Force Majeure, impossibility, impracticality, frustration of purpose, and other contract hot button issues, as presented by Brad Hamilton for the CBA Business Law Institute. By Brad Hamilton 1. FORCE MAJEURE force majeure (fors ma-zhər) [Law French “a superior force”] (1883) An event or effect that can be neither anticipated nor controlled; esp., an unexpected event… Read more »
Going out on your own? Get started on a strong legal footing, by Dave Thayer, as featured in ColoradoBiz.
In a year in which charities fear donations will be down, charitable lead annuity trusts (CLATs) encourage gifting to charities and provide generous wealth transfer benefits. By leveraging the current all-time low 7520 rate and using an Optimized CLAT, charitably inclined clients have a unique opportunity to eliminate annual income taxes, provide for charity, and transfer enormous wealth, free of gift and estate taxes.
Smaller private placements to individual accredited investors is the closest thing to an IPO for early stage companies in need of capital. The SEC’s narrowly passed new “accredited investor” amendment modestly expands the definition of accredited investor, increasing early stage business access to these funds.
You may be liable for what you don’t know. The questions to ask before offering alternative investments to your clients.
The unconscionable actions and rantings that led up to the murder of the son of a New Jersey federal judge show the sad underbelly of gender discrimination in law. U.S. District Judge Alia Moses and Nicole Westbrook, a litigator with Jones & Keller, say the current construct of the legal profession feeds anti-feminist thinking, but it can change. Learn how we can constructively move toward an expedited and effective judicial process based on the facts of a case, not the gender of the attorneys trying or presiding over the case.
Remote arbitration during Covid-19 can put litigators at a disadvantage, if not done well. In Bloomberg Law Insights, Nicole Westbrook, a trial instructor and attorney at Jones & Keller, says some sort of remote arbitration will most likely last after the pandemic and offers tips on how litigators can fight its equalizing effects to achieve client goals.
As Colorado transitions to a phased economic reopening, businesses should consider requiring customers to sign liability waivers.
Frustrated by a lack of federal response to lingering inaction, some states are easing into their own requirements for broker-dealer registration when using finders to secure private funding.
If you are an adviser who sold these investments without knowledge that they were unlawful, or have received a notice from regulators, take steps to protect yourself and your retail clients. By Paul Vorndran The warnings issued by the SEC to investors about Ponzi schemes that prey on senior investors in 2018 remain true today… Read more »