FEBRUARY 2021 DRAFT ANALYZER Merger Agreement Enhancements Bloomberg Law’s Draft Analyzer tool applies algorithms to the millions of documents filed as exhibits in EDGAR so you can benchmark your agreement against the market standard. Bloomberg Law’s latest enhancements to Draft Analyzer for merger agreements include: Draft Analyzer is available on the Transactional Intelligence Center or by typing Draft Analyzer in the GO Bar on the Bloomberg Law homepage. See the new video about Draft Analyzer’s market-standard language feature on YouTube. FAST ANSWERS Topically organized Fast Answersprovides quick answers to essential legal questions and serves as a gateway to primary source and secondary reference materials on Bloomberg Law. The collection currently has over 1,000 Fast Answers across a number of topics – Banking, Cannabis, Employment, ERISA Litigation, Health, Intellectual Property, Labor, Privacy, andSecurities – and includes a number of filtering options. Fast Answers is available on relevant Practice Centers or by typing Fast Answers in the GO Bar on the Bloomberg Law homeage. BLOOMBERG BNA MANUALS The new Guide to Retirement Plan Designs covers tax code and ERISA requirements for employers designing retirement plans for their employees. Incorporating the expertise of top practitioners, the Guide contains concise and comprehensive information on key design features for employer-sponsored plans, including traditional and safe harbor 401(k) plans, specialized plans including 403(b) plans, 457(b) plans, cash balance and hybrid plans, church plans, ESOPs, small business and multiple employer plans, and defined benefit plans. It is available on the Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Center. POINTS OF LAW Points of Law, Bloomberg Law’s award-winning caselaw research tool, uses machine learning and AI technology to isolate language essential to a court’s reasoning. Our latest enhancement to the tool enables you to run customized searches over court opinions that cite a specific Point of Law. By selecting the Citing Opinions radio button and executing a keyword search, your keywords will be highlighted in the new, filtered search results. IN FOCUS Contract Drafting A new In Focus: Contract Draftingpage showcases Bloomberg Law’s contract drafting resources. The page offers a starting point for contract drafters of various levels of experience and across practice areas, and addresses persistent customer interest in form/sample contracts and other documents. The release of this page coincides with the recent launch of the Draft Analyzer merger agreement enhancements, which is featured prominently in the tool. The new page is available on the In Focus Resources homepage and on the Transactional Intelligence Center. Biometrics This new In Focus: Biometricspage collects resources addressing the developing and complicated landscape of biometric data. The page provides a destination for privacy professionals to find developments, news, and litigation tracking they need when making decisions about the collection, use, storage, deletion, and loss remediation of biometric data such as physical traits or biological measurements that can be used to identify an individual. The new page is available on the In Focus Resources homepage and on the Privacy & Data Security Practice Center. PRACTICAL GUIDANCE ESG Risk Management Topic Page Investors and stakeholders increasingly view ESG and climate risks as factors that can materially impact companies’ operations and financial performance. The ESG Risk Management topic page provides guidance around a number of common risks under five categories – general, financial, compliance, litigation, and transactional. The new page provides a solid foundation to help corporate clients navigate the very broad scope of ESG risks and learn about best practices for managing them. It is available onthe Practical Guidance homepage and in the Corporate Practical Guidance Library. Addressing Workplace Bias and Discrimination Topic Page The new Addressing Workplace Bias & Discrimination topic page provides holistic and actionable guidance on creating a workplace committed to anti-bias and nondiscrimination. The page contains overviews, checklists, sample policies, professional perspectives, curated Chart Builder displays, example searches, and comparison tables from across Bloomberg Law practice areas. It is available on the Practical Guidance homepageand the Labor & Employment Practical Guidance Library. BLOOMBERG LAW ANALYSIS ANALYSIS: Pregnancy Bias Suits Keep Rising Amid Pandemic addresses the increase in federal court filings, and the ongoing impacts of Covid-19 and the economic downturn that are likely to exacerbate this trend. To access Bloomberg Law, please click here.
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