Newsday spoke with Kate Heptig for the article, “State program aims to bring small-firm workers into retirement plans.” According to the article, New York will begin to enforce legislation passed in 2018 requiring employers with 10 or more employees to offer a voluntary retirement savings program.

Kate commented that while the legislation requires employees to

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK – November 18, 2021 – Evan H. Krinick, Managing Partner of Rivkin Radler LLP, is pleased to announce that Avi Sinensky, of West Hempstead, NY, has joined the firm as Counsel in the Corporate Practice Group, resident in the Uniondale office.

Sinensky regularly advises companies from startup to maturity with respect to

Stella Lellos was featured in the November 9, 2021 USLAW Network Short Takes video, “The Surge of Mergers and Acquisitions: How Has the Complexity of Deal-Making Changed and Where Should Future Strategies be Re-Evaluated Due to Lessons Learned from the Pandemic?”

USLAW Network has been releasing one video per day where USLAW member attorneys lead

Stella Lellos and David Wilck recently gave presentations at USLAW’s Fall Client Conference, which took place in Colorado. Stella was on a panel entitled “The Surge of Mergers and Acquisitions: How Has the Complexity of Deal-Making Changed and Where Should Future Strategies Be Re-Evaluated Due to Lessons Learned from the Pandemic.” David’s panel was entitled

In the Long Island Business News article, “To: Gov. Kathy Hochul, From: Long Island, Re: Wish list,” several Long Island business leaders offered their perspective on the issues New York’s newest governor should focus on first.

Louis Vlahos provided a business-friendly agenda:

• Eliminate the stock transfer tax
• Eliminate NYC’s commercial rent tax
• Reduce the personal

The prestigious Best Lawyers in America has again included Rivkin Radler LLP in its U.S. rankings for 2022. For the first time, the firm was recognized in the areas of tax and technology.

One Rivkin attorney, based in Albany, has been named Lawyer of the Year: Richard A. Frankel, for Trusts and Estates.

In addition,

J’Naia Boyd’s article, “Businesses Can Cautiously Proceed with Student-Athlete Sponsorship Deals” was featured in the August 13, 2021 issue of Sports Litigation Alert.

Until recently, rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not allow college athletes to profit off of their name or likeness. In the article, Boyd discusses what has changed and

The theme of this year’s BOSS presentations is Planning for the Unexpected in Your Business. This presentation will cover contracts, and whether yours protect you from unexpected events.

Join us on May 20 at 8:30 am via Zoom, when Mike Mulè, a partner in Rivkin Radler’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, will host an interactive presentation

Rivkin Radler LLP is pleased to announce that Louis Vlahos placed No. 2 among the top 10 authors on the topic of tax law for 2021 in JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Lou is a partner in the firm’s Business Dissolution; Cannabis; Corporate; Personal, Family & Business Planning; and Tax practice groups.

This year’s Readers’

Jeffrey Rust and Samantha Barbere represented a New York limited liability company previously established by a group of physicians as an investment club. By pooling investment dollars, the club members would have access to investment opportunities not otherwise available to them individually. The client sought a structure that would allow the members to participate in