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- On: September 12, 2019
- Posted In: Opportunity Zone
November 2018 - Opportunity Zones - A Road to Realizing Capital Gains Benefits by Investing in Low- Income Communities The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, which became effective in December 2017, included provisions that allow for the deferral (and possible reduction or exclusion) of...
- On: April 1, 2018
April 2018: Joseph Otting, the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, announced on February 27, 2018 that banks no longer need to adhere to the Leveraged Lending Guidance when providing leveraged financing. Mr. Otting said that “Institutions should have the right to...
- On: September 20, 2017
On September 1, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board adopted a rule (the “Rule”) that will require banks that are deemed “global systemically important banking organizations” (“GSIBs”) and the United States operations of foreign GSIBs to amend their hedging agreements and certain other agreements (known as...
- On: April 4, 2017
- Posted In: DISPUTE RESOLUTION/LITIGATION
October 24, 2017 - The Connecticut Uniform Power of Attorney Act (“CUPOA”) establishes rules for the creation of powers of attorney including those that survive after the party granting the power (the “principal”) to a third party (the “agent”) becomes incapacitated, missing or detained. Earlier this...
- On: January 10, 2014
- Posted In: CORPORATE
Among the many truisms defining the American culture is the proposition that we live in a litigious society. As a matter of sound public policy designed to motivate highly qualified individuals to accept the risks associated with acting as directors and officers of corporations, the...
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