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The required minimum distribution rule for both qualified plans and individual retirement accounts is being pushed to 72 instead of the odd 70 ½. What does it mean? To me, it means that people are living longer and plan providers need to adjust their...By: Ary Rosenbaum

On January 10, 2020, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission released for comment a draft of their Vertical Merger Guidelines, the first update since 1984....By: Carlton Fields

More states are enacting so-called “red flag laws,” which allow certain entities and/or individuals to obtain restraining orders to remove firearms from an individual deemed by the courts to be a threat to themselves or others. While the first red...By: Littler

Settlement of a complex construction dispute at mediation can mean the end to sleepless nights for our clients. Resolution at mediation avoids the unpredictable risks and inordinate costs of seeing a dispute through to the merits. But mediation often...By: Snell & Wilmer

Now that we know that the Kansas City Chiefs will be playing the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV in a few weeks, it’s time to assess whether this annual American tradition will create any workplace issues for your organization. With over 110...By: Fisher Phillips

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 19, 2019, the U.S. Treasury issued final Qualified Opportunity Zone regulations (the “Final QOZ Regulations”). Subject to the commentary in the Preamble to the Final QOZ Regulations on circular cash flows and step...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

As we enter the 2020s, we begin the new decade with greater optimism than we had at the start of the previous one. In the U.K., December 2009 ended with negative growth; the government as the owner of the remains of Northern Rock and Bradford &...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

M&A professionals greeted 2019 with a note of caution. Following a strong year for M&A in 2018, optimism was tempered by concerns over increased market volatility, trade disputes, rising interest rates and global political uncertainties. As it turned...By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Private equity funds have supplied much of the capital injected into the oil and gas exploration and production sector over the last decade. These investors will typically seek to identify, acquire, operate, enhance, and ultimately exit from an...By: Shearman & Sterling LLP

On December 20, 2019, the IRS issued proposed regulations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code....By: Pepper Hamilton LLP