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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 6: Immigration Insights for Companies Expanding Into the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 6: Immigration Insights for Companies Expanding Into the U.S. - Part 1
Staying on Track and Giving Back with Bill Spruill
A View From the Starting Line – A Conversation with Teenpreneur Tierney Schmidt
Preparing A Company For Sale - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen
Navigating Russia Sanctions
The Blackletter Podcast | A podcast for CEOs, Corporate Counsel, & Entrepreneurs
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements: A Conversation With Expert and Author Paul Hood
Exit Worth Celebrating – It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Your Exit
Marriage and Divorce Considerations for Health Care Providers
Ashley Coselli and Daniel Wendt on Difficult Anti-Corruption Due Diligence Projects
How can an emergency injunction save your business?
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Five: Exploring Succession and Generational Change with Kevin Adams, Managing Director for The Mountain Group
Law Brief®: Steve Polyakov and Richard Schoenstein Explore Healthcare Agreements
Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors
SO VERY HARD TO GO (NOT)! In Pursuit of Puerto Rican Tax Incentives
Ledgers and Law: Start With an Ending in Mind When Building a New Business
For many founders, business formation in Delaware is preferrable regardless of where the business plans to operate. There are many reasons for that, including preferable corporate taxes, business friendly laws and...more
On August 9, 2024, the new Public Law 2023, ch. 633 (L.D. 2069) from Maine’s Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (BABLO) formally went into effect, bringing an end to the previous burdensome “entire...more
The New York Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) has promulgated interim guidance identifying how it will address changes of ownership and other license amendments. While many have criticized the OCM for delays in...more
The one who has the gold often makes all the rules, but the majority owner of a private company who has minority partners in the business does not have complete freedom, because majority owners owe duties that apply to their...more
The Internal Revenue Service delivered an unexpected surprise to taxpayers in Massachusetts and Maine this week by postponing to February 15, 2024 the deadline for various individual and business tax returns and tax payments...more
On May 11, 2023, New York’s Cannabis Control Board voted to approve the revised adult-use cannabis regulations. Upon publication in the New York State Register, these draft regulations are subject to another 45-day public...more
Commonwealth Court Sides With Philadelphia DA Krasner Regarding Impeachment; Next Steps Remain Unclear- Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court concluded last Friday that none of the seven articles of impeachment filed by state...more
The CannaBusiness Advisory Spotlight Series features expert perspectives from Burns & Levinson clients and contacts who are blazing new trails in the cannabis market....more
The long-anticipated New York cannabis market is finally coming into shape. The New York State Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) has issued more than 250 Adult Use Conditional Cultivator Licenses and 25 Adult Use...more
The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently released a published opinion that held that the Dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution applies to cannabis laws and regulatory regimes. The cases are Northeast...more
The seven-year anniversary of the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Ritchie v. Rupee has come and gone, and the court’s holding from 2014 remains the law: Minority shareholders in Texas private companies do not have a cause...more
On June 16, 2021, Governor DeSantis signed legislation amending Fla. Stat. 409.2576, imposing revised reporting requirements of new hires, re-hires and independent contractors for businesses across the State of Florida....more
Illinois enacted a pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) that may be elected by partnerships and S corporations to permit a federal deduction of state income taxes that otherwise are limited to $10,000 per year from 2018 to 2025...more
In our latest client alert, West Palm Beach partner Matthew Chait discusses SB 72, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on March 29, 2021. The new law is expected to be a bulwark against certain COVID-19...more
Contractors, developers, architects, owners, project managers and even public bodies often ask the same obvious question when dealing with any type of prevailing wage ordinance or law, “what are my obligations?” While...more
Portland, Oregon’s Facial Recognition Ordinance Goes Into Effect January 1, 2021 Companies that do business in Portland, Oregon may need to add one more item to their holiday to-do list: disable face recognition...more
A minority of states have enacted statutes and taken other action to protect business owners from claims by persons who allegedly were infected by COVID-19 on their premises. The purpose of this article is to compare these...more
On September 14, 2020, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 606 into law which provides civil immunity to employers facing COVID-19 related lawsuits. HB 606 provides, in part: SECTION 2. (A) No civil action for damages for...more
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has signed a bill granting civil immunity from certain COVID-19-related civil actions for healthcare providers, businesses, schools, individuals, and other entities. Under House Bill 606,...more
After two months of stay-at-home orders and shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and policymakers have gradually begun to reopen the economy in phased increments. However, as the pandemic continues, businesses...more
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of COVID-19-related employment developments across the country and, in particular, California. The state has moved into Stage 2 of its four-stage framework for reopening, which ushered in...more
Since the implementation of California's statewide stay-at-home order, many have wondered what the long-term future of restaurant operations will look like. As a part of the state's Stage 2 reopening efforts, on May 12, 2020,...more
Like many other states in response to the widespread transmission of COVID-19, Nevada has banned business operations for non-essential businesses and enacted limitations on operations for those businesses considered...more
In California, we have an admittedly odd way of determining whether the property or business owner in an eminent domain case is entitled to recover attorneys’ fees. (Note that I’m specifically talking about an owner’s...more
We are taking a break from our multi-post coverage of Opportunity Zones to address a recent, significant piece of Oregon tax legislation. On May 16, 2019, Governor Kate Brown signed into law legislation imposing a new...more