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Facebook privacy settings and privacy in the workplace

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 9 2010

Since Facebook recently modified its privacy settings, the lines between what is public and what is private in the workplace have become blurred

Fear of rejection how Chapter 9 of the US Bankruptcy Code can solve the pension shortfall crisis

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 28 2010

In a world replete with a commerce-crippling volcano, disastrous earthquakes, ever-rising taxes and ever-falling property values, its easy to push aside the pink elephant in the roomunfunded public employee pension funds

Government set to crack down on the use of independent contractors

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2010

The legal landscape regarding the use of independent contractors has dramatically changed over the past several years

Make sure your non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements have extension clauses.

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2010

In order to ensure that an employer gets the full benefit of the restrictive time period in its non-competition, non-disclosure or non-solicitation agreements, employers in Illinois should make sure that such agreements contain "extension clauses."

New business startup: establishing your business structure

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 2 2010

As a prospective business owner, you will be faced with many important decisions, including what business structure will best suit the needs of your new venture

Active deals: private equity firm takes major stake in Schiff Nutrition

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 19 2010

Schiff Nutrition International (NYSE: WNI) is reportedly "on the prowl" for new acquisitions after a sale of approximately 25 percent of its shares to TPG Growth, a private equity firm affiliated with TPG Capital of Forth Worth and led by William McGlashan Jr

New IRS notice extends deadline for complying with non-discrimination insured health plan rules

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 28 2010

We previously wrote that provisions in the new health reform legislation imposed penalties if insured group health plans discriminated in favor of highly compensated individuals

The new year is a good time to review the enforceability of restrictive covenants

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 28 2010

The Second District Appellate Court in Illinois recently published an extensive opinion that summarized and provided the historical background of the state of Illinois law regarding the enforceability of restrictive covenants

New law facilitates Roth conversions

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2010

Until recently, a plan participant who received a distribution from his pre-tax non-Roth retirement plan account could convert that distribution to a Roth only by transferring his plan distribution to an IRA

Illinois aircraft use tax and the 2010 tax Amnesty Program

  • Arnstein & Lehr
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 21 2010

On October 1,2010, the State of Illinois began a tax Amnesty Program allowing all taxpayers,including aircraft owners, to pay their unpaid taxes without penalty or interest