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Kathryn Szewczyk and Christopher Mehne recently published “Shedding Light on Blind Trusts” in Private Wealth<\/em> magazine’s Summer 2017 issue. \u00a0In the article, they discuss how executives in the private sector can benefit from blind trusts to remain in compliance with securities and insider trading laws while accomplishing their personal and financial objectives.<\/p>\n

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