Arnstein & Lehr LLP welcomes Attorney Michelle G. Novick as a partner in the Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights & Restructuring Practice Group in the Chicago office. She comes to the firm from Thomson Coburn LLP in Chicago, where she worked for 10 years.  She was previously with the bankruptcy and litigation firm of Adelman & Gettleman for seven years. Ms. [...]

Chicago partner Robert D. Butters wrote a chapter for “Common Issues in IP Law,” published by Thomson Reuters/Aspatore. Bob’s chapter, The Use of Copyright Law and Effective License Agreements to Protect Web-Accessible Databases reviews various cases, licensing agreements and confidentiality issues. The chapter is part of the critically acclaimed Inside the Minds series, which provides [...]

On Monday, July 28, Fort Lauderdale Associate  Jason Gordon and Partner Franklin Zemel received a landmark ruling from a federal judge for their client Chabad of Nova.  The Chabad had been seeking to rent space at a Cooper City strip mall since 2005, but was continually rebuffed by the city who cited ordinances that limited space for houses of worship [...]

On July 25, West Palm Beach Partner  Steve Daniels closed on the $5 million dollar sale of a bowling alley and its underlying land.  The closing presented many challenges, not the least of which concerned an incomplete environmental study, outstanding code violations, open permits, a pending declaratory action concerning a reciprocal easement agreement with the [...]

West Palm Beach Partner Scott Frank authored a guest column for the June issue of  Treasure Coast Business Journal entitled “Protecting Yourself When Executing Commercial Condo Leases.” The column gives readers tips to protect themselves, and discusses some of the issues property owners encounter. Click here to download the pdf.

Chicago Partner Dino Amiros is featured in an article written about the firm’s new Commercial Solutions Service Group which appeared in the June 18th issue of the Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review. The article appears in the “Mover of the Week” section on page 9. Click here to download the pdf.

by Paul E. Starkman Blogs have revolutionized human interaction and information sharing, and have had an increasing impact on the workplace. “Blog” was Merriam-Webster Online’s No. 1 word of 2004,[1] and blogs were Fortune magazine’s No. 1 tech trend for 2005.[2] A “blog” is “an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided [...]

by E. Jason Tremblay & Jonathan Knisley While the nation’s focus turns towards the 2008 Presidential election, employers should remain aware of the variety of employment related legislation currently before Congress.  This awareness is especially important when many of the Acts highlighted in this article are sponsored by current Presidential candidates.  Certainly, the proposed legislation [...]

by Thomas P. Conley A chiropractor in Indiana will be spending up to 12 ½ years in prison for defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance by selling a back-pain belt of his own design and billing it as a custom fabricated back brace. The chiropractor made three critical errors. First, he could not justify his [...]

Olivia Clark from Chicago Lawyer interviewed Dino Amiros and Samuel Levine for her profile of the Commercial Solutions Service Group which appeared in today’s posting on the “Around the Water Cooler” blog.  The blog is part of Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s web site and cover’s legal news in Chicago.  To read the story go to: http://www.chicagolawyermagazine.com/2008/07/10/around-the-water-cooler-commercial-solutions-service-group/