On Wednesday, October 21, Arnstein & Lehr hosted a special screening of the feature documentary The People v. Leo Frank in the auditorium of Morningstar, Inc. The film recounts the 1913 murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan at an Atlanta pencil factory and the trial and lynching of her accused killer Leo Frank.  The story provides [...]

Chicago Partner Mark Spognardi spoke at the North American Transportation Employee Relations Association (NATERA) conference on October 26 in Savannah, Georgia. Mark discussed smoke free workplaces and provided information on how to ensure a company is compliant with legislation banning smoking in the workplace, and help employers understand whether the definition of workplace includes a [...]

Concerns about sufficiency of water supplies are no longer limited to the western United States. An academic conference exploring these emerging water issues is especially timely as Chicago celebrates the Centennial of the Burnham Plan. Chicago Partner William J. Anaya will serve as a commentator at the November 20 Kratovil Conference. The conference is entitled [...]

The firm’s Municipal Litigation Group, including Chicago Partner Hal Morris and Chicago Associates Jenifer Caracciolo and Christina Lutz secured an important ruling in an annexation matter.  In that case, the firm’s clients are a group of individual land owners objecting to the annexation request.  Unfortunately, the Court rejected the objection and ordered that the question [...]

Firm hosts third annual Woman of Vision Luncheon | Florida Supreme Court throws out ‘false light’ invasion of privacy cause of action | Firm co-sponsors event on water technology in Israel | Arnstein & Lehr co-hosts Corporate Leadership dinner Arnstein & Lehr LLP Fall 2009 Update Newsletter

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie was interviewed Wednesday by reporter Paul Eggers for a segment airing Thursday on First Business Morning News entitled The Tax Man Cometh and that is now posted to their Web site.  Bob provided insight and commentary as the IRS’ deadline of October 15 was at hand for those owning offshore [...]

Chicago Partner Justin Wesiberg is presenting a Web seminar on October 22 for the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). Mr. Weisberg’s presentation is entitled Comparing Contracts Documents: EJCDC, Consensus DOCS, and AIA. It will focus on the traditional design, bid, build construction delivery process, this seminar will analyze key differences between the AIA, EJCDC, [...]

West Palm Beach Partner Joel Rothman was interviewed by CIO Update on social networking by employees and what companies can do to protect themselves. CIO Update is a website providing chief information officers and information technology directors with an educational resource regarding strategy, tactics, and personnel issues. Click here to read the full article.

On October 28 West Palm Beach Partner Joel Rothman will host a seminar entitled “Online Marketing for Lawyers” at the Crowne Plaza hotel in West Palm Beach. Seminar participants will learn how to develop a strategy around their online presence, understand how to track online performance with Google Analytics and the basics of search engine [...]

Robert A. McKenzie and Theresia Wolf-McKenzie convinced the IRS to rescind a Final Notice of Intent to Levy in lieu of litigation.  The Final Notice improperly sought to collect more than $100,000 from taxpayers whose installment agreement request was still under consideration by the IRS.

West Palm Beach and Boca Raton Partner Scott Frank served as a roundtable moderator on the topic Taking Advantage of a Buyer’s Market: Negotiating the Purchase Contract and Performing Due Diligence, at the Inside Self-Storage World Conference & Expo held last week at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Washington, DC. During the two-hour session held [...]

The firm’s Municipal Litigation Group recently received a significant victory on behalf of their municipal client.  The team included Chicago Partner, Hal Morris, Chicago Associates, Jenifer Caracciolo and Christina Lutz, and Hoffman Estates Partner, Arthur Janura. The Municipal Litigation Team secured the dismissal with prejudice of five multi-count complaints against our client, a Illinois municipality, [...]

Arnstein & Lehr’s Estate Planning Practice Group authored this Illinois Estate Tax Planning Alert for October 2009. Illinois Estate Tax Planning Tax Alert October 2009

Bankruptcy Partner  Barry Chatz was recently invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with other U.S. financial experts with their responses forming the basis of an article in the September issue of  Financier Worldwide magazine.  Panelists were asked to provide their thoughts on topics such as the recent U.S. bankruptcy market, macroeconomic trends affecting businesses, [...]