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ICYMI: Robinson+Cole’s Mallori Thompson was recently recognized by the University of Connecticut School of Law Alumni Association as one of its 2024 Graduates of the Last Decade Impact Award recipients! Each year, the award is presented to select attorneys who graduated from UConn’s School of Law within the past decade and whose careers have made substantial and positive impacts within the legal community and beyond. Congratulations Mallori! Pictured here are R+C's Olta Shkembi, Subrogation Coordinator Bob Caffary, Bryce Simmons, Sandra Marin Lautier, Linda Morkan, Mallori and her guest Zoe Russell, Stephen Aronson, Emilee Mooney Scott and Eric Rigoli. Linda is the Immediate Past President of the Alumni Association. https://lnkd.in/eNV9qw_u

Robinson+Cole’s Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Team chair Stephen Cooper will speak at the Angel Investor Forum’s (AIF) Investor Meeting on November 12, in Fairfield, CT, discussing early stage company financing terms, including SAFE’s, convertible promissory notes and series seed preferred stock financings. AIF provides capital to companies with solid business models and growth potential. https://lnkd.in/eE7QKvnw #AIF #investor #SAFE

Robinson+Cole is once again pleased to be a sponsor of Lambda Legal’s 2024 “Connecticut Cares” event this Sunday, November 10, supporting the organization’s mission of advancing equality in Connecticut and across the country. This year’s event will feature a live fashion show as well as an “insider’s update” on the state of the LBGTQ+ movement. For over 50 years, Lambda Legal has fought for the rights of LGBTQ+ people and battled to strike down morally wrong and legally unconstitutional laws. https://lnkd.in/eQnJf6d2 #LGBTQ #equality #ConnecticutCares

Multiples, Multiples, Multiples! Why Manufacturing Companies Should Look Beyond EBIDTA Multiples | Jeff White, Manufacturing Law Blog, https://lnkd.in/ds-Jh6-S #EBIDTA #manufacturinglaw #midmarket

Thank you Robinson+Cole for helping make the 2024 National Summit for Middle Market Funds a Success! Your partnership fuels the insights, connections, and growth opportunities that drive our industry forward. We couldn’t do it without you!

Congratulations to Robinson+Cole’s Peter Knight, who will be recognized as an “Advocate Hero” at Lawyers for Children America’s (LFCA) “Champion’s for Children: Celebrating 30 Years of Protecting Children and Partnering for Change,” this Thursday, November 7. The event will celebrate three decades of LFCA’s volunteer lawyers providing thousands of hours of pro bono legal representation to systematically improve the lives of over 6,200 children. R+C will also be honored as a “Leading Lights” awardee, signifying the firm’s dedication to representing and supporting children caught up in parental neglect and abuse cases. Peter, an LFCA volunteer for over 20-years, serves as co-chair of LFCA’s Advocates Network and Jonathan Small serves as Treasurer on LFCA’s Board of Directors. R+C is also pleased to be a sponsor of the event. https://lnkd.in/edacctTF #ProBono #LawyersforChildrenAmerica

Robinson+Cole is pleased to be a sponsor of the Connecticut Road Builders (CRBA) Association’s 2024 Annual Fall Dinner Meeting, tomorrow, November 6. The event will feature a dinner reception, an annual business meeting, and presentations of the Arthur W. Gruhn Excellence in Construction Awards in various categories. The CRBA is a division of the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, a collective organization representing a comprehensive commercial construction group fostering cooperation to advance and promote a positive business climate and shape the industry’s future. https://lnkd.in/e4KiuY_e #constructionlaw #constructionindustry

Robinson+Cole Education Industry Team chair Kate Dion and member Sabrina Galli co-authored an article for BusinessWest discussing the confusion about the enforceability of new Title IX regulations, resulting from litigation in federal courts that have issued preliminary injunctions barring enforcement throughout the country. As of now, the 2024 regulations are enjoined from being enforced in nearly 26 states. While the litigations play out in due course, institutions in affected states will want to be on the lookout for any changes to these preliminary injunctions, and consider whether any state laws weigh into their consideration to amend their policies consistent with the new regulations. https://bit.ly/4e6YIw8 #TitleIX #educationlaw #compliance #highereducation

Robinson+Cole is once again pleased to be a sponsor of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford's 2024 Dashaway Luncheon, this Friday, November 8. The event will celebrate the SMART GIRLS program and its impact in providing structured out-of-school activities for disadvantaged young girls in the Greater Hartford region. R+C’s Andrew DePeau serves on the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford’s Board of Trustees. https://lnkd.in/etKs-tsa #Dashaway #AchieveGreater

Robinson+Cole’s Abby Warren and Jessica Pinto recently co-authored an article for Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reviewing the Department of Labor’s April 2024 rule that significantly increases the salary threshold for exempt employees, with the next scheduled increase slated for January 1, 2025.  The authors suggest that before the January deadline, restaurant industry employers may want to review their exemptions to ensure each position that has been classified as exempt passes the requisite legal tests, including both the salary and duties tests, in light of the DOL’s rule. https://lnkd.in/egv9emSH #exemptclassification #employmentlaw #restaurantindustry #restaurantmanagement