by Mallory Schowe | Sep 14, 2023
A special kind of irrevocable trust, known as a qualified personal residence trust (or QPRT), may enable you to transfer your residence to your children (or others) at a significantly reduced value for tax purposes, yet allow you to continue to live in the residence...
by Christine Stackhouse | Sep 13, 2023
Wiggin and Dana’s Insurance Practice Group has published a recent Insurance Update. We are pleased to offer these periodic updates, with summaries of recent cases and legislation or regulations of interest, as well as the Group’s recent activity. To view our...
by Christine Stackhouse | Aug 29, 2023
Last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) sued Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (“SpaceX”), accusing the aerospace company of discriminatory hiring practices against refugees and people granted asylum in the U.S., in violation of the Immigration...
by Christine Stackhouse | Aug 29, 2023
The Second Circuit recently issued an opinion that may move up the timeline for class action lawsuits following data breaches and help chart a course for plaintiffs seeking to establish that they have standing to sue immediately following such breaches. The court also...
by Christine Stackhouse | Aug 21, 2023
On August 16, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has settled, via a proposed consent order, a pending antitrust investigation into a proposed acquisition in which a private equity firm, Quantum Energy Partners (“Quantum”), was integrally involved...
