When Rabbi Shmuel Posner looked to open a Chabad outreach center in Cooper City, Florida, in 2005 he settled on the city’s Timberlake shopping plaza as its initial home.  Unfortunately, the congregation was forced to shutter its location after just three months because city codes excluded synagogues in shopping plazas.  That’s when Rabbi Posner contacted Arnstein & Lehr’s Fort Lauderdale Attorney Franklin Zemel.  Zemel, [...]

This document highlights some of the pro bono efforts by litigation attorney Steven N. Malitz, a partner in Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office. View Steven N. Malitz Pro Bono Efforts in Full Screen Mode. [ipaper docId=8973424 access_key=key-i480cfwpdaj7ozdfnnq height=600 width=600 /]

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Documenting the Acquisition of a Distressed Real Estate Loan (With Forms) by Tal Izraeli This article by Tal Izraeli, an associate in Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office, gives an overview of the due diligence and documentation of acquisitions of distressed real estate loans.  It will be published in the January 2009 issue of The Practical [...]

Mary Cannon Veed, a partner in Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office and chair of the Insurance practice group, practices in the area of insurance structuring, finance and regulation, including insurance company insolvency, reinsurance, and alternative risk transfer. She has extensive experience in the U.S. and abroad in representing policyholders as well as receivers, reinsurers, and [...]

By Meghan A. Dwyer madwyer@arnstein.com To follow up on our previous electronic update entitled “Recent and Pending Legislation Update: Employers Beware!” President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) into law on September 26, 2008. In an attempt to further expand what conditions should be considered “disabilities” under the law, [...]

Time for Downsizing? Reducing Liabilities When Conducting Layoffs and Reductions in Force Webinar December 5, 2008 9:30-11:00 a.m. CST This is a complimentary event CLICK HERE TO REGISTER No one wants to believe that the recent market meltdown and credit crunch crisis will lead to employee layoffs. But the recession is here and layoffs are [...]