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Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, is a full-service commercial law firm representing clients throughout the United States. With offices in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, and Raleigh-Durham, MMM provides a broad spectrum of legal services to its clients. From handling more IPOs than any other law firm in the Southeast, to defending Fortune 50 companies in nationwide class action litigation, to spearheading the Atlantic Station development—heralded as the most important real estate transaction in Atlanta in the last 50 years—MMM's attorneys have earned a national reputation for commitment to excellence.

 
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  Wednesday, May 14
Taxation of Business Transactions

Tuesday, May 20 08:30 AM - 04:30 PM
Buying and Selling a Business: Mastering the Basics

Wednesday, May 21 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Technology General Counsel Roundtable

 
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IRS Ruling on Performance Based Compensation Confirmed
The IRS has made it official. In a previous tip of the week, we noted that the IRS had recently issued a private letter ruling holding that compensation cannot be "performanced based compensation" that is exempt from the $1 million deduction limitation of Code §162 (m) if the compensation is payable upon a termination of employment without cause or a termination for good reason...Read

New IRS Ruling on Performance Based Compensation
For public companies, it is very important that certain compensation to covered employees meet the requirements of being "performance based" compensation in order to avoid the $1 million deduction limitation imposed by Code 162(m)...Read
 
 
 

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New Patent Rules Struck Down - Ruling is Good News for Small Tech Companies & Universities, MMM Lawyers Say
Atlanta (April 2008) – A recent federal court ruling that officially struck down rules the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued last year is good news for technology entrepreneurs, biotech companies and universities, say Intellectual Property attorneys at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP. But, they add, the fight isn’t over...Read

MMM Lawyer Elected to Atlanta Leadership Council of the American Diabetes Association
Atlanta (April 2008) – Catharine Brooke Wooten, an associate in the Litigation Practice Group of Morris, Manning & Martin, has been elected to the Atlanta Leadership Council of the American Diabetes Association...Read

VC FORUM – VC Road Trip Comes to Atlanta - MMM Partner to Lead CIO Panel
(April 2008) – Some of the nation’s most powerful venture capitalists are scheduled to come to Atlanta this month for Atlanta’s VC Forum Road Trip on April 24 and 25. Top venture capitalists will hear presentations by Atlanta's fastest growing technology companies and have an opportunity to network with other leading venture funds...Read

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Joins 2008 Tour de Georgia Presented by AT&T as Founding Partner

ATLANTA, Ga. (April 9, 2008) – Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has signed as a Founding Partner for the 2008 Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T. The full-service commercial law firm has been designated the official legal counsel for the Tour de Georgia Foundation, the 501 c3 organization that owns the cycling event (April 21-27, 2008)...Read

Fannie Mae Veteran Joins Morris, Manning & Martin’s Commercial Lending Group
Atlanta (April 8, 2008) – Morris, Manning & Martin’s Commercial Real Estate Lending Group gained more firepower recently with the addition of M. Allison Gould, who spent 21 years as in-house counsel for Fannie Mae. She was most recently Vice President and Assistant General Counsel in the Atlanta office of CWCapital, LLC, a Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS™) lender...Read

MMM Assists Astadia in Merger with Theikos
(April 2008) – Morris, Manning & Martin advised Astadia, Inc., a global business consulting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions company, in its merger with Theikos, Inc., a leading global developer and implementer of business technology solutions. The combined companies, which will operate under Astadia’s name, announced the deal March 25...Read

Morris, Manning & Martin Expands in D.C. Adding Two Intellectual Property Partners
Atlanta (April 1, 2008) – Intellectual Property lawyers Christopher W. Raimund and Ping Wang, M.D. have joined the Washington D.C. office of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP.
"Chris and Ping's exceptional experience will help us further expand our intellectual property group both in America and overseas," said the firm's Managing Partner Bob Saudek...Read
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