Troutman Pepper Podcasts

Troutman Pepper attorneys Chris Chuff and Taylor Bartholomew are well-versed in M&A transactions that involve Delaware law. In the second episode of this two-part series, Chris and Taylor discuss the rules of the road for fraud as they relate to private equity acquisitions.

Troutman Pepper attorneys Chris Chuff and Taylor Bartholomew are well-versed in M&A transactions that involve Delaware law. In the first episode of this two-part series, Chris and Taylor discuss drafting considerations for holding company operating agreements in private equity acquisitions.

In this episode of Digital Planning Podcast, hosts Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch, and Justin Brown welcomed Sheona McDonald, an accomplished filmmaker, who discussed her recently released documentary Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery, now available on Discovery Plus. The documentary chronicles the investigation post-collapse of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX; the company's subsequent bankruptcy proceedings; and attempts to piece together what happened.

Sheona also wrote the Foreword to the book Digital Asset Entanglement: Unraveling the Intersection of Estate Laws & Technology (LexisNexis/March 2022), authored by Digital Planning Podcast co-host Jen Zegel and veteran Digital Planning Podcast guest Sharon Hartung, who also join the podcast discussion. Their book focuses on the ways technology has disrupted the traditionally paper-based estate industry and raises awareness on the importance of digital asset planning and the challenges associated with managing digital assets. The book sets forth a personas-based framework to help advisors begin to analyze a client's planning needs by their digital behavior and applies this framework through a comprehensive case study of QuadrigaCX and the estate of its late CEO, Gerald Cotten.

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Troutman Pepper Private Equity Partner Alec Watson recently moderated a panel at the ACG Atlanta M&A South Conference. In this podcast, Alec and fellow Partner Jeremy Levy discuss the following panel topics and takeaways:

• 2021 year-end review from a buy-side vs sell-side perspective

• Trends in deal processes

• Rep and Warranty insurance update

• COVID-19 effects on deal-making

• Macro-economic issues affecting deal-making

In our first episode of 2022, Jen, Ross, and Justin speak with Joel Revill, CEO of Two Ocean Trust in Jackson Hole, WY. Two Ocean Trust is the first financial institution in the U.S. to offer a comprehensive and frictionless digital asset wealth management platform for private clients and advisors. Listen as Joel discusses the unique challenges faced by corporate fiduciaries in holding cryptocurrency.

Rarely do civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) claims get dismissed at the motion to dismiss stage, and seldom does it happen twice. Troutman Pepper recently represented a lobster business in Maine and its family of longtime owners facing significant civil RICO claims in federal court, and twice won the dismissal of virtually all of the RICO claims against them. Here, the clients faced racketeering allegations of embezzling from a labor union, wire fraud, and money laundering.

Join Troutman Pepper Partners Cal Stein and Matt Adler as they discuss the case (1:40), RICO claims (3:58), and various strategies they employed to twice win dismissals (8:09), including focusing on previously taken discovery (14:05), leveraging case law and a past court ruling (20:41), and concentrating on specific elements of the predicate acts of wire fraud (26:15) and money laundering (31:13). They also will discuss the lessons they learned and their possible application to future RICO cases.

What are NFTs (non-fungible tokens)? What is all the media hype? What do you need to know about NFTs from an estate planning perspective? In this episode of the Digital Planning Podcast, Jen, Ross, and Justin have a roundtable discussion about NFTs, and the issues and planning challenges raised by the technology.

Please join Troutman Pepper's Intellectual Property and Health Sciences Practice Group for the sixth installment of the podcast series focused on strategy, trends, and other happenings at the PTAB.

In this episode, Maia Harris, a partner in the firm, moderates a lively discussion with fellow firm partners Frank Liu and Dustin Weeks. Our speakers discuss evidence of secondary considerations of non-obviousness and the burden of proving a nexus to the patented claims.

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Troutman Pepper energy partner Bill Derasmo talks with battery and storage experts from across the industry. The podcast shares the unique perspectives of industry veterans and thought leaders, exploring how they are deploying this new and exciting technology.

In this episode, Bill speaks with Kelcy Pegler, the CEO of FlexGen, a North Carolina-based leading energy storage technology solutions and services provider that delivers advisory, product technology, and operational maintenance services. The podcast explores the similarities between the emerging battery storage market and the solar market of years past, the role of battery storage as a platform that enables the energy transition, the ways in which utilities can make energy storage work for them, and much more. Don’t miss Kelcy's inspirational introspection that led him to launch FlexGen — spoiler alert — part of it involves his young children.

For hundreds of years, raised seals have authenticated official government documents of all varieties. But what is the electronic equivalent? How can government bodies certify an official document in the digital age? In this episode, the team speaks with Triedata Founder and CEO Raghunath Menon, who created a fully automated online digital certification service for Court Records and who will answer these questions.