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| 09.09.09 | Surviving the Anticipated H1N1 Flu Pandemic: Why Employers Must Act Now
Amy J. Zdravecky, Gray I. Mateo-Harris
Abstract: Regardless of whether you call it the “swine flu” or the “H1N1 flu,” you must ensure your workplace is prepared to handle its economic and health consequences. The much-feared H1N1 flu not only poses a threat to the health of your employees and their loved ones, it also presents significant financial and economic dangers for your business and challenges your ability to comply with the various labor and employment laws. Employers are urged to act now before the H1N1 flu pandemic hits your workplace. |
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| 08.25.09 | Unregistered Finders: A Trap for the Unwary
Michael B. Gray
Abstract: The struggling economy and the tight credit market have made many companies turn to third-party intermediaries to help them raise capital or sell all or part of their business. Private funds are also increasingly looking to intermediaries for assistance in identifying potential sources of funding. These intermediaries, sometimes called “business brokers” or “finders” and referred to generically in this memorandum as “finders,” often tout their long lists of industry connections and extensive experience in facilitating transactions or fund raising. Companies and funds should think twice about engaging a finder without proper due diligence, however. Many finders should be – but are not – registered as broker-dealers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). A company or fund that hires a finder that is not properly registered with the SEC may be unwittingly subjecting itself to future risks and liabilities, including the risk that investors or other parties to a transaction facilitated by the unregistered broker-dealer could later unwind the transaction. |
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| 08.10.09 | IRS Extends Filing Deadlines for Investors in Foreign Funds and Persons with Signature Authority but no Financial Interest in Foreign Accounts
Michael B. Gray, Scott J. Bakal, Lawrence I. Richman
Abstract: On August 7, 2009, the IRS issued Notice 2009-62 which extends the deadlines for certain filers of the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, Form TD F 90-22.1. This Notice will provide welcome (and much needed) relief to investors in foreign hedge funds, private equity funds and mutual funds, as well as persons having signature authority but no financial interests in certain foreign accounts (i.e., holders of powers of attorney and holders of limited powers of appointment). |
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| 08.01.09 | Professional Development: Maximizing the Impact of Women’s Programming
Law Journals Newsletters' Marketing the Law Firm
Emily Mulder Milman, Jennifer G. Gallinson
Abstract: It’s no secret that our clients are busy. From spa days to fancy dinners, they likely have more invitations for law firm networking events than they have the time (or the desire) to attend. This is especially true for our female clients, who often find their available time further compressed by obligations outside the office. Attracting and keeping women clients, however, is absolutely essential as women rise in greater numbers to top jobs as inhouse counsel and in executive suites. So, what is a law firm to do when planning events for its women clients? The following are several ways to organize events that are value-added, what we will call “networking plus.” Neal Gerber Eisenberg Litigation Practice Group partner Emily Mulder Milman and Jennifer G. Gallinson, the firm's manager of Professional Development, co-authored an article that appears in the August 2009 edition of Law Journals Newsletters' Marketing the Law Firm.
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| 07.21.09 | Getting ready for the Obama Board
The Illinois Manufacturer
Gerald A. Golden, Amy J. Zdravecky
Abstract: Days after his inauguration, President Obama designated Wilma Liebman as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”). During the Bush administration, when the Board was dominated by pro-employer Republican members, Liebman had often been the sole and strong dissenter on many Board decisions. With her elevation to Chairman, and now that President Obama has nominated union attorneys, Craig Becker and Mark S. Pearce, to fill two of the three Board vacancies, employers can expect reversals of many proemployer decisions and principles established by the Bush Board. Neal Gerber Eisenberg Labor & Employment Practice Group partners Gerald A. Golden and Amy J. Zdravecky co-authored an article appearing in the Summer 2009 edition of The Illinois Manufacturer publication. |
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