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Rivkin Radler’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group is proud to announce its recognition in the Law360 2025 Practice Groups of the Year awards, which honors the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year. Law360 recognized more than 170 groups across more than 30 practice areas.

The healthcare industry is facing dramatic changes in government policy with huge consequences impacting the economics and survival of many providers. Last fall, Rivkin Radler entered into a Strategic Affiliation with Liberty Partners Group, a leading healthcare lobbying firm, to afford our clients access to key government officials and agencies.

Please join us on January

On Monday, January 26, Rivkin Radler partners Stella Lellos and Bernadette Kasnicki will present the Corporate program, “Anatomy of an Operating Agreement” from 9:00 AM to 10:40 AM via webcast at the 2026 New York City Bar Association Bridge-the-Gap—a two-day CLE program.

The program fee to attend both days is $499 for members and $699

Recent New York decisions demonstrate a judicial trend toward enforcing contractual provisions negotiated between sophisticated parties while maintaining limited exceptions for fraud and fiduciary duty claims.

New York courts routinely enforce negotiated contractual provisions, particularly between sophisticated commercial parties, but recognize narrow exceptions in specific factual situations. Courts also continue to reaffirm that fiduciary duties

The federal estate and gift tax exemption changes from year to year, and prior to the passing of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), there was concern that the high exemption amount would “sunset” and be greatly reduced in 2026. Under the OBBB, the combined federal estate and gift tax exemption amount did not sunset

Stella Lellos and Lindsay Brocki wrote, “M&A Earnouts: The Devil Is in the Uncertainty,” for the Winter 2026 issue of USLAW Magazine.

The article describes the advantages and pitfalls of earnout provisions as well as the transaction types that can most benefit from this mechanism.

Click here to read the article.