April 24, 2009

Arnstein & Lehr launches General Counselor employment law blog

Arnstein & Lehr recently launched a labor and employment blog, General-Counselor.com.  It is designed as an educational resource for employers, human resource professionals, general counsel and labor relation’s officers  to better understand their legal requirements and obligations as governed by the federal statutes. General-Counselor.com is maintained by the firm’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group [...]

April 20, 2009

Paul Starkman presents paper to American Bar Association’s Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee

Paul Starkman, chair of Arnstein & Lehr’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group, spoke about executive compensation at the midwinter meeting of the American Bar Association’s Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee on March 27, 2009.  Paul was part of a panel presentation entitled “For Whom the Deal Tolls: Legal Issues for Executive Employment Agreements in [...]

Paul Starkman to speak at ALI-ABA webinar regarding Supreme Court decision in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett

On May 8, 2009, Chicago Partner and Chair of Arnstein & Lehr’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group,  Paul Starkman, will be speaking at an ALI-ABA webinar on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett (Case No. 07-581, decided April 1, 2009) upholding collective bargaining agreements that send individual employment [...]

Samuel Levine and Bill Anaya to participate in Real Estate Update 2009

On April 24 Chicago Partners Samuel Levine (left) and William Anaya (right), both members of Arnstein & Lehr’s Real Estate Law Practice Group are participating in the Real Estate Update 2009 at the Linder Conference Center in Lombard, Illinois. Mr. Anya will serve as the event’s moderator, and Mr. Levine is a panelist at a [...]

April 7, 2009

Mark Spognardi to present a seminar regarding employee terminations to The Peterson Pulaski Business & Industrial Council

The Peterson Pulaski Business & Industrial Council invites business owners, executives, managers and human resources professionals to the fourth program in their Employment Law Series: Employee Terminations Reducing Liabilities When Conducting Layoffs and Reductions in Force featuring Mark A. Spognardi Labor and Employment Law Attorney Arnstein & Lehr, LLP Each time an employer releases an [...]

April 3, 2009

The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine: An Analysis of its Application in Today’s Legal Environment

“The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine: An Analysis of its Application in Today’s Legal Environment,” Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 559 (Vol. 61, No. 3, Fall, 2007) (authored by John L. Ropiequet with Eugene J. Kelley, Jr. and E. Jason Tremblay) The Rooker Feldman Doctrine