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View as PDF You run a small business. Your customer needs some extra time to get through a squeeze and you work with the customer to pay down the old balance over time. Suddenly, the customer files bankruptcy and two years later you get a demand letter from a contingent-fee lawyer representing a litigation trustee… Read more »
View as PDF As we near the end of 2019, we approach an important time for people who wish to invest in a qualified opportunity zone (QOZ), a federal economic development program enacted in 2017. The purpose is to encourage investments in designated economically disadvantaged communities by providing certain tax benefits to investors. December 31,… Read more »
View as PDF Beginning January 1, 2020, there are sweeping changes to the employment laws that will affect ALL Illinois employers, even those with as little as ONE employee. These are big changes that need to be addressed by all Illinois employers, including documented in each employer’s handbook. Some of the changes include a requirement… Read more »
View as PDF Several major cities have recently passed “Fair Workweek” ordinances aimed at making employee schedules more predictable by requiring advance scheduling for covered employees and penalizing employers for last minute changes. The Chicago City Council adopted the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance on July 24, 2019 to take effect July 1, 2020. The Ordinance… Read more »
Shareholder Justin L. Weisberg presented at the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys’ P3 Subcommittee on December 11, 2019. Justin discussed the topic Public Private Partnership Fundamentals. Click here to view the presentation. (see SOICA attached.)
Shareholders Ryan T. Johnson, Andrew W. Lapin, and Justin L. Weisberg participated on behalf of RD for the Lincoln Park Builders of Chicago 2019 Real Estate Forum on November 21, 2019, Theater on the Lake, 2401 N. Lake Shore Dr. RD was a bronze sponsor. The Forum has become Chicago’s premier annual real estate event… Read more »
Emily C. Kaminski co-presented on the topic Probate Issues in Real Estate from a Seller Attorney’s and Title Underwriting Perspective at the Chicago Bar Association Probate Practice Committee on November 19, 2019. Click here to view presentation. (See CBA attached)
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CHICAGO, IL, NOVEMBER 15, 2019 – Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RD), a full-service law firm in the Chicagoland area, chose to focus their 2019 service project on the issue of hunger in Greater Chicago on November 13, 2019. Over 45 firm employees and guests volunteered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository for an afternoon… Read more »