New York Estate Tax and Its Dreaded “Cliff”

by Kelsey Barcomb | Jun 8, 2020

For deaths occurring after January 1, 2020, New York will tax estates valued at more than $5,850,000. Even if your estate is not large enough to owe federal estate tax (currently, the exemption amount is $11,580,000 for an individual), you may still owe an estate tax...

Supreme Court Update: South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom (No. 19A1044), Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC (No. 18-1334), GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC (No. 18-1048), Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A (No. 17-1712), Banister v. Davis (No. 18-6943), Nasrallah v. Barr (No. 18-1432)

by Misha | Jun 8, 2020

Greetings, Court Fans! It’s an understatement to say that goings on at One First Street have been overshadowed this week by unrest further down Constitution Ave. (and around the country). Nevertheless, it was a fairly active week for the Court, with five new opinions...

Attorneys Christian Chandler, Scott McClure and Joshua Kutticherry Published in The National Law Review

by Kelsey Barcomb | Jun 4, 2020

Partners Christian Chandler and Scott McClure and Associate Joshua Kutticherry’s COVID-19 client alert titled “SBA Makes PPP Loan Increases Available to Certain Borrowers Who Missed Out Because of Subsequent Rule Changes” was published on The...

Franchising & Distribution Currents

by Kelsey Barcomb | Jun 2, 2020

Partner John Doroghazi co-authored an article with Associate Andrew Malzahn of Dady & Gardner, P.A. and Associate Emily Bridges of Fox Rothschild, for the Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, Spring 2020 edition. The article – titled “Franchising...

Where We Are In The US Trade Secret Crackdown On China

by Kelsey Barcomb | May 29, 2020

Partners David Laufman, Joseph Casino and Michael Kasdan’s most recent article about the increase in theft of U.S. companies’ trade secrets and other intellectual property by Chinese entities has been published in Law360. To read their article, click here...