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The Accidental Successor: Asset Buyers Must Take Care to Avoid Unintentionally Becoming a “Perfectly Clear Successor”

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Asset Buyers, beware.  If the Seller has union-represented employees, and you intend to hire some or all of those employees and operate the assets as a union-free employer, take care to avoid becoming an accidental successor....more

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Case Note: The Underfunded Union Pension Plan and Asset Purchase Agreements

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In a decision handed down by the Seventh Circuit on June 24, 2016, the court warned that a lack of familiarity with the concept of withdrawal liability cannot be used by a buyer of business assets as an excuse to avoid...more

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The Ninth Circuit Hammers Out A New Successorship Liability Test Under The MPPAA

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The Ninth Circuit, in Resilient Floor Covering Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees v. Michael’s Floor Covering, Inc., Case No. 12-17675 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2015), joined the Seventh Circuit in finding that an asset...more

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