The Departments issued the FAQs in response to a February 2025 Presidential Executive Order (EO 14216), which directs the Assistant to the President for the Domestic Policy Council to submit policy recommendations to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.

On October 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Airport Concessions Program, which requires each Unified Certification Program to re-evaluate all certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) businesses.

Gould & Ratner is pleased to announce that MSI Global Alliance (MSI), one of the world's leading international associations of independent legal and accounting firms, has appointed the firm as its law member in Colorado, represented through Gould & Ratner’s Denver office. The firm also continues to serve as MSI’s law member in Illinois through its Chicago office.

Recent IRS regulations under the SECURE 2.0 Act significantly affect retirement plan catch-up contributions. Learn about the new Roth rules, “super” catch-up limits and key compliance deadlines for plan sponsors.

In light of the rapid changes at the federal level, the Illinois General Assembly has passed significant measures aimed at protecting and expanding the rights of employees in the state while making substantial amendments to already existing employment-related statutes.