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Client Alerts Commercial & Public FinanceSEC Adopts Amendments to Municipal Securities Disclosure Rule 15c2-12

August 28, 2018

By Eugene G. Bernardo II and David M. DiSegna Paragraph (b)(5) of Rule 15c2-12 (17 C.F.R. 240.15c2-12) prohibits a participating underwriter from purchasing or selling municipal securities in an offering unless it has reasonably determined that an issuer or obligated person of the municipal securities has undertaken in a continuing disclosure agreement to provide certain...

Client Alerts Corporate & BusinessFollow-On Investment in a Venture Capital Financing – Pros and Cons to Consider

August 28, 2018

Companies that close a venture capital financing usually have multiple investors. Customarily, there will be a venture capital firm or other institutional investor that leads the investment round by investing the most money (referred to as the Lead Investor) and other investors that follow on with smaller investment amounts (referred to as the Follow-On Investors). The Follow-On Investors could...

Litigation & Disputes Media MentionsU.S. District Court Officially Adopts Established R.I. Deposition Standards

August 16, 2018

PS&H Partner Paul Kessimian, Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, shared his thoughts with RI Lawyers Weekly on the recent adoption of deposition conduct standards by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. In the case of Soares v. Prospect CharterCARE SJHSRI, LLC, et al., Judge McConnell found that the rules of conduct, established 25 years...

Client AlertsGovernor Signs Into Law Game-Changing Massachusetts Legislation

August 10, 2018

By Alicia J. Samolis On Friday, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law An Act (the “Act”) relative to the judicial enforcement of noncompetition agreements that fundamentally changes the way noncompetition agreements are regulated in Massachusetts. The Act severely limits the use of agreements signed after October 1, 2018 which restrict an employee’s or independent contractor’s ability to...

Client AlertsProposed IRS Regulations Could Affect Your Ability to Take The New 20% Pass-Through Income Deduction

August 8, 2018

By Russell J. Stein Overview On Wednesday August 8, 2018, the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 199A of the Income Tax Code (the “Proposed Regulations”) governing the new 20 percent deduction from income from certain pass-through entities enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Proposed Regulations add some...

Client Alerts Corporate & Business(Re)Setting the Table for Insurance Business Transfers

August 3, 2018

The concept of voluntarily restructuring solvent insurers has been met with some skepticism in the United States. Sure novating and commutating policies of insolvent insurers have been, at times, necessary, but legally novating (replacing one insurer with another) policies of a solvent insurer? The purpose behind voluntarily restructuring is self-evident: to use otherwise tied-up capital...

Employment & Labor Media MentionsEx-Employee’s Claim For Promised Extra Pay Time-Barred

August 2, 2018

PS&H employment partner, Alicia Samolis was asked by RI Lawyers Weekly to comment on the recent decision in Daquay v. General Dynamics Electric Boat Corporation, which hinged on the question of whether or not the plaintiff’s claim was time-barred. U.S. District Court Chief Judge William E. Smith found that a former employee of a federal contractor...

Client AlertsMassachusetts Legislature Passes Game-Changing Non-Compete Law

August 1, 2018

On July 31, the Massachusetts Legislature passed an omnibus economic development bill. Of major significance, the bill contains provisions that fundamentally change the way employee noncompetition agreements are regulated in Massachusetts. While the legislation does not abolish noncompetition agreements in the Commonwealth, the legislation substantially limits the terms upon which employers can enter into noncompetition agreements with...

Employment & Labor Media MentionsCourt of Appeals Reinstates Bias Suit Involving Claims of Retaliation

July 23, 2018

PS&H employment partner and Chair of the Labor & Employment Group, Alicia Samolis, provided comment to RI Lawyers Weekly on the recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Carlson v. University of New England. The Court’s decision reinstated a case involving claims of a retaliatory transfer of a professor following her complaints of sexual...

Client AlertsRhode Island Employers Take Note: Amend Your Paid Time Off Policy Now

June 27, 2018

By Alicia J. Samolis and Michael A. Gamboli The much anticipated Rhode Island Sick and Safe Leave Time Law (the “new law”) will go into effect next week and impacts virtually all Rhode Island employers. While the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training has indicated that they will not enforce fines contained within the...

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