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C. Michelle Chen, Partner in S&C’s Financial Services Group, Matthew Schwartz, Partner in S&C’s Litigation Group, and Leanne Van Allen, Associate in S&C’s Financial Services Group, co-authored an article for Law360 providing background on the fair access laws adopted by Florida and Tennessee and implications these laws may have on the business operations of financial institutions. The authors note that similar bills are also being considered by eight additional conservative-leaning states. Read the article: https://lnkd.in/eUU3h8tZ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/etjxB_q4

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Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris & Willis PLLC has broad expertise in defending a variety of professionals in malpractice and other professional liability disputes, including in arbitrations, state and federal court cases and appeals. For more information on this practice area, visit: https://lnkd.in/etHpssXq #practiceareas #legal #law #lawfirm #lawfirmlife #DefenseCounsel #MintzerSarowitz #MSZW

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You can count on our neutrals to be experienced and empathetic to all parties involved. Follow our page for regular insights from our neutrals and timely updates on the mediation and arbitration practice. ALABAMA'S LARGEST MEDIATION FIRM | SCHREIBER ADR Accomplished. Dedicated. Responsive. #mediation #arbitration #schreiberadr

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Thanks to The Daily Record for including insights from our business and tax attorney Peter Randolph in its recent article on the biggest pitfall of business succession planning: https://lnkd.in/ebCQqcd4 #businesssuccession #business #businesssuccessionplanning #businesslaw #businessplanning #successionplanning #inthenews #mediafeature #businesslawyer #businessattorney #marylandlaw

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King & Spalding continued its rapid growth in new partners from other Big Law firms this month, announcing on Thursday the arrival of transactional lawyer John Kleinjan in Atlanta from Kirkland & Ellis. Kleinjan’s practice focuses on executive compensation and employee benefit arrangements in such areas as taxes, accounting, securities and corporate governance in merger and acquisition deals and other corporate transactions, according to the firm. He brings the experience of being part of Kirkland’s top-rated M&A practice, which accounted for 138 completed deals worth $104.32 billion worldwide in this year’s first quarter, according to the London Stock Exchange Group. . . . #lawfirmgrowth #lateralhiring #jobsearch #revenue #promotion #law #mergersandacquisitions #employmentlaw #transactionallaw #litigation #flexibility #lawfirms #atlantalawyer #legalrecruiting #AtlantaLegalRecruiters #theRMNagency #legalrecruitingfirm #legalrecruiter #legalrecruiters #legalsearch #atlantalegalrecruiters #atlantalawfirms #biglaw #smalllawfirm #inhousecounsel #associate #partner

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#Bressler counsel attorney Benjamin Akselrad is a co-author of the treatise, “New Jersey Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms,” a clear, current, and comprehensive reference to the full range of estate planning issues in New Jersey. This manual is compiled by experts in New Jersey estate planning law. The 2024 edition was recently released, and it is available here: https://lnkd.in/e4kABg4h Make sure to check it out! #Estateplanning #newjerseyestateplanning #newjerseyestates #estateadministration #estates #njestateplanning #willdrafting #wills

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While typically difficult to alter, irrevocable trusts can be amended under specific circumstances. We explore potential grounds for challenging such trusts in Georgia.  https://lnkd.in/gP59mdGk

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Labor Department's Final Fiduciary Rule Under ERISA, Expands Adviser Obligations Known as the "Retirement Security Rule," the rule narrows the definition of fiduciary advice, focusing on relationships of trust and confidence with retirement investors. It impacts service providers in the retail investment space, particularly those recommending rollovers from ERISA plans to IRAs. The rule introduces amendments to various prohibited transaction exemptions and has prompted legal and political challenges. Financial institutions will now have to reassess their advice and compliance practices under the new rule. For more details, you can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g3iHgw6Q #CPTgroup #ClassActionAdministrators #CPT

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Bailey Glasser’s ERISA litigation team won another victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which declined to reconsider a May 2024 ruling that an employee stock ownership plan trustee and selling shareholders in a stock sale to the plan can't compel individual arbitration of a representative action on behalf of the plan accusing them of overcharging the plan, rejecting the trustee’s argument that the panel unfairly displayed "hostility to arbitration." In an order filed on July 9, the Second Circuit rejected Argent Trust Co.'s petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc, doubling down on its divided May 1 opinion that found allowing arbitration would have prevented a plan participant from seeking plan-wide remedies authorized by federal benefits law. The case involves a proposed class of employees seeking relief under federal ERISA law. This decision addressed one of the most important issues in employee benefits litigation today: whether ERISA plan sponsors can force employees to waive plan-wide relief in favor of individualized arbitration, thereby gutting participants’ ability to enforce the core private right of action ERISA affords. This repeated victory for participant rights follows a victory by BG’s ERISA litigation team on the same issue before the Third Circuit in June 2023. The Court’s May 2024 opinion backed the Southern District of New York’s November 2021 order denying a motion to compel arbitration of an ESOP participant's suit alleging mismanagement by Argent, which served as trustee to debt relief company Strategic Financial Solutions' ESOP, and the selling shareholders and their trusts. The BG team in this matter is comprised of partner and Practice Group Leader Gregory Porter and partner Ryan T. Jenny, both in our Washington, D.C. office. Co-counsel in this case is Tillman J. Breckenridge, Peter K. Stris, Rachana A. Pathak, and John Stokes of Stris & Maher LLP. To learn more about Gregory Porter: https://ow.ly/T7pF50SBLBa To learn more about Ryan Jenny: https://ow.ly/kVvx50SBLBh To learn more about our award-winning ERISA practice – including our 2025 nationwide Chambers & Partners ranking, visit this link: https://ow.ly/ZL2V50SBLBk The case is Dejesus Cedeno v. Argent Trust Co., docket number 21-2891, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. For more, read this Law 360 article: https://ow.ly/USg650SBLB8 #ERISA #esop #erisalitigation #esoplitigation #classactions #baileyglasser

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WSHC+B partner and Chair of the Firm’s Appellate Practice Group, Edward Guedes, was recently featured in an article by the Daily Business Review discussing a significant ruling by Florida's Sixth District Court of Appeal (DCA), which upheld a trial court's decision in a contentious dissolution of marriage case. The case centered around the Sixth DCA's decision to affirm a trial court’s award of attorney fees in a dissolution of marriage proceeding despite the absence of a transcript that could confirm or refute the trial court’s findings. This decision was controversial because it conflicted with precedents set by other Florida appellate courts, which require written findings when awarding attorney fees. “Even if the Sixth District believed those precedents were wrong, the trial court’s failure to follow precedent was error, in and of itself,” said Ed. “That alone should have led to a reversal of the order, but apparently, the Sixth District felt it needed to stake out its position on this issue and affirmed the order." Ed is Board Certified in Appellate Practice by the Florida Bar and is chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.  He has litigated dozens of appeals before the Florida Supreme Court, Florida’s district courts of appeal, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals in a wide variety of matters, including medical malpractice, premises liability, probate, First Amendment and constitutional litigation, family law, state and federal administrative rule-making and regulation, home rule authority and preemption, election law, civil rights, land use and zoning, intellectual property, and labor and employment issues. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/grz-ce9j #WSHCBLaw #DBR #AppellateLaw

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USPTO issues final rule on the Director Review process, effective on October 31, 2024. The Director Review process is an important way for parties to request rehearing of certain PTAB decisions. The final rule formalizes key aspects of the interim Director Review process and provides that a party to an AIA proceeding may request Director Review in that proceeding of any: 1. decision on institution  2. final decision (defined as a final written decision in an inter partes or post grant review proceeding or a final decision in a derivation proceeding)  3. decision granting rehearing of a decision on institution or a final decision  4. other decision concluding an AIA proceeding It is also worth remembering that Director Review is a process taken in response to the 2021 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Arthrex holding that the structure of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

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On October 30, Lowenstein partner Melissa Wiley will speak during Tennessee Captive Insurance Association, Inc.'s Annual Conference on a panel discussing risk distribution, comparing the Tax Court's current interpretation with the insurance industry's perspective. For more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/4eDGFPs #tax #privateclientservices #taxlaw #taxation #lawyers #lawfirms

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BakerHostetler is proud to sponsor Washington Arbitration Week. If you are attending, be sure to catch Partner Ken Reisenfeld as moderator of the "Corruption, Fraud and Violations of General Principals of Law in International Arbitration" panel. The panel, scheduled for Dec. 3, will examine rulings and developments in investor-State arbitration cases and focus on international commercial arbitration case law.   #WAW2024 #BHNews #InternationalLaw

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