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2024 Construction Outlook
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2024 Construction Outlook

Throughout the past few years, the construction industry has been plagued with myriad issues, including supply chain constraints, labor shortages and material procurement problems, among others.
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed into law an amendment to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act...
A new law in Illinois seeks to advance the fight for pay equity. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation on July 31, 2019
You find yourself in a situation where you want (or need) to dissolve your limited liability company. You are in Illinois.
Alison Constantine
Partner
Advancement is a corollary to indemnification, permitting directors, officers and managers to get legal fees advanced for their defense of claims asserted against them in their corporate capacity.
Vanessa Tiradentes
Partner
Vice Chair, Litigation Practice
The Illinois General Assembly has passed SB 75, a bill that would require all employers in the state to provide workplace sexual harassment training to employees annually
Mark Brookstein
Partner
llinois has cleared one of the last remaining minefields for out-of-state businesses selling to Illinois residents to submit the state sales tax that they are required to collect on such sales.
Jennifer Tolsky
Partner
Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that a trust beneficiary’s residence in a state by itself doesn’t give the state the right to tax the trust.
Ilana Bley
Partner
Vice Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
From its recent inception, the Qualified Opportunity Zone program has generated a lot of interest from potential investors, but many have waited until receiving further guidance from the Internal Revenue Service about how,
Jennifer Tolsky
Partner
Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
Attention businesses operating in Illinois: If you use a person’s “biometric” data for things like timekeeping or security, you must have a written policy
Mark Brookstein
Partner
Early March has come in like a lion for employers, who are now facing potential new federal rules on overtime and classification, as well as changes to how much information they need to be reporting to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding pay rates broken down by gender and race.
David Michael
Managing Partner
Chair, Human Resources and Employment Law Practice
Litigation
Mark Brookstein
Partner