Arnstein & Lehr LLP announced today the launch of a practice group to assist banks and mortgage lenders facing demands to repurchase defaulted mortgages. Konstantinos (Dino) Armiros, a partner with Arnstein & Lehr and also one of the practice group’s chairs, said the firm’s significant bankruptcy and restructuring expertise is invaluable in conducting an analysis [...]

Partners Steven Daniels, Jeffrey Shapiro , and Phillip Hudson, were recently named finalists in the 2007 South Florida Business Journal Key Partners Awards. The Key Partner Awards honor South Florida’s top CPAs and attorneys. Finalists will be brought on stage for recognition and winners announced at the award’s reception on September 27 in Fort Lauderdale.

Allan Goldberg and David Sugar, partners at Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office and members of the firm’s Condominiums and Community Assocaitions Law Group, write a Q & A on the bait and switch tactics that some Condominium association boards use. Ask the Experts: Bait and Switch Publish at Scribd or explore others: Other Business & Legal [...]

The IRS has noted that the safe harbor does not apply in cases where a group has failed to report contributor names on Form 8872. However, the IRS also points out that it can waive penalties outside of the safe harbor if it finds that failure to report any required information was nonetheless due to [...]

Author E. Jason Tremblay examines the growing obligations of employers under the FMLA. Beware When Employees Call In “Sick” -Employers’ Growing Obligations Under the FMLA Publish at Scribd or explore others: Employment Business & Legal employer obligation employment law

Arnstein & Lehr’s Fort Lauderdale office donated 21 new bikes for Channel 10 Magnum’s Force charity. The bikes were donated to the Broward Partnership for the Homeless shelter, providing 21 worthy people a mode of transportation to and from work. South Florida’s Channel 10 News features a segment on the bike donation.  Watch it Wednesday, [...]