Business Owners Beware – Illinois has Expanded the Recoverability of Pre-Judgment InterestJuly 28, 2021It is rare if a business has not experienced a bodily injury claim such as a slip-and-fall in a retail...
Champlain Towers South: A tragic case study in the pitfalls of condominium association managementJuly 28, 2021Owning a condominium may seem like an easy alternative to home ownership. Maintenance costs are spread among the condominium associations’...
Lapsed UCC Filing Cannot Be Revived by a Continuation StatementMarch 30, 2021The importance of perfecting a security interest by filing a UCC-1 financing statement cannot be understated. Likewise, making sure the...
Be on the Lookout for Unemployment Fraud in IllinoisNovember 3, 2020You and your employees may become victims of unemployment fraud. The past several weeks have seen a huge increase in unemployment...
Access to the Courts Since the ShutdownOctober 7, 2020In March 2020, as Governor Pritzker’s shelter-in-place order took hold, Illinois state and federal courts were also implementing their own...
The Force Majeure Clause in an Age of COVID-19April 29, 2020An often overlooked contract provision has now gained the spotlight in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parties to a...
Can Employee Handbooks Require Arbitration of Employment Disputes?December 12, 2019Every business with employees should have an employee handbook. An employee handbook is essential because it helps employees to understand what their rights...
Don’t Let A Creditor Make It PersonalNovember 20, 2019As the owner of a corporation, when you set up your business, you and your lawyer believed that you had...
Can Your Business Adopt a Tradename that Others May Deem “Offensive”?August 12, 2019The answer may very well be a resounding, “Yes,” insofar as it relates to trade names and trademarks. Recently, the...
Morris Saunders to be a Presenter at Upcoming NBI SeminarsAugust 9, 2019Morris Saunders will be a presenter at two upcoming seminars for the National Business Institute. Both seminars are being held...
