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

Stella Lellos, Bob Kern and Samantha Barbere represented a plant-based seafood manufacturer in obtaining financing from a Canadian investment group in the total committed amount of $7.62 million. The investment comes in the form of a combination of convertible notes, warrants,  and an agreed to subsequent direct subscription for shares of the seafood manufacturer. The

Matt Spero and J’Naia Boyd authored articles for the December 2020 issue of the Nassau Lawyer.

Matt Spero wrote the article, “Bankruptcy Judge Alan S. Trust Appointed Chief Judge of EDNY Bankruptcy Court” on page 6.

J’Naia Boyd wrote the article, “Bankruptcy Update, United States Supreme Court” on page 9.

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Eric Fader was quoted in the Law360 article, “Bogus HIPAA Claims Are Flourishing As Pandemic Worsens.”

The article discusses how the pandemic is fueling false assertions about the privacy protections of the HIPAA Act. There are misunderstandings about the health privacy law and according to Fader, “All of these health-related things get used and twisted,