Luse Gorman was Legal Counsel to ESSA Bancorp, Inc. in its Merger with CNB Financial Corporation

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On July 23, 2025, ESSA Bancorp, Inc., Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust, completed its merger with CNB Financial Corporation, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, the holding company for CNB Bank. Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to ESSA Bancorp, Inc. in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of John Gorman, Marc Levy,… Read more »

Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to San Francisco Federal Credit Union in its Proposed Acquisition of Summit Bank

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On July 21, 2025, San Francisco Federal Credit Union (“SFFCU”), San Francisco, California, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and assume substantially all the liabilities of Summit Bank (“Summit”), Oakland, California. SFFCU has approximately $1.33 billion in assets and operates nine branches across San Francisco and… Read more »

Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc. in its Conversion and Related $49.5 Million Stock Offering

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On July 18, 2025, Lake Shore Bancorp, Inc., Dunkirk, New York, the holding company for Lake Shore Bank, completed its conversion from the mutual holding company to the stock holding company form of organization and its related stock offering. A total of 4,950,460 shares of common stock were sold in the offering at a price… Read more »

Alert – Reminder to Prepare for EDGAR Next

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To our clients and friends: On September 27, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted a Final Rule that made changes to the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system filer access and account management. The updated system is known as “EDGAR Next” and reflects the SEC’s initiative to modernize the… Read more »

Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Guilford Savings Bank in its Merger with Eastern Connecticut Savings Bank

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On July 1, 2025, Guilford Savings Bank, Guilford, Connecticut, completed its merger with Eastern Connecticut Savings Bank, Norwich, Connecticut. Luse Gorman served as legal counsel to Guilford Savings Bank in the transaction. The Luse Gorman team consisted of Scott Brown, Ellie Cook, Keeler Fina and Trevor Kline. Luse Gorman has acted as counsel on more… Read more »