Miami Partner Ronald R. Fieldstone recently spoke at the National Commercial Real Estate EB-5 Finance Forum. The event provided the latest market, legal and economic information, and updates to commercial real estate developers, financial professionals, immigration attorneys and economic development officials who are interested in stimulating local economy and creating jobs by utilizing the federal [...]

Chicago Partner Jason E. Tremblay recently obtained the reversal of several Wage Payment Demands issued by the Illinois Department of Labor (“IDOL”) on behalf of a client. The client was an assignee for the benefit of the creditors of an Illinois company that was financially distressed. Instead of filing a bankruptcy, the company elected to [...]

Miami Partner Randall L. Sidlosca was recently appointed chairman of The Florida Bar’s Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee (UPL). The UPL Florida Bar 11D Committee investigates and prosecutes unlicensed practice of law allegations in the 11th Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade County). The committee is empowered to take testimony and make findings concerning complaints of unlicensed practice [...]

Tampa Partner Robin Trupp, serving as lead counsel on the case, recently secured a major veterinary malpractice victory for his client, the owner of a prize-winning show horse, against a well-known veterinarian on the horse show circuit. A Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Palm Beach County jury found Dr. Haynes Stevens and his company, [...]

Miami Partner Ronald R. Fieldstone was recently appointed to the EB-5 Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA) Securities Subcommittee.  IIUSA is a not-for-profit industry trade association of active EB-5 Regional Centers, attorneys, and other EB-5 related service providers. Regional Centers are private corporations and governmental agencies designated by the U.S. government to allow foreign [...]

Miami Partner Randall Sidlosca presented “Working with EB5 Visas – Everything You Need to Know” to an additional 90 realtors of the Miami Association of Realtors on Friday, September 16, at their Coral Gables headquarters. He and Ronald Fieldstone had previously spoken on the topic to members of the association on September 8 in Fort [...]

Chicago Partner John Ropiequet has been named co-editor of the Annual Survey on Consumer Finance Law published by the ABA Business Law Section’s The Business Lawyer. The Business Lawyer is the second most widely quoted law review in the United States. John has contributed articles on fair lending topics to the Annual Survey for several [...]

An article entitled, “Midwest word from the street: times still are disconcerting” written by Chicago Partners Barry Chatz and George Apostolides was featured in Financier Worldwide’s Global Reference Guide: Americas Restructuring 2011. Financier Worldwide’s Global Reference Guides deliver valuable insight and extensive professional coverage of issues and development driving the international business community. Barry and [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Tampa Partner Robin Trupp and Associate Brian Cummings, with co-counsel Brit Brown, Benjamin Escobar, and James Rogers from the Houston firm of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP, secured a jury verdict of no liability Friday in favor of Porsche A.G. and two Porsche subsidiaries after a week-long trial in U.S. District Court [...]

Chicago Associate Robert A. McKenzie was a guest on the Wednesday, September 7, edition of First Business to discuss the IRS’ current offshore voluntary disclosure initiative which was extended to September 9. To watch the segment, please click here. The segment appears at 7:36 into the video. First Business is a Chicago-based nationally syndicated business [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Managing Partner Raymond J. Werner was interviewed for an article that recently appeared in Smart Business, a management journal providing insight, advice and strategy for C-level executives of fast-growth, middle-market and large companies. The article is entitled “Ray Werner avoids disagreements at firm by sticking to the facts.” In it he discusses [...]

Chicago Partner James A. Chatz, a certified mediator, is one of the principals of Commercial Dispute Resolution, LLC (CDR). The company was founded just this year and seeks to provide alternate dispute resolution for a variety of commercial issues and business disputes. Please review their website: www.cdr-mediation.com. Mr. Chatz recently completed Northwestern University’s Mediation Training [...]

Chicago Partner Hal R. Morris, an Adjunct Professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and Chicago partner, is the founder and sponsor for the Seventh Circuit Review, a law review journal. The journal is now available online at www.kentlaw.edu/7cr. The journal analyzes recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dealing with [...]

Miami Partner Randall L. Sidlosca spoke at the September 13 Doing Business with Canada seminar at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport. Canadians continue to be the leading international foreign purchasers of second, vacation and investment homes in South Florida and approximately 300 Canadian companies have established operations in Florida. For further details about the event, [...]

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie was interviewed for an August 19 Wall Street Journal article on the wave of people with undeclared accounts emerging in advance of the IRS’ August 31 deadline to enter a special amnesty program. He notes in the article that he received seven calls in one day from taxpayers asking about [...]

Chicago Partner Justin Weisberg is a scheduled speaker at the Construction Institute’s 3rd Annual National Young Executive Forum to be held Saturday, September 17, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mr. Weisberg will provide an interactive problem-solving session that will explore major decisions made on widely publicized engineering failures including the Kansas City Hyatt, [...]

Hoffman Estates Partner Arthur Janura is scheduled to speak at this year’s Illinois Municipal Conference. His topic is entitled “The Rising Cost of PSEBA Benefits: What Can Be Done?” The conference is planned for September 15-17 at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago. The Illinois Municipal League works for the benefit of municipalities. The governing board [...]