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Oct 8, 2021 | Firm News
Watch: Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is promoted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network which operates an array of programs in 170 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. GEW is a platform for ...
Oct 8, 2021 | Firm News
Watch: Global Entrepreneurship Week 2021

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is promoted by the Global Entrepreneurship Network which operates an array of programs in 170 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. GEW is a platform for ...
Aug 28, 2020 | Firm News
Partner Ken Rashbaum to Speak to the Association of Corporate Counsel – “Do the Right Thing in Cyberspace: Meeting Ethics Challenges When Practicing Across the Bandwidth” on October 20, 2020

Partner Ken Rashbaum will speak to the ACC Westchester/Southern Connecticut chapter alongside IBM Senior Counsel Catherine Quinlan during a rather untraditional, interactive presentation that will address the ethical challenges of practicing law ...
Aug 20, 2020 | Blog
COVID-19 Impact On Business – But Will Insurance Cover the Loss? Issue 3: Legal Reform

August 2020 – In prior articles, we discussed the impact of COVID-19 on insurance in context of 1) coverage for claims for lost business income and 2) legislation in several states attempting to shift the risk for loss of business income to ...
Jul 16, 2020 | Firm News
Partner Kenneth Rashbaum to Moderate “To Trace or Not to Trace?: Compliance in the Era of COVID-19 and Remote Surveillance” Webinar on July 21st

Ken Rashbaum will guide a global conversation regarding the focus on the robust enforcement of data and privacy compliance as we mark the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the enforcement of the California ...
Jul 8, 2020 | Firm News
Partner Kenneth Rashbaum to Moderate Association of Corporate Counsel’s “Quick Hits” Webinar “To Trace or Not to Trace?: Compliance in the Era of COVID-19 and Remote Surveillance”

Ken Rashbaum will guide a global conversation regarding the focus on the robust enforcement of data and privacy compliance as we mark the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the enforcement of the California ...
Jun 17, 2020 | Blog
Is Your Return to Work COVID-19 Liability Waiver Worthwhile?

COVID-19 liability waivers could open a legal and business Pandora’s Box with little value in return. Employers should think hard and assess the risk-benefit matrix of such waivers carefully because the damage could well outweigh the ...
Jun 8, 2020 | In The Media
Partner Marc O. Dedman Quoted in Crain’s New York Business’ Article, “Albany Pandemic Bill Could Change Commercial Insurance Industry Forever”

Partner Marc O. Dedman offered insight in Crain’s New York Business article “Albany Pandemic Bill Could Change Commercial Insurance Industry Forever " as to Assemblyman Robert Carroll’s proposed bill which targets clauses excluding insurance ...
Jun 5, 2020 | In The Media
Contact Tracing, Surveillance Software & Privacy w/ Ken Rashbaum & Host Richard Levick Featured on “In House Warrior” Daily Podcast

Ken Rashbaum was interviewed on “In House Warrior,” Corporate Counsel Business Journal’s daily Podcast with host Richard Levick, concerning COVID-19 contact tracing and employee monitoring. Ken spoke on regulatory, legal, privacy and business ...
May 29, 2020 | In The Media
Partner-in-Charge, Nashville Marc O. Dedman Comments on the Opportunities Barton’s Expansion Into Nashville Brings to the City During a Recent Interview

Marc O. Dedman was interviewed by cityCURRENT Nashville Market President Kelly Roy Meyers. During the conversation, Marc explained how Barton in its first year of opening a Nashville office continues to bring great opportunities to the Nashville ...
May 14, 2020 | Firm News
Marc O. Dedman Invited To Join International Webinar Panel, “Lessons Learned from COVID-19 – A Comparative Review by Region”

Partner Marc Dedman will participate on a global panel discussing topics ranging from employment, force majeure, insurance, and other areas now changing due to the impacts of COVID-19. Marc will offer a North American perspective as it relates to ...
Apr 20, 2020 | Blog
COVID-19 Impact On Business—But Will Insurance Cover the Loss? Issue 1: Business Interruption Coverage – Lost Income

April 2020 – Risk and crisis planning before an event or loss occurs is a multifaceted determination. As is apparent from the impacts now following from COVID-19, understanding insurance coverage that may be provided to mitigate loss is part of ...
Apr 16, 2020 | Firm News
Kenneth Rashbaum to Address the American Bar Association in a Webinar, “Pandemics and Logistics – Meeting the International Supply Chain Challenges of the COVID-19 Crisis” on Tuesday, April 21st

Kenneth Rashbaum will speak to the ABA Section of International Law at a CLE Webinar scheduled for Tuesday, April 21st at 12:00 PM. Ken will lead the discussion surrounding the impacts of the pandemic on international supply chains, specifically, ...
Apr 6, 2020 | Blog
New Immediate Guidance on the CARES Act & the Paycheck Protection Program

As we previously have covered earlier this week, Congress enacted and the President signed on March 27, the CARES Act that, among other things, seeks to provide material financial assistance to small businesses. First, we addressed various ...
Apr 1, 2020 | Blog
Timely Additional Guidance on the New SBA Paycheck Protection Loan Program

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), enacted this past week, provides new potential financial lifelines to qualified small businesses as a result of and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week we ...
Mar 30, 2020 | Blog
Are You Eligible for a Small Business Loan under the CARES Act?

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act increases access to Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and in some cases, provides for loan forgiveness to the extent the proceeds ...
Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
Insurance Law – COVID-19

Barton will monitor, add to, and update this information as it becomes available.   Related Industry Articles and Barton Client Alerts COVID-19 Impact On Business – But Will Insurance Cover the Loss? Issue 3: Legal Reform COVID-19 ...
Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

Barton will monitor, add to, and update this information as it becomes available. Programs Small Business Administration (SBA) The SBA has agreed to offer targeted, low-interest disaster recovery loans to impacted businesses to help overcome ...
Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
Barton COVID-19 Resource Center

Barton supports our clients and colleagues by continuing to collect available information regarding programs and assistance resources that have come into focus particularly due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic and its recovery process. ...
Mar 27, 2020 | Blog
Employment Law – COVID-19

Barton will monitor, add to, and update this information as it becomes available.   Barton Client Alerts and Webinars COVID-19 & Mandatory Workplace Vaccinations Partner Kenneth Rashbaum to Moderate “To Trace or Not to Trace?: ...
Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
SDNY Follows Mobil Cerro and Micula in “Memo Endorsed” Order in Eiser

In a terse “Memo Endorsed” Order issued in Eiser Infrastructure Limited et al. v. Kingdom of Spain, No. 17-CV-3808 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 13, 2017), Judge Lewis A. Kaplan expressly followed the Second Circuit’s very recent decisions in Mobil ...
Nov 2, 2017 | Blog
Second Circuit Follows and Reinforces Mobil Cerro in Micula

In a late October 2017 Summary Order with no precedential impact, a unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Micula v. Gov’t of Romania, No. 15-3109 (2d Cir. October 23, 2017), (“Micula”), elucidated, ...
Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
Mobil Cerro – – Second Circuit Clarifies Procedures For Enforcing ICSID Arbitration Awards

For more than thirty years prior to this summer, the procedures governing how the holder of a monetary award against a foreign sovereign issued in an arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) ...
Jul 27, 2015 | Blog
We’re All Connected: Two Decisions Highlight Globalization of Litigation

Litigation has become truly global, bringing the U.S. into eve r-closer contact with the rest of the world. Two recent decisions highlight this reality, considering requests for U.S.-style discovery to find evidence for a matter brought in the ...