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When the owner of a successful automotive repair company came to the attorneys of Hancock Estabrook for help with the smooth transition of their company to new owners, Hancock Estabrook attorneys successfully designed and implemented a financially viable and tax advantageous transaction. The firm's attorneys worked diligently with the business to structure a transfer of the business that benefite…

BUREN advised Billink to raise approximately 29 million in growth capital for Billink Finance B.V. so that Billink B.V.'s current business, the so-called buy now, pay later business, can continue to grow. BUREN assisted with the legal contracts such as loan agreements, service agreements, agreements to buy and sell receivables, as well as on the underlying general terms and conditions and the tax …

Stafford Rosenbaum Partner Jessica Mederson launched a brand new podcast this month! Co-hosted by Construction Resilience Engineer Monika Serrano, the podcast focuses on the built environment's adaptation to our changing climate. It covers topics for private and public sectors and features exciting, thought-provoking discussions with professionals throughout the resilience, construction, business,…

On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a new rule, effective March 11, 2024, that could impact countless businesses that use independent contractors. The new rule establishes a six-factor analysis to determine whether independent contractors are deemed to be “employees” of those businesses, and thus imposes obligations on those businesses relating to those work…

Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and most accomplished law firms, recently named three attorneys as the firm’s newest partners. Plunkett Cooney’s Board of Directors approved the promotion of Maura B. Battersby, Eric T. Ramar and Glenn C. Ross to partners of the firm with their changes in status effective on Jan. 1, 2024. A member of Plunkett Cooney’s Bloomfield Hills, Michigan office…

Hawkins Parnell & Young has been honored with UPS's 2023 Legal Diversity Award. This accolade reflects the firm's continuous and substantial progress in fostering a diverse workplace and its commitment to UPS's corporate objectives. The firm's efforts have culminated in an impressive achievement, with approximately 50% of legal services and management of UPS matters handled by ethnically diver…

Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Davis McCoy and Woods Parker were recently named Huie partners. “It’s an honor to welcome Elizabeth and Woods as Huie’s newest partners,” said Huie Managing Partner John Herndon. “We are very proud of their past contributions to Huie and look forward to their expanded roles.” Read more about the firm’s new partners below: …

Steven Schwartz, Mike Ward and Brian Sableman were successful in securing a reversal from the Court of Appeals for the Eastern District of Missouri. The court reversed a St. Louis County trial judge that refused to enforce an arbitration agreement between a waitress and her employer. The waitress sued her employer for sexual harassment in St. Louis County Circuit Court. The bar/restaurant filed a …

Johnson & Bell is pleased to announce that Associate Attorneys, Catherine Breitweiser-Hurst, Ava L. Caffarini, Margaret A. Connery, Scott A. Mueller and Daniel M. Yukich, have been promoted to Shareholder at the firm. “We are proud to welcome these five promising attorneys to the rank of Shareholder,” said Robert M. Burke, president of Johnson & Bell, Ltd.  “They are talented, hard-workin…

The Eighteenth Judicial District Court in Sedgwick County, Kansas, has granted Baker Sterchi motion for summary judgment on behalf of their road construction company client in a matter involving a motorcycle accident. In this incident, the plaintiff collided with a steel bollard near a baseball stadium, resulting in injuries. The plaintiff alleged that the negligent design of the bollard was respo…