{"id":5458,"date":"2019-12-05T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubinrudman.flywheelsites.com\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2020-09-09T02:41:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T02:41:52","slug":"connolly-quoted-in-article-on-private-equity-funds-liability-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/news\/connolly-quoted-in-article-on-private-equity-funds-liability-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Connolly Quoted in Article on Private Equity Funds Liability Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rubinrudman.com\/attorneys\/michael-f-connolly\/\">Michael F. Connolly<\/a>, Co-Chair of the firm\u2019s Litigation Department, was quoted in a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article on Dec. 5, 2019 regarding two private equity funds that co-owned a manufacturer that went bankrupt. The article, \u201cPrivate equity funds not accountable for pension withdrawal liabilities\u201d questions if whether or not a pair of private equity funds that co-owned a manufacturer that went bankrupt is responsible for pension fund withdrawal liability owed by the company at the time of its bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>From the article:<br \/>\nMichael F. Connolly, a business litigator in Boston, agreed that the decision would have significance in the private equity sphere, giving guidance to corporate finance lawyers seeking to make sure investment funds are separate and distinct.<br \/>\nMore broadly, he said, \u201cthe decision certainly suggests that the government agency responsible for pension liability should address situations like this to provide more clarity and not have situations where cases go up to the federal court of appeals twice.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on <a href=\"https:\/\/masslawyersweekly.com\/2019\/12\/05\/private-equity-funds-not-accountable-for-pension-withdrawal-liabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly<\/a> (subscriber content).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael F. Connolly, Co-Chair of the firm\u2019s Litigation Department, was quoted in a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article on Dec. 5, 2019 regarding two private equity funds that co-owned a manufacturer that went bankrupt. The article, \u201cPrivate equity funds not accountable for pension withdrawal liabilities\u201d questions if whether or not a pair of private equity funds<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/news\/connolly-quoted-in-article-on-private-equity-funds-liability-case\/\">Read more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5504,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions\/5504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rubinrudman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}