our previous article in the Supply Chain Survival Series, we discussed what constitutes a breach of contract and whether a breach allows you to suspend performance until the breach is cured. Assuming that a contract has...more
We have received several requests to publish a list of red flags pertinent to multinational organizations. To accommodate these requests, we are publishing a three-part series on anticorruption, export controls and economic...more
In our previous articles in the Supply Chain Survival Series, we discussed when a party’s failure to perform may (or may not) be excused by a contractual force majeure provision or by the common law doctrines of...more
Exit opportunities for manufacturing companies require planning, diligence, and patience. The manufacturing industry has had it rough over the past few years. Supply chain challenges stemming from the pandemic have lingered,...more
Join ICPA and Braumiller Law Group's Washington D.C. of Counsel Jim Holbein for a presentation on incoterms - The webinar will cover the obligations, costs and risks associated with all the seven multimodal Incoterms and...more
Commercial forms – such as quotations, purchase orders and invoices – and associated terms and conditions are ubiquitous in the supply chain and often the only contract that exists between a buyer and seller. When used...more
In our previous article, we discussed the infamous “Battle of the Forms,” where conflicting terms in buyers’ and sellers’ purchase orders, invoices, and order confirmations can result in neither side’s terms governing their...more
Despite offering one of the lowest total deal values on record, 2021 was an active M&A year. Due to the strong capital markets, a seller’s market continued, creating additional urgency for biopharma companies to accelerate...more
Favorable valuations are fueling opportunistic purchases by overseas bidders- Spiraling COVID rates, supply chain issues and food and fuel shortages have all hit the headlines in the months since the end of the Brexit...more
It’s that time of year again when the sellers and buyers of many of the world’s long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) must agree on the Annual Delivery Programme (ADP). In past years, this...more
Foley & Lardner’s Food & Beverage Industry Team has authored a new handbook entitled, “Food & Beverage Supply Chain Desk Reference.” For the sake of convenience, the Desk Reference includes quick answers to your legal needs...more
It is quite common in supply chain contracts for the buyer and the seller to have competing interests in negotiating key contractual provisions and protections. Before COVID-19, force majeure provisions were often just an...more
Pandemic-related price spikes in consumer goods have attracted the attention of both government enforcers and private plaintiff. In California, Attorney General Xavier Becerra has issued two admonitions against price gouging...more
Pandemic-related price spikes in consumer goods have attracted the attention of both government enforcers and private plantiffs. In California, Attorney General Xavier Becerra has issued two admonitions against price gouging...more
Trends in Material Adverse Change Clauses – Implications of Coronavirus on M&A Transactions - On M&A transactions deal certainty may be a key negotiation issue. Whilst a seller may be reluctant to concede a material...more
On February 11, 2020, the Michigan Court of Appeals issued a significant decision that impacts manufacturing supply contracts – especially those in the automotive industry – holding that a buyer may enforce a supply contract...more
On December 26, Marty and Dave McFly were playing video games when, downstairs in the living room, the hoverboard that Marty had received for Christmas ignited. The fire quickly engulfed the Christmas tree and spread...more