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December 9, 2024 A Texas federal court has temporarily blocked the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its related regulations. The CTA mandated U.S. businesses to report ownership information to the Treasury Department and aimed to combat financial crimes by requiring 32.6 million business entities to disclose their beneficial owners by 2025. While the government contended…
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A purchase price adjustment is a mechanism included in most M&A agreements for private company acquisitions to modify the final price of a deal after it has been agreed upon, typically based on specific financial metrics or performance targets. These adjustments help ensure that the final transaction price reflects the true value of the business…
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September 26, 2024 This September, attorney Craig Watrous will teach a course at the Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara as an adjunct law professor. Craig will present the comparative law course “Introducción al Sistema Jurídico Estadounidense” to post-graduate law students. The course will cover an overview of the US legal system and delve into the processes…
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by Reed F. Morris Since my prior post on the expedited removal of a lis pendens in Colorado, I’ve received a number of related questions. The primary question people ask is: what are legitimate purposes for filing a lis pendens on real estate in Colorado? As described in the prior post, the consequences for wrongfully recording…
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On August 20, 2024, a federal judge in Texas barred the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban from taking effect. The rule was set to take effect September 4, 2024, and would have substantially altered the landscape for non-competes across the nation, making most employee noncompetes invalid. Now the rule’s future is uncertain. The recent federal…
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