The Internal Revenue Service has announced the opening of an electronic system small tax-exempt organizations can employ to file annual returns using Form 990-N. Filing of such returns is required by the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006 for organizations normally having annual gross receipts of $25,000 or less, effective for tax years beginning in [...]

Partner Barry Chatz will speak on a panel discussing the consequences, both intended and unintended, of Sarbanes-Oxley at the Fifth Annual DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal Symposium on April 19 at the Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel. Chatz is co-chair of the Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights, and Restructuring practice group. He represents lenders, unsecured creditors, corporate [...]

Chicago Partner Richard Hellerman and former Chicago Associate Jennifer Hollenbeck Sarhaddi successfully defended an obstetrician/gynecologist in a medical malpractice jury trial in Cook County. Our client was sued for failing to order appropriate prophylactic measures to guard against, and for failing to appropriately diagnose, a deep vein thrombosis in his patient’s legs following a hysterectomy. [...]