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Category: Updates

Firm Defeats Challenge to FINRA Forum

May 10, 2016

Robbins Firm attorneys Josh Belinfante and Dan Monahan recently overcame a challenge to the use of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) as an arbitration forum, in a dispute over M&A transaction fees.

Firm Victory with Department of Labor

April 8, 2016

The Firm defended an Alpharetta-based eyeglass manufacturing company against a false claim for unemployment benefits, made by a former employee who previously forged correspondence on his supervisor’s computer to create a...

Firm Settles Lawsuit Against Attorney Tax Advisor

March 23, 2016

Robbins Firm attorneys recently assisted a client who was damaged by a failed Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 Exchange. A 1031 Exchange is a mechanism by which the owner of investment real estate can avoid paying taxable...

Firm Successfully Defends Trial Verdict

March 11, 2016

Richard Robbins and Heather Sharp secured a decision in the Court of Appeals of Georgia upholding a jury award in a dispute between business partners over compensation structure.  Following a week-long trial in 2014, a jury