Arnstein & Lehr Attorneys at Law


Update Newsletter

Summer 2008 Newsletter Firm Launches Commercial Solutions Service Group to aid lenders and corporations facing financial distress · and Construction Practice Group · FMLA amended to extend leave to military families

Winter 2008 Newsletter Firm hosts Women Business Leaders Networking Lunch · IRS proposals spearhead increased governmental attention to nonprofit governance practices · Firm launches new practice groups

Summer 2007 Newsletter Bonuses and Departing Employees: What are the Issues? · Net Tax Gap Tops Quarter-Trillion Dollars · Corporate Legal Executives' Conference · Arnstein & Lehr Honors Center for Economic Progress

 

 


Condominiums

The Illinois Condominium Property Act

General Guidelines Concerning Condominium Board Hearing Protocols

2006 Amendments to Illinois Condominium Property Act

Homeowners Associations, Not-for-Profit Corporation Act

Annual Meeting Misconceptions

New Condominium Insurance Laws

Ask the Experts: Bait and Switch

Q&A: Condominium Declarations

Direct Voting, Flags and Leasehold Condominiums

So What About Condominium Law?

 

 


Labor & Employment

July 2008 E-Update Recent and Pending Legislation Update: Employers Beware!

February 2008 E-Update FMLA Is Amended To Extend Leave To Military Families

December 2007 E-Update Government Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9

October 2007 E-Update The Illinois Human Rights Act Now Provides Employees With Access To A Jury Trial in State Court

September 2007 E-Update Properly Investigating Complaints of Harassment: How to Avoid Turning a Weak Harassment Claim into a Strong One

August 2007 E-Update Beware When Employees Call in "Sick": Employers' Growing Obligations Under FMLA

 

 


Health Care

Back Pain Belt becomes pain for provider by Thomas P. Conley

Wisconsin Makes Swiss Cheese of Non-Compete by Thomas P. Conley

Winter 2007 Supreme Court Broadens Fee Splitting Prohibition

January 2006 Healthcare Amendments to the Bankruptcy Reform Legislation Healthcare Law Update

 

 


Higher Education

July 2008 Liability for Student Suicides and Other Violent Acts By Students

May 2008 Preventing Targeted Violence in Our Academic Institutions

February 2008 Academic Institutions and Effective Harassment Investigation Procedures: Nipping a Harassment Claim in the Bud

November 2007 Trans-gendered access: Sports teams to locker rooms and bathrooms


Intellectual Property

Summer 2007 Key Word Advertising, Use of Trademark, Lanham Act; et al.

Spring 2007 Singer-Composer's Actions for Rescission of Contract with Record Company Preempted by Copyright Act; et al.

Winter 2007 President Signs Trademark Dilution Revision Act; et al.

Spring 2008 Karaoke Device Manufacturer Not Entitled to Print Display Song Lyrics in Real Time with Song Recordings by Virtue of Acquiring Compulsory Mechanical License for Copyrighted Musical Compositions


Litigation / Risk Management

May 2008 E-Alert Non-Competition Agreements Must Be Narrowly Tailored To Be Enforceable

   

Not-for-Profit Organizations

Fall 2007 IRS Announces Compliance Initiative Directed at Use of Tax-Exempt Bond Financing by Charities; et al.

Summer 2007 IRS Outlines Safe Harbor for Tax-Exempt Campaign Groups Failing to Report Information About Contributors; et al.

Spring 2007 IRS Proposes Forms for Reporting of Nonprofit's Insurance Transactions; et al.

Winter 2007 Internal Revenue Service Denies Federal Income Tax Exemption for Organization That Changed Purposes and Projected Programs Repeatedly During Application Process; et al.

Spring 2008 Internal Revenue Service Launches Electronic Filing of Annual Returns for Small Nonprofits


Tax

Taxation of Lawsuit Recoveries by Adam Fayne from the Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure

June 2007 Final Regulations Issued Under Section 409A Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

January 2007 Fiduciary Provided Investment Advice; et al.

 

 

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