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Around the Firms
August 28, 2003
Movement among major law firms and corporations.
Understanding the Rights and Obligations Of Your Military Reservist Employees
August 28, 2003
Last month, the authors provided background on the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) and employee entitlements under the Act. This month, analysis of the Act concludes with a look at reemployment rights upon the employees' return and USERRA's effect on other laws.
Multi-State Firms Take Advantage of Illinois' Limited Liability
August 28, 2003
Effective July 1, 2003, pursuant to rules recently adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court, law firms with Illinois offices will be able to practice as limited liability partnerships (LLPs). In addition, co-owners of law firms organized as limited liability legal entities (ie, as members of LLPs or limited liability companies (LLCs), or as shareholders of professional corporations (PCs)) will be able to avoid exposure to vicarious liability for malpractice committed by other lawyers in their firms, if their firms meet and maintain specified minimum amounts of malpractice insurance or other proof of financial responsibility.
Are Law Firm 'Partners' Really 'Employees'?
August 28, 2003
Law firm management often assumes that some attorneys, such as partners, shareholders and of counsels, are not covered by various civil rights statutes, <i>eg</i>, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). As firms which have been sued by such attorneys or which have faced broad Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigations have learned, however, such assumptions are often not well founded.
Real Property Law
August 27, 2003
Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
Landlord & Tenant
August 27, 2003
Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
Development
August 27, 2003
Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
Federalizing Real Estate Transactions
August 27, 2003
Most real estate transactions are governed by state law and local custom, not federal law. But a massive federal law enacted shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks raises the specter that the federal government may intrude into commercial real estate transactions in ways heretofore thought unimaginable. Known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism ('USA Patriot Act'), the legislation has led the federal government to propose rules designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing in these types of transactions.
Decisions of Interest
August 27, 2003
Recent cases of interest to your practice.
The Matrimonial 'Dating Game'
August 27, 2003
A review of equitable distribution decisions in any given year can leave one reeling, if not from the novelty of the holdings, then certainly from the frequency with which certain fundamental issues are re-litigated with the predictability of the perennials of springtime.

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