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Lathrop GPM

Trump 2.0: What Closely Held Businesses Need to Know About Immigration, Employment & Benefits Issues

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As a new administration takes office, CHBs should prepare for significant policy changes across immigration, employee benefits, and employment and labor law that could impact their businesses in 2025....more

Kaufman & Canoles

ESOP Community Waits for DOL Regulation on Valuation with Hope and Dread

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As part of the comprehensive “SECURE 2.0” retirement plan legislation enacted in December 2022, Congress directed the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to issue a long delayed and much needed regulation defining the term...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employee Stock Ownership Plans for Construction Companies: Part 3

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Following up on our prior blog posts (here and here) regarding employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) generally for constructions companies, as well specific issues for consideration, this blog post evaluates the pros and...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Future-Proofing A Business Owner’s Exit Through Key Employee Ownership

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Business succession planning for founders of privately held business enterprises can take many paths. One of the most common exit plans is ownership transfers to management or key employees and it is easy to see why:...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

So You've Been Watching (and Cringing at) HBO's "Succession"?

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Let's discuss some less-dramatic exit options for business owners (when they want to step away). You may not run a global media conglomerate, but even closely held business owners (and perhaps especially closely held...more

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Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Is an ESOP Right for Me?

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A better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of ESOPs can help any business owner determine if a partial or total sale to an ESOP is a solution that makes sense. And that owner needs professional advisors who...more

Holland & Knight LLP

District Court Rules on ERISA Liability of Board and ESOP Advisory Committee Members in ESOP Transactions

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On Sept. 1, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued its decision in the Antioch employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) fiduciary litigation. The court held that the Antioch Board of Directors...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The ERISA Litigation Newsletter - April 2016

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Editor's Overview - This month we feature three key developments. First, we review the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 136 S. Ct. 936, 947 (2016) wherein the Supreme Court held that a...more

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Union Friendly - Using Collectively Bargained Pension Plans to Maximize Employee Benefit Plan Contributions for Closely Held...

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Overview - In Part I of this series, I discussed the benefits of collective bargaining agreements for small business owners and professional corporations for qualified retirement planning. The ability to unionize...more

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