This coming January, the rubber meets the road when it comes to employers having to provideminimum essential health insurance coverage to their full-time employees.At first glance, the final regulations published by the IRS this past February seem serpentine, butthey represent a good-faith effort by the IRS to create a workable system for employers to followin […]
The trade association necessitates a delicate balancing act between anticompetitive conduct condemned by the antitrust laws and pro-competitive information-sharing and best practices that ultimately help consumers. Trade associations should have antitrust policies and should consistently consult with an antitrust attorney. Antitrust law reserves its greatest scorn to the horizontal agreements—the deals between and among competitors. And […]
Whether you arrive at the “tying-arrangement” issue from the perspective of the person tying, the person buying the tied products, or the person competing with the person tying, you should know when the antitrust laws forbid the practice. Most vertical agreements—like loyalty discounts,bundling, exclusive dealing, etc.—require courts to delve into the pro-competitive and anti-competitive aspects of […]
In this Internet age, with the volume of snail-mail slowing to a trickle and email dominating business discourse, it is understandable that many companies are opting to send virtually all their communications electronically. When it comes to official shareholder communications, however, California and many other states have adopted laws that impose surprisingly rigorous conditions on […]
Many of our clients have asked how to take advantage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), a groundbreaking piece of legislation that eases the restrictions of the federal securities laws governing the private placement of securities. The JOBS Act received wide bipartisan support despite protests from state and federal securities regulators. One […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Richard E. Smith of Christian & Small LLP. Richard has joined IR as our exclusive Insolvency and Commercial Litigation Member in US – Alabama. Richard Smith, one of the founding partners of Christian & Small and a partner with its predecessor, […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Steven Daniels of Farney Daniels PC. Steven has joined IR as our exclusive Patent Law Member in the US – Texas. Steven Daniels has extensive experience in patent infringement litigation and trade secret misappropriation cases on behalf of clients in a […]
We mourn the passing of our founding partner and friend, Steve Foley, and invite you to read more about his many accomplishments. Foley & Mansfield
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Leonard Rodes of Trachtenberg Rodes & Friedberg LLP. Leonard has joined IR as our exclusive Commercial Arbitration Member in New York Leonard (‘Len’) Rodes represents companies and executives in sophisticated business dispute resolution. Len has over 30 years of experience litigating and arbitrating cases […]
International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Daniel Sparks of Christian & Small LLP. Daniel has joined IR as our exclusive Insolvency and Commercial Litigation Member in US – Alabama. When Dan Sparks was 11 years old, his father took him to the local jail and showed him […]
Some lawyers focus on litigation. Other lawyers spend their time on transactions or mergers & acquisitions. Many lawyers offer some sort of legal counseling. And another group—often in Washington, DC or Brussels—spend their time close to the government, usually either administrative agencies or the legislature. But your friendly antitrust attorneys—the superheroes of lawyers—do all of this. That is part of […]
I am pleased to provide a link to my comments on “Protecting an Inheritance,” in the South Florida Legal Guide 2014 Financial Edition: “South Florida Attorneys Take on Complex Cross-Border Disputes.” Payton & Associates, LLC
