Business & Finance

Publications

• Virginia Employers: Are Your Non-Competes Enforceable?
  August 1, 2018
• DOL Explains When Employees Must Be Paid for Travel Time
  July 6, 2018
• Is Your Business Website ADA Compliant?
  December 18, 2017
• The Public’s Right to Access Trumps Trump University’s Confidentiality Claim
  June 20, 2016
• Creative Pleading in Business Torts
  BKK Business Law Newsletter, May 20, 2016
• Virginia Attorney General Says Virginia Law Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Perhaps Sexual Orientation
  May 18, 2016
• Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz: “Actual Fraud” According to the SCOTUS
  Bankruptcy Law News, May 9, 2016
• Lessons from the Bankruptcies of Donald Trump
  Bankruptcy Law News, May 9, 2016
• Virginia Judges Weigh in on Whether Absolute Priority Rule Still Applies in Individual Chapter 11 Cases
  Bankruptcy Law News, May 18, 2011

Blogs

• Phantom Stock Plans for LLCs
  Business Insights, Wednesday October 9, 2024
• Business Owners: Yes You Still Need to Disclose Who Owns Your Company
  Business Insights, Tuesday October 8, 2024
• Financial and Tax Implications in a Business Divorce
  Business Insights, Tuesday July 23, 2024
• The Basics of Nonprofit Governing Documents
  Business Insights, Friday October 27, 2023
• Tax Implications of PPP Loan Forgiveness
  Business Insights, Monday October 19, 2020
• The IRS Chief Counsel’s Informal Guidance Clarifies Some Issues Left Open after Notice 2020-65 Regarding the “Payroll Tax Holiday”
  Business Insights, Wednesday October 14, 2020
• The IRS Chief Counsel’s Informal Guidance Clarifies Some Issues Left Open after Notice 2020-65 Regarding the “Payroll Tax Holiday”
  Employment Law, Wednesday October 14, 2020
• IRS Releases Instructions to Form 941 Expanding on Prior Guidance on Deferral of Social Security Tax
  Business Insights, Thursday October 8, 2020
• President’s Memorandum to the Secretary of Treasury Defers Payroll Tax Obligations for Four Months
  Business Insights, Tuesday August 11, 2020
• Beyond PPP – Financing Options for the Restaurant Industry
  Business Insights, Monday July 27, 2020
• Opportunity Funds are Knocking: Let them in and Learn How They Can Work for You: How the Funds Work
  Business Insights, Tuesday August 14, 2018
• Opportunity Funds are Knocking: Let them in and Learn How They Can Work for You – What Are the Tax Incentives and What Investors Need to Know
  Business Insights, Thursday August 9, 2018
• Internet Defamation Guide – 10 Questions to Spot or Avoid Online Defamation
  Business Insights, Thursday August 2, 2018
• Freedom of Speech or Freedom from Defamation? – 5 Takeaways from Yelp’s Recent Court Victory
  Business Insights, Wednesday July 18, 2018
• What Should You Choose? A Sub-S Corporation or an LLC
  Business Insights, Sunday August 27, 2017
• New Minimum Wage Increases for the District of Columbia and Montgomery County
  Employment Law, Monday July 10, 2017

Reported Cases

• Ramirez v. Solomon Edwards Grp., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 134964 (E.D. Va. July 17, 2008)
• Hyundai Emigration Corp. v. Empower-Visa, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 142402 (E.D. Va. June 17, 2009)
• Colonial Beach Yacht Ctr., Inc. v. United States, 700 F. Supp. 2d 774 (E.D. Va. March 23, 2010)
• Disco, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Am., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 227781 (E.D. Va. March 22, 2017)
• United States English Language Ctr. v. Accrediting Council for Higher Educ. & Training, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 226368 (E.D. Va. Sept. 11, 2019)
• Berrios v. Circle Group, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 192900 (E.D. Va. Sept. 25, 2020); 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225895 (E.D. Va. July 21, 2020)
• Oral Argument at 19:30, Yelp, Inc. v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc., No. 0116-13-4, available at http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/oral_arguments/2014/oct/140242.mp3 (Va. October 17, 2014)
• George & Co., LLC v. Imagination Entm’t Ltd., 575 F.3d 383 (4th Cir. 2009)
• Qorvis Communs., LLC v. Wilson, 549 F.3d 303 (4th Cir. 2008)
• Gold v. Old Republic Nat’l Title Ins. Co. (In re Taneja), 2010 Bankr. LEXIS 4203 (Bankr. E.D. Va. Nov. 23, 2010)
• In re Ready Transportation, Inc., B-285283.3; B-285283.4, 2001 Comp. Gen. Proc. Dec. P90 (Comp. Gen. May 8, 2001)
• Family Fed. Sav. & Loan v. Davis (In re Davis), 172 B.R. 437 (Bankr. D.D.C. 1994)
• In re Green Valley Transp., Inc., B-285283, 2000 Comp. Gen. Proc. Dec. P133 (Comp. Gen. Aug. 9, 2000)
• Brenco Enterprises, Inc. et. al v. Takeout Taxi Franchising Systems, Inc. et al, No. 177164, 2003 Va. Cir. LEXIS 86 at *1 (May 2, 2003)
• In re Applicant for Security Clearance, ISCR Case No. 99-0016 (Dep’t of Defense App. Bd. May 21, 1999)
• Technology & Mgmt. Servs. v. EPA, No. 96-1386, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 2781 at *1 (4th Cir. Feb. 18, 1997)
• In re Green Valley Transp., Inc. II, B-285283.2, 2001 Comp. Gen. Proc. Dec. P80 (Comp. Gen. April 16, 2001)
• In re Applicant for Security Clearance, ISCR Case No. 02-15474 (Dep’t of Defense App. Bd. July 3, 2006)
• Scharpenberg v. Carrington, 686 F. Supp. 2d 655 (E.D. Va. 2010)
• Lee v. Mulford, 269 Va. 562 (Va. 2005)
• Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd., 202 F.3d 337 (D.C. Cir. 2000)
• Potomac Electric Co. v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, etc., 606 F.2d 1324 (D.C. Cir. 1979)
• Atlantic Funding Corp v. Peterson, 00-1807, 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 15996 at *1 (4th Cir. July 18, 2001)
• In re Davis Distributors, Inc., 861 F.2d 416 (4th Cir. 1988)
• Ellis v. James V. Hurson Associates, Inc., 565 A.2d 615 (D.C. 1989)
• Wilson v. Moir (In re Wilson), 359 B.R. 123 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2006)
• Wincopia Farms, LP v. G&G, LLC (In re Wincopia Farms, LP), 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 25522 (4th Cir. Dec. 2012)
• Gold v. Gateway Bank, F.S.B., No. 12-1935, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 11084, at *1 (4th Cir. June 3, 2013)
• Trimark Ptnrs., L.L.C. v. HST, LL.C., 39 Va. Cir. 415 (Va.Cir.Ct., 1996)
• M&A Transaction – Acquirer: Wilink U. S. Holdings, Inc.; Target: Communicast, Inc.
• M&A Transaction – Acquirer: LEC Acquisition Corporation; Target: Hallmark Energy Economic dba Loud
• M&A Transaction – Acquirer: Private Equity Group; Target: Freedom Bank of Virginia
• M&A Transaction – Acquirer: Computer Products Incorporated; Target: Columbia Research Corp.
• M&A Transaction – Acquirer: Fairmont Company; Target: NorthTech Corporation

News

• Bean, Kinney & Korman Named a 2022 “Best Law Firm” for Eleventh Consecutive Year
  Thursday November 4, 2021

Events

• New Year, New Rules: What is the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) & How to Comply with the FinCEN Final Rule
  Online, Thursday, February 15, 2024
• Sexual Harassment – How to Avoid Liability
  Springhill Suites Alexandria, 6065 Richmond Highway, Friday, January 18, 2019
• Investing in Arlington’s Opportunity Zones
  1100 N. Glebe Rd., Suite 1500, Arlington, VA 22201, Wednesday, December 5, 2018