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New York, New York (March 4, 2021) – McLaughlin & Stern, LLP, announced today that Ira Reid has joined the Firm as Special Counsel to the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group. Ira was formerly a partner at Baker & McKenzie and prior to that, practiced at LeBouef, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. […]

Lifetime ‘QTIPable’ Trusts for Gift, Estate Tax Exemption Planning With the change in political control in Washington, what changes are on the horizon and what estate tax planning should be done early in 2021 for those high net worth individuals who have not used all of their available exemption? Read […]

John Brickman, head of litigation in the Firm’s Long Island office, presented a lawyers’ Continuing Legal Education program on March 16, 2021, to the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court. The inn is the Long Island Chapter of the American Inns of Court, the national organization of local chapters that […]

Public and Private Employees Will Be Granted Up to Four Hours of Excused Leave Per Injection The new legislation, S.2588-A/A.3354-B, which becomes effective immediately, amends the Civil Service Law to provide public employees paid leave of absence not to exceed four hours per vaccine injection. It further amends the Labor […]

John Brickman, head of litigation in the Firm’s Long Island office, has been reappointed as a Commissioner of the New York State Legislative Ethics Commission by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. The Commission has jurisdiction over ethical issues affecting members of the New York State Senate and Assembly, as well as […]