Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to RSI Bank in its Proposed Merger with Columbia Bank

December 7, 2021

On December 1, 2021, RSI Bancorp, M.H.C., a New Jersey mutual holding company, RSI Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware holding company, and RSI Bank, a New Jersey stock savings bank (collectively "RSI"), entered into a merger agreement with Columbia Bank MHC, a federally chartered mutual holding company, Columbia Financial, Inc., a Delaware holding company, and Columbia Bank, a federally chartered stock savings bank (collectively "Columbia"), pursuant to which the RSI entities will merge with and into the Columbia entities. As part of the merger transaction, Columbia Financial, Inc., the mid-tier holding company of Columbia Bank, will issue additional shares of its common stock to Columbia Bank MHC in an amount equal to the fair value of RSI as determined by an independent appraisal.

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Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Lincoln 1st Bank in its Proposed Merger with Ion Bank

December 1, 2021

On November 23, 2021, Lincoln Park Bancorp, Pine Brook, New Jersey, announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Ion Financial, MHC, Naugatuck, Connecticut, pursuant to which Lincoln Park Bancorp will merge into Ion Financial, MHC and Lincoln 1st Bank, the subsidiary of Lincoln Park Bancorp, will merge into Ion Bank, the subsidiary of Ion Financial, MHC. Simultaneously with the closing of these mergers, Lincoln Park Bancorp, MHC will be dissolved.

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Scott Brown presented at The Annual Financial Institutions Finance and Accounting Conference hosted by the Massachusetts Bankers Association and Financial Managers Society

November 9, 2021

On October 30 2021, Scott Brown presented at The Annual Financial Institutions Finance and Accounting Conference hosted by the Massachusetts Bankers Association and Financial Managers Society. Mr. Brown focused on current trends and issues impacting community banking, including the current mergers and acquisitions landscape, emerging regulatory trends and corporate governance hot topics.

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