August 17, 2016

IRS’s Proposed Regulations Heighten Need for Business Succession Planning in 2016

For many years owners of family-controlled businesses have been able to value transfers (during life by gift, sale or part sale/part gift, or at death) of business interests (e.g. stock in a corporation or membership interests in a limited liability company...

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August 14, 2016

Doris Loomis Elected Chairperson of the Givens Board of Directors

Doris Loomis was elected Chairperson of the Givens Board of Directors in July 2016. Doris’ relationship with Givens began as an attorney with McGuire, Wood & Bissette in the 1980s and steadily grew during her service on the Board for the past ten...

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July 20, 2016

McGuire, Wood & Bissette Offers Educational Programming at Hatch for Entrepreneurs

The law firm of McGuire Wood & Bissette's Technology and Startup team is excited to see HATCH launch this Friday, July 22, 2016. Hatch is an entrepreneur consortium located in Asheville, North Carolina. The first three companies, Anthroware, MobRocket,...

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June 22, 2016

Newly Non-Exempt Employees, Smartphone Addiction and Summer Vacation

My smartphone is set to make a noise every time I get a work-related email.  At any given time, day or night, Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Independence Day or Thanksgiving, on family vacations, in the hospital, or at a dinner party, if a client emails me,...

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May 23, 2016

INTESTACY: PURPLE RAIN, PRISON BLUES, AND WHY YOU NEED A WILL

Countless members of Generation X continue to mourn the recent death of superstar Prince. Although my generation is noted for its skepticism, we whole-heartedly embraced the music of Prince in the 1980s. More than thirty years later, when “Let’s Go...

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