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...
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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...
THE STRONG PRESUMPTION IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATORS’ AWARDS
The Rhode Island Supreme Court once again adhered to its long-standing precedent that arbitration awards will not be overturned but for exceptional circumstances. In ABC Building Corporation d/b/a Advanced Building Concepts v. Ropolo Family, LLC, the plaintiff-general...
WHY ESTATE PLANNING FOR BUSINESSES IS CRITICAL (NOT OPTIONAL)
Owning your own business can be extremely demanding. From your customers to your employees, there’s hardly enough time in the day. While most entrepreneurs are consumed by the day-to-day challenges of running their businesses, they often neglect the critical task of...
PAY EQUITY IN RHODE ISLAND: EMPLOYERS, ARE YOU IN COMPLIANCE?
Rhode Island’s Pay Equity Act was expanded in 2023, creating additional obligations for employers with employees located in, or working from, the state. Once only prohibiting differences in wages based on gender, Rhode Island’s Pay Equity Act prohibits differences in...
ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE BUSINESS. HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE DEATH OF A BUSINESS OWNER
In the final season of “Succession,” Logan Roy’s death creates a power vacuum within Waystar Royco, the fictional media conglomerate that Logan founded and acted as CEO of until his death. This raises a difficult question that many, if not all, business owners face:...
HOW A HOLOGRAPHIC WILL CAN LEAD TO LITIGATION
In season four of Succession, Logan Roy, the patriarch of the family and acting CEO of Waystar Royco, suddenly passes away amid a corporate merger. The majority ownership of the company was divided amongst the Roy Family, in what appears to be a series of highly...
I’VE WATCHED SUCCESSION – WHY ON EARTH WOULD I GIVE MY KIDS THAT LEVEL OF POWER?
Step into the “way back” machine when a younger media mogul, Logan Roy, was contemplating the succession of his empire and grooming his children by giving them management positions in the company. This is a common scenario in business, as well as estate planning....
