Rhode Island – November 1, 2019 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) announced today that it has been named to the 2020 “Best Law Firms” in America list by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® for 14 practice areas in Rhode Island and Boston,...
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PLDO Attorneys Named 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in Rhode Island
Rhode Island – October 17, 2019 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) is pleased to announce that several attorneys have been named to the 2019 Rhode Island Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. PLDO attorneys selected as Rhode Island Super Lawyers for...
PLDO Employment Law Attorneys William E. O’Gara and Matthew C. Reeber to Hold a Workshop on “Navigating FMLA, ADA & Workers’ Comp Interplay”
Rhode Island – October 9, 2019 – Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Principal William E. O’Gara and Partner Matthew C. Reeber, prominent employment law attorneys and litigators, will lead a workshop on “Navigating the Triple Threat of Legal Risks to Your...
PLDO Partner Brian J. Lamoureux to Address The Government vs. Big Tech: Who Will (and Should) Win? at the Compass IT Annual Cybersecurity Symposium
Rhode Island -- September 18, 2019 -- Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) Partner Brian J. Lamoureux, a prominent business and employment lawyer and leading voice on social and digital media law, will present “The Government vs. Big Tech: Who Will (and...
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....
HOW TO LEGALLY CHANGE OR REVOKE A WILL IN RHODE ISLAND
A last will and testament is a legal document that states your final wishes for your assets and estate. Commonly, the will you originally create will need to be amended or modified as life circumstances change. For example, births, marriages, divorces, and deaths...
WHAT IS A SUBCHAPTER V BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING? WHY MORE BUSINESSES SHOULD CONSIDER FILING
On August 23, 2019, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (“SBRA”) was signed into law and became effective on February 19, 2020, which added Subchapter V to Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Subchapter V is a relatively new and underused avenue...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE HIRING PROCESS: EMPLOYERS BEWARE
The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace is outpacing our ability to keep up with it. For example, companies are struggling whether and how to allow employees to use ChatGPT at work given the numerous privacy and security risks posed by this new...