Articles & Publications Archive
Articles & Publications Archive
1Banking Focus: Summer 2023
Aug 23, 2023
2Corporate Focus: Summer 2023
Aug 9, 2023
3Deadline shmedline — wiggle room exists for 90-day rule to file tax court petition
Jul 26, 2023
4Real Estate Focus: Summer 2023
Jul 13, 2023
5The Cost of Aging is Astronomical: A Deeper Look at How to Afford to Live Out Your Golden Years
Jun 5, 2023
6Mitch's Message: Spring 2023
May 11, 2023
7Real Estate Focus: Spring 2023
May 2, 2023
8Banking Focus: Spring 2023
Apr 20, 2023
9Corporate Focus: Spring 2023
Apr 6, 2023
10Chicago Lawyer Magazine: All together now - Chuhak & Tecson's new office unites firm on single floor
Mar 3, 2023
11Chicago Lawyer Magazine: All together now - Chuhak & Tecson's new office unites firm on single floor
Feb 10, 2023
12Real Estate Focus: Winter 2022
Dec 20, 2022
13Mitch's Message: Winter 2022
Dec 16, 2022
14Banking Focus: Winter 2022
12/12/22
15Corporate Focus: Winter 2022
Dec 5, 2022
16Mitch's Fall Message 2022: Women Helping Women 2022
Nov 10, 2022
17The False Claims Act - The Government's Main Weapon against Contractor Fraud
Sep 7, 2022
18Real Estate Focus: Summer 2022
08/31/2022
19Shiner's Dollars with Sense: Summer 2022
08/23/2022
20Banking Focus: Summer 2022
08/19/2022
21Corporate Focus: Summer 2022
Aug 12, 2022
22Understanding the benefits of city's Neighborhood Opportunity Fund
08/10/2022
23Mitch's Message: Summer 2022
Jul 21, 2022
24Shiner's Dollars with Sense: Can a tax return be considered filed when sent to an IRS employee?
Jun 14, 2022
25Mitch's Message: Spring 2022
05/12/2022
26Banking Focus: Spring 2022
05/03/2022
27Corporate Focus Newsletter: Spring 2022
04/07/2022
28Medical restrictive covenants in 2022
04/06/2022
29Real Estate Focus: Spring 2022
03/30/2022
30Shiner's Dollars with Sense: March 2022
Mar 25, 2022
31The WLF Legal Pulse: When is a penalty under the False Claims Act Unconstitutional?
02/03/2022
32Mitch's Message: Winter 2022
Jan 19, 2022
332021 - a tax year of uncertainty
12/16/2021
34Stock sale or asset sale
12/16/2021
35Corporate Focus: Winter 2021
12/16/2021
36CBA Record: It's what we give - life skills for adults with disabilities
12/15/2021
37Shiner's Dollars with Sense: November 2021
11/16/2021
38Cook County residential landlords - look out for the Residential Tenant and Landlord Ordinance
11/04/2021
39Real Estate Focus: Fall 2021
11/04/2021
40It's time to review your privacy policies.
09/30/2021
41Thinking of selling your business? Here are five things to do to prepare.
09/30/2021
42Corporate Focus: Fall 2021
9/30/2021
43Mitch's Message: Fall 2021
9/22/2021
44Employment Focus: Sept. 2021
9/14/2021
45Banking Focus: Summer 2021
8/31/2021
46Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Understanding the benefits of city's Neighborhood Opportunity Fund
8/20/2021
47Large and small scale commercial projects may qualify for the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund
08/19/2021
48The health of Section 1031 like-kind real estate exchanges
08/19/2021
49Real Estate Focus: Summer 2021
8/19/2021
50The WLF Legal Pulse: The Fifth Circuit weighs in on government dismissal of Qui Tam actions—is Congress next?
08/10/2021
51Employment Focus: July 2021
7/8/2021
52Mitch's Message: Summer 2021
6/17/2021
53If and when will the tax laws be changing?
06/10/2021
54Want $10 million of capital gains exclusion? How about $50 million?
06/10/2021
55Corporate Focus: Summer 2021
06/10/2021
56First District of Illinois Appellate Court confirms no six-month service requirement in mortgage foreclosure lis pendens statute
05/25/2021
57Real estate held in tenancy by the entirety cannot be foreclosed to satisfy debt of one spouse
05/25/2021
58Banking Focus: Spring 2021
5/25/2021
59Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Want $10 million of capital gains exclusion? How about $50 million?
05/24/2021
60Chicago Small Business Improvement Fund (SBIF)
05/13/2021
61Special use zoning in Chicago
05/13/2021
62Washington Legal Foundation Publication: Why government should be bound by judgments in non-intervened cases
04/23/2001
63Tax Court upholds IRS' newest collection weapon
04/15/2021
64Shiner's Dollars with Sense: April 2021
04/15/2021
65Chicago Medicine: Restructuring medical practice ownership
04/14/21
66Employment Focus: March 2021
3/18/2021
67Corporate Focus: Spring 2021
3/11/2021
68IRS seeks punishment over cash rewards credit card program
03/02/2021
69Shiner's Dollars with Sense: March 2021
03/02/2021
70Banking Focus: Winter 2020
2/25/2021
71Illinois Minimum Wage Law increases minimum wage and adds penalties for record keeping missteps
01/07/2021
72Condos, HOAs and remote voting
12/09/2020
73Restructuring company ownership while maintaining control
12/03/2020
74Corporate Focus: Winter 2020
12/03/2020
75Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Well crafted estate plan could be perfect gift for an adopted child
11/23/2020
76Mortgage lenders can successfully defend their liens against the bankruptcy trustee's avoidance powers
11/19/2020
77Corporate Focus: Fall 2020
09/03/2020
78Paycheck Protection Program: closed but issues remain
09/03/2020
79COVID-19 considerations for sale/purchase of a business
09/03/2020
80EEOC issues guidance to help employers and employees navigate opioid addiction
09/02/2020
81IDHR issues form to report adverse judgments and administrative rulings of sexual harassment or unlawful employment discrimination
09/02/2020
82Employment Focus: September 2020
09/02/2020
83Tax Court rejects specific dollar gift clause
08/11/2020
84Failure to read a form may result in homelessness
07/13/2020
85Illinois evictions to remain on hold until July 26, 2020
07/13/2020
86Real Estate Focus: Summer 2020
07/13/2020
87Financial institutions can mitigate losses by asserting fraudulent conveyance claims
06/09/2020
88An introduction to the Federal Reserve's new Main Street Lending Program
06/09/2020
89Lawyer loses litigation with IRS on taxation of litigation financing
06/09/2020
90The WLF Legal Pulse: falsity under the False Claims Act—the need for an objective standard of proof
06/02/2020
91Illinois releases model sexual harassment prevention training program
05/26/2020
92Don't forget that mandatory disclosures to the Illinois Department of Human Rights are due July 1
05/26/2020
93Annual gifts: An effective way to transfer wealth
Apr 1, 2020
94Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Federal tax legislation lays out estate tax regime through 2025
Apr 1, 2020
95Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Important reasons and tips to update an estate plan
Apr 1, 2020
96Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Funding the future: Grandparents have many ways to help loved ones
Apr 1, 2020
97Real Estate Focus: Spring 2020
03/30/2020
98The WLF Legal Pulse: United States v. Aseracare—reasonable opinions do not establish falsity in False Claims Act cases
Mar 23, 2020
99Condominium & Community Association Focus
03/20/2020
100What Illinois businesses need to know about California's new privacy law
Mar 5, 2020
101Corporate Focus: Spring 2020
Mar 5, 2020
102Historical basis of right of setoff
Feb 20, 2020
103Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 helps small businesses reorganize
Feb 20, 2020
104Do you have a right of setoff clause?
Feb 20, 2020
105Banking Focus: Winter 2020
Feb 20, 2020
106Cook County Housing Ordinance's Just Housing Amendment: to rent or not to rent? The rules for criminal background checks
Feb 6, 2020
107Drowning out the drones: trespass and FAA registration
Feb 6, 2020
108The SECURE Act – a Congressional holiday gift?
Jan 28, 2020
109Free snacks: Department of Labor issues new final rule regarding "regular rate of pay"
Jan 28, 2020
110California's Fair Pay to Play Act
Jan 28, 2020
111Leading Lawyers: A pioneer in condo deconversion work
Jan 7, 2020
112The WLF Legal Pulse: To seal or not to seal—The government's abuse of the sealing prerogative in False Claims Act qui tam cases
Dec 3, 2019
113The Globe: Teaching advocacy in arbitration on the international stage
Nov 26, 2019
114In the Alternative: Teaching advocacy in arbitration on the international stage
Oct 28, 2019
115Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Estate planning basics something everyone should be familiar with
Oct 17, 2019
116The WLF Legal Pulse: U.S. ex rel. Glenn: what we can learn from Cisco's Settlement of FCA suit alleging cybersecurity violations
Oct 4, 2019
117Chicago Lawyer: Preserving history
Oct 1, 2019
118The WLF Legal Pulse: Time for a Brady-type disclosure requirement for federal government in False Claims Act litigation
Jul 19, 2019
119Leading Lawyers: Giving, teaching and estate planning with heart and humanity
Jun 14, 2019
120The WLF Legal Pulse: Does DOJ's Qui Tam Dismissal Policy Go Far Enough?
Apr 22, 2019
121TMA News Bulletin: HR Peer group discusses new state laws
Feb 26, 2019
122The WLF Legal Pulse: A Material Change: FCA Defendants Confront Altered Pleading Standard in Ninth Circuit after Rose and Campie
Feb 25, 2019
123Shiner's Dollars with Sense: January 2019
Jan 29, 2019
124Common Ground: Windy city shuffle
Jan 18, 2019
125The WLF Legal Pulse: End the Endless Extensions of the Seal Period in False Claims Act Qui Tam Cases
Jan 7, 2019
126The Akron Legal News: Stay in front of the new tax act and give to charitable causes
Nov 28, 2018
127Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: One way to stay in front of the new tax act and give to charitable causes
Nov 19, 2018
128The WLF Legal Pulse:The Government's Duty to Preserve Evidence in a Non-Intervened "Qui Tam" Case
Nov 13, 2018
129Author of chapter sections on managed care litigation for Illinois Medical Practice published by Westlaw (2018)
Nov 13, 2018
130Co-author of the Remedies chapter for the 2018 Practice Handbook on Employment Discrimination published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education
Nov 12, 2018
131Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Tax obligations for online retail sales not so easy to avoid anymore
Oct 31, 2018
132Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Chuhak & Tecson sees new leader take helm
06/22/2018
133Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Lower LLC filing fees opens up a number of business opportunities
Jun 21, 2018
134Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: With reproductive tech advances, legislature recognizes posthumously conceived children
Apr 19, 2018
135Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: New act gives families way to provide healthcare for disabled loved ones
Oct 20, 2016
136Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: IRS regulations promise to shake things up
Aug 26, 2016
137Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Congressional change to IRA plans provides win-win for clients, charities
Feb 26, 2016
138Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Estate planning for same-sex couples in light of Obergefell
Oct 13, 2015
139Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Annual gifts: An effective way to transfer wealth
Sep 30, 2015
140Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: New law aims to stop financial elder abuse from caregivers
Jul 6, 2015
141Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: The evolving same-sex marriage landscape
Apr 9, 2015
142Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Updates to power of attorney for health-care issues in effect Jan.1
Nov 24, 2014
143Attorney at Law Magazine: Chicago Loop Edition: The three principles of estate planning
Nov 17, 2014
144Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: The POLST form: Helping Spell out the details of quality end-of-life care
Oct 10, 2014
145Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Getting 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status gets EZ-er
Sep 12, 2014
146Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Peace of mind – Buddhism and estate plans
Jul 31, 2014
147Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Not all LLCs are created equal, so make sure yours matches your needs
Jun 13, 2014
148Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: A lurking federal tax law minefield
May 12, 2014
149Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Save millions with estate tax return
Apr 8, 2014
150Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Options for transferring real estate properties at death
Feb 24, 2014
151Estate tax relief, income tax headache: Estate planning and the American Taxpayer Relief Act; 2014
Feb 18, 2014
152Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Assisted reproductive technology poses new estate planning questions
Feb 5, 2014
153Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Same-sex marriage and estate planning
Jan 22, 2014
154Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Death, taxes and divorce: Why every ex-spouse needs a new estate plan
Nov 6, 2013
155Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Policy frees up snowbirds to give charitably
Oct 4, 2013
156Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Life insurance lessons from a 'Sopranos' star
Sep 9, 2013
157Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Estate planning implications after DOMA decision from high court
Jul 17, 2013
158Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Do inherited IRAs protect assets well?
Jul 3, 2013
159Doctrine of Election: Illinois Supreme Court rules after 50 years
Jun 28, 2013
160Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Much to consider when estate plans involve individuals with special needs
Apr 26, 2013
161Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: How to up FDIC coverage of a trust account
Apr 8, 2013
162Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Collaborative law practice requires training, but empowers participants
Mar 7, 2013
163Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: New law will help retool outdated trusts
Feb 27, 2013
164Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Several tax cuts now become permanent
Jan 23, 2013
165Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Ethical concerns may exist for lawyers who use social media
Dec 17, 2012
166Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: QPRTs act as smart wealth-transfer tool
Nov 26, 2012
167Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Changes come to powers of attorney
Oct 29, 2012
168Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Process to become Florida resident involves variety of steps, reminders
Oct 1, 2012
169Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Creative transfers of wealth may disappear by end of calendar year
Sep 5, 2012
170Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Mediation encourages attorneys to step out of their 'zone of control'
Aug 15, 2012
171Trusts for pets are on the rise. Chuhak & Tecson principal Lindsey Markus weighs in on this hot topic.
Aug 8, 2012
172Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Law clerks add value, need mentors too
Jul 16, 2012
173Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: TBE ownership becomes more powerful
Jun 29, 2012
174Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Certain principles guide a person during estate planning
Apr 25, 2012
175Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Planned giving permits larger donations
Mar 26, 2012
176The Administrator's Advantage: Feeling Over-Wellnessed?
Feb 9, 2012
177Pet Trust Checklist: Issues to Consider When Creating a Pet Trust & Providing Instructions for the Care of Your Furry Friends
Aug 4, 2009
178Attorney-Client Relationships: Neuroscience to the Rescue
Sep 1, 2007
179Why Smart People Do Dumb Things
May 17, 2007
180Balancing the Legal Mind
Jun 3, 2004