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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Takeover Code Amendments Extend the Rights of Pension Scheme Trustees

by Iain Wright | Morgan Lewis on 4/30/2013

Amendments include new requirements regarding offerors' intentions, documents provided to trustees, trustees' opinions on offers, and publication of agreements between offerors and trustees....more

Rhode Island Opens Tax Amnesty Window by David C. Morganelli, Esq. and Ryan W. Sawyer, Esq.

by Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 8/30/2012

The Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed the “2012 Rhode Island Tax Amnesty Act" which was promptly signed into law by the Governor on June 15, 2012. The Amnesty Act authorizes the Rhode Island Division of Taxation...more

Business Owners – Is Now the Time to Sell?

by Ronald Adams on 7/1/2011

As business revenues and values have declined over the past number of years, many owners delayed the possible departure from their business through retirement or sale, either waiting for things to get better, or as result of...more

Don't Hold Annuities In Trusts - Well, Maybe It's Okay

by Charles (Chuck) Rubin on 6/27/2011

Section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code generally provides favorable deferral of income tax for qualified annuities. However, Code Section 72(u) disallows such favorable treatment when the annuity is owned by someone other...more

McAfee & Taft: AgLINC: Agriculture & Equine Industry Legal Information News & Commentary - March 2010

by McAfee & Taft on 3/18/2010

Inside This Issue: 2 Landowner considerations when negotiating wind energy leases 3 Avoiding pitfalls associated with crop insurance 3 DOL issues rule change for workers on farms 4 Do you need to update your estate...more