Monthly Archives: June 2018

PMA founding partner Néstor Méndez becomes the first Puerto Rican elected to the Board of Trustees of the US Supreme Court Historical Society

PMA founding partner Néstor Méndez becomes the first Puerto Rican elected to the Board of Trustees of the US Supreme Court Historical Society.  He also was the first Puerto Rican to preside the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association and Chair its Fellows and currently presides the Puerto Rico Supreme Court Foundation. For more information, click on the following link: Primer Puertorriqueño en presidir junta jurídica El Nuevo Día 6 21 18

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THE RESERVATION OF POWERS IN A TRUST: DOES IT AFFECT THE TRUST’S PROTECTION BEFORE CREDITORS OF THE SETTLOR?

The trust is an autonomous estate that results from the act by which a person, named as settlor, transfers certain assets or rights to another person, named as trustee, to be administered for the benefit of third parties, named as beneficiaries, according to the provisions of the deed of constitution of trust.  For more information, click on the following link: Click here

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PUERTO RICO SUPREME COURT FINDS AGENTS, OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR RETALIATION CLAIMS

In Caballer Rivera v. Nidea Corporation, 199 DPR __ , 2018 TSPR 65 (April 19, 2018), the Puerto Rico Supreme Court held that an employer’s managers and supervisors are not personally liable for alleged acts of retaliation under Puerto Rico Acts No. 69 of July 6 (sex discrimination), 1985 and No. 17 of April 22, 1988 (sexual harassment), (the “Acts”). For more information, click on the following link: Click here

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