By Kana Caplan and Jack Cartwright On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to ban employers from using noncompete agreements with employees. The rule, first proposed in January 2023, prohibits businesses from entering into new noncompete agreements with any employees. Businesses, however, will be able to enforce existing non-compete agreements against […]
On March 27, 2024, the California bar issued its opinion that attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his California bar license as a consequence for failing to support the Constitution and laws of the United States and for misleading courts and the public through his misrepresentations about the 2020 presidential election. This is one more necessary and proper step […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of a whistleblower rewards program aimed at addressing gaps in existing federal whistleblower initiatives. The program seeks to encourage self-reporting by companies and aims to combat the decline in DOJ prosecutions of white-collar crime over the past decade. Before officially launching the program later this year, the […]
Cristiane “Crissy” Wolfe is a self-confessed “deal junkie.” “I love negotiating and closing deals,” says the Atlanta attorney, who is a partner at Krevolin & Horst, LLC, where she regularly represents middle market companies in multimillion-dollar transactions, on both the buy and sell side. She thrives on the rush from working deep into the night, trying to […]
Krevolin & Horst is proud to announce eight of our partners and five associates have been chosen as 2024 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Doug Krevolin, Jeff Horst, Zahra Karinshak, Halsey Knapp, Joyce Gist Lewis, Geraldo Balboni, Chris Adams and Jessica Cino were named Super Lawyers. Barclay Vallotton, Jacob Edwards, Brian Gamsey, Megan Howard […]
Are you familiar with the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act that went into effect January 1, 2024? See below for more information. For further information please read our CTA Client Notice.
Krevolin & Horst has named litigation counsel Kana A. Caplan a partner; and hires counsel Colvin T. Leonard III and associate Brian M. Fennie to bolster K&H’s expansive services as a boutique law firm. Kana A. Caplan joined K&H in 2019 as counsel before being named partner on January 1, 2024. She practices complex business […]
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that a new final rule will go into effect March 11, 2024, addressing whether workers are employees or independent contractors. The new rule “returns to a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis” in which the contractor/employer relationship is considered “in view of the economic reality of the whole activity.” The change in […]
Are you familiar with the new Safe Harbor Policy and the arising disclosure issues? K&H partner Jessica Cino collaborated with Tomislav Sunjka of ŠunjkaLaw to present on this fascinating topic. Here are key insights and recommendations from this webinar: The Safe Harbor Policy provides protective measures during transactions, especially for distressed assets and bankruptcy situations. […]
Krevolin & Horst is pleased to announce that Kana Caplan has been elected as an equity partner in the Firm effective January 1, 2024. Kana has demonstrated a deep commitment to client service and excellence since joining the firm in 2019. Kana is a business litigator, with specialties in trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and business […]
