Rhode Island -- September 17, 2019 -- Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) announces that Katherine D. Bishop has joined the firm as Associate. Attorney Bishop focuses her practice on providing legal support across the firm’s practice areas, including as a...
PLDO Law Blog
Month: September 2019
PLDO Attorney Bruce H. Tobey is a Featured Speaker at the Florida Water Environment Association Regional Seminar on “Understanding Collection Systems”
Rhode Island -- September 17, 2019 -- Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Of Counsel Bruce H. Tobey, a leading authority on water law and utility infrastructure technologies, is a featured speaker at the Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA)...
Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara and Citrin Cooperman Release Full Series of Cybersecurity for Business Podcasts in Preparation of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Rhode Island -- September 10, 2019 -- Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC (PLDO) and Citrin Cooperman, a full-service assurance, tax and business advisory firm, announce the release of the final two episodes in their original six-part series of cybersecurity...
NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS IN RHODE ISLAND REMAIN ENFORCEABLE (FOR NOW)
On June 26, 2024, Governor Dan McKee vetoed two bills (S2436 A and H8059 A) that were passed by the General Assembly in the late hours of its final day of the 2024 session. The bills were amendments to the Rhode Island Noncompetition Agreement Act that, if signed into...
ONE RISK YOU SHOULDN’T TAKE IS NOT HAVING THE RIGHT LIFE INSURANCE
If you never return from your sailing trip around the globe or reemerge from the deep ocean depths on the submarine destined for the Titanic, will your family receive the death benefit proceeds from your life insurance policy? That answer, as well as the answer to...
HOW TO BUY ULTRA-DANGEROUS ASSETS
It’s never a good idea to buy an asset, like a boat or plane, in your own name or to have multiple parties on the title. First of all, when your name is on the title, you are personally liable for any damage that the asset may cause. For example, you and Joe own a...
SO, YOU WANT TO WRESTLE AN ALLIGATOR?
Before base jumping into the miasma of risk, the first thing you should do is make sure your estate plan, in its current iteration, meets your needs and has adapted to any challenging or changing family situation. A well-rounded estate plan is literally more of a life...
HOW LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS COULD AFFECT A COMPANY’S VALUATION FOR ESTATE TAX PURPOSES
A recent case brought to light the impact that a stock-purchase agreement and life insurance proceeds may – or may not - have on the valuation of a closely held company for estate tax purposes. In this case that caused a split between the 8th and 11th Circuits, the...
