Stephen Feldman By Stephen Feldman and Audrey Groseclose Imagine the following scenario: The trustee of a revocable trust dissipates a substantial amount of trust assets to buy men’s basketball season tickets at the Dean E. Smith Center. The settlor does not follow college basketball. The settlor, moreover, wants to leave a large sum […]
Andrew S. Chamberlin Three Ellis & Winters representatives recently spoke at the 2014 Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Annual Meeting on February 13, 2014 at the NC Bar Center in Cary, North Carolina. The program was entitled “Hot Topics in North Carolina Business Litigation,” and offered 6.0 hours of CLE credit in […]
Parens Patriae Actions Are Not Removable Under CAFA: A Unanimous Decision of the United States Supreme Court Has Broad Implications for Businesses By Nora F. Sullivan The United States Supreme Court delivered a unanimous win to state attorneys general earlier this year. In January, the Court held in Mississippi ex rel. Hood […]
Kurtis R. Dumaw Ellis & Winters LLP recently served as lead counsel to Opus Inspection, Inc. and its parent company, Opus Group AB (publ), in connection with the acquisition of Envirotest Systems Holding Corp. The acquisition was valued at approximately $90 Million and closed on February 28, 2014. The acquisition includes approximately sixty […]