Category: CORPORATE

On December 3, 2024, a federal district court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and the Treasury Department regulations implementing the CTA. As we outlined in previous Client Alerts, the CTA requires most  business entities...

Martin LLP is pleased to announce its role as legal advisor to BNP Associates, Inc., a leading air transportation design and engineering firm, in connection with a strategic investment from Godspeed Capital Management LP, a private equity firm focused on the Defense & Government services...

In January of this year, we published a Client Alert advising readers that the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) had gone effective, requiring many companies and other entities (such as investment vehicles) to file an initial beneficial ownership report (BOR) with the U.S. government. We...

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 (along party lines) to adopt a final rule (Final Rule) that prohibits the imposition of non-compete agreements in the employment context, with very limited exceptions, stating that such agreements are an “unfair method...

We are pleased to highlight a few of the representations and transactions which we were honored to undertake during 2023 and to update our clients and friends on some other firm developments from the year, including pro bono and other civic endeavors. As we complete...

Starting January 1, 2024, many companies will be required to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to the U.S. government. Enacted into law on January 1, 2021 (see MLLP’s prior client alert here) and implemented primarily through a rule published by the U.S. Department of the...

On March 29, 2023, Congress enacted an exemption (the “Exemption”) from registration as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) for certain qualifying brokers effecting securities transactions involving transfers of ownership or control of certain privately held companies. The Exemption...

Martin LLP is pleased to announce its role on the sale of Med Learning Group Holdings, LLC (“MLG”) to DW Healthcare Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Martin LLP served as co-counsel to the selling shareholders and counsel to the management...

On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule which would prohibit the imposition of non-compete agreements in the employment context. The FTC’s view is that non-compete agreements are “exploitative” and can substantially harm workers, including in particular by preventing workers from...

With a booming economy and job market, the movement to eliminate non-competes continues to gain federal traction and remains at the forefront of discussions around innovation and economic growth. Most recently, on July 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued its Executive Order on Promoting Competition...