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LOS ANGELES, (MARCH 27, 2024) – In joining Saul Ewing as a new partner, Zev Shechtman brings 15 years of experience representing clients in complex business bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency matters in and out of court. He is resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Shechtman’s...
Life After the Bench A fan-favorite featuring a panel of esteemed retired bankruptcy court judges offering their perspectives on life beyond the courthouse. Judges: Honorable Kevin J. Carey (retired), U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware and currently, Senior Counsel, Hogan Lovells Honorable...
This webinar explores the ins and outs of financial language and how you can navigate the seeming labyrinth of a language that can sound foreign and in some ways counterintuitive. This webinar teaches the correct use of EBIT, EBITDA, and EBITDAR while dealing with concepts like Cap Rate vs. Capital...
The Third Circuit has a reputation as being a “plain meaning” court—meaning that it strictly construes and applies the words of a statute. Its January 19, 2024, opinion in In re FTX Trading Ltd., No. 23-2297 (3rd Cir. Jan. 19, 2024) (“ FTX”) is an example. The relevant facts in the “highly complex”...
As a Los Angeles-based estate planning attorney, I am uneasy about California’s enactment of the Online Notarization Act, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2024. The act and its related statutes authorize remote online notarization or RON by California notaries. RON is the process used when the notary...
Please join Saul Ewing LLP and ARIAS U.S. for a half-day educational workshop and networking opportunity. For event inquiries, please contact info@arias-us.org. Panel Discussions Primer on Mass Tort Bankruptcies and Insolvencies The Current Lay of the Land, Including Scottish Re, Arrowood Crossroads...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to an alleged conflict of interest leading to discovery, two courts’ opposite treatments of subjective pain complaints, a decision that claims of fraud and misrepresentation were not preempted by ERISA and a court’s deference to an insurer’s...
Turner Falk will speak during a session on how to budget for college and manage student loans. Students from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Financial Literacy Pro Bono project will be in attendance. This session will be hosted by Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project.
Candice L. Kline, Partner at Saul Ewing, will be speaking in an upcoming live video webinar, " Intersection of Bankruptcy and ADR: Issues for Creditors, Counterparties, and Plan Proponents " scheduled for Friday, February 16, 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) issues arise in...
This month’s Friday Five explores decisions regarding the transfer of an ERISA action that was filed in a state where an insurer did not maintain sufficient minimum contacts, an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, and prejudgment interest, deference to an insurer’s interpretation of a plan’s provisions...
Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee voted to advance the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 (H.R. 7024) to the House floor. As drafted, H.R. 7024 would be funded entirely by limitations on the employee retention credit (ERC). Under the bill, no new ERC claims would...
(Baltimore, MD, January 5, 2024) - Saul Ewing LLP today announced that Jeffrey S. Glaser, Partner and Chair of the Firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice Group, has authored the 19th Supplement to the Maryland Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts Library: Forms and Practice Manual . The 19th Supplement was...
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the enforceability of contractual statute of limitations provisions described as a “labyrinth,” ERISA claims when the carrier allegedly misrepresents benefits, federal courts retaining ERISA jurisdiction following a related state court case, a court...
As we previously have discussed, the IRS has for months been working to combat dubious Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, many of which were made at the urging of aggressive promoters. The IRS is offering a limited-time Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) to encourage taxpayers to come forward...
Introduction The introduction to the final regulations issued under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Treasury (“FinCEN”) states that, “[i]llicit actors frequently use corporate structures such as shell and front companies to...
This month’s Friday Five explores a decision ordering an IME prior to a ruling on summary judgment motions, the extent claims reporting records can be sealed, the scope of ERISA preemption in the context of removal, and two decisions awarding summary judgment for the defendant despite the plaintiffs...
The Saul Ewing LLP Friday Five editorial team of Amy Kline, Caitlin Strauss, and Mike Joyce, look back on the past five years of the Friday Five Publication. They discussed trends in ERISA claims, as well as predictions for future ERIS disputes. CLE Information: This program has been approved for 1...
A previous article discussed the rising prevalence of mediation in large chapter 11 bankruptcies, especially its use in previously rare scenarios such as plan confirmation. Part II considers a more traditional mediation topic: adversary proceedings.