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Your Move, Governor: The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act is Poised for Substantial Reform/Now is the Time: A Golden Opportunity for Estate Planning (Summer2024)
Contributors: Jeffery Heftman, Christain Manalli
Illinois Employment Law Update/FTC Issues Ban on Employment Noncompete Clauses for All Workers, Including Senior Executives (Spring 2024)
Contributors: Marc Pawlus & Adam Maxwell, Tedd Warden
Our New Legal World — Contactless Delivery of a Lawsuit / “Battle of the Forms” — A Primer (Winter 2024)
Contributors: Andrew Johnson, Caleb Haydon
Putting the “Success” into Succession Planning/The Corporate Transparency Act: What Business Owners Need to Know (Fall 2023)
Contributors: Len Gambino, Marc Pawlus
The Corporate Transparency Act: What Business Owners Need to Know
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) was enacted in 2021 to improve transparency in order to prevent bad actors from engaging in money laundering, tax fraud, and other illicit activities from exploiting US companies. Beginning January 1, 2024, the CTA requires “reporting companies” to report information about the individuals who own or control the company to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”).
Putting the “Success” into Succession Planning
Finding, grooming, and ultimately selling your business to one or more key employees is a process that typically takes several years. Once you have found the right successors, proper succession planning often involves two additional steps.
Another Strike Against Non-Competes / Balancing the BOTS: How to Harness the Power of AI without Falling Down the Rabbit Hole (Summer 2023)
Contributors: Norm Finkel, Robert Goldberg, Kelly Cronin
Balancing the BOTS: How to Harness the Power of AI without Falling Down the Rabbit Hole
What is ChatGPT and How Will It Affect My Business?
Business owners should be aware of the benefits and legal pitfalls that lurk under the world of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”).
Another Strike Against Non-Competes
We recently shared with you the details of a trade regulation rule proposed by the Federal Trade Commission banning non-compete agreements.