The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), the Employee Benefits Security Administration ("EBSA") and the Department of Labor ("DOL") have recently provided new guidance with respect to how lawfully married same-sex spouses will be treated under federal...
Foley & Lardner’s Chicago office, home to Catapult Chicago, is proud to see the recent uptick in praise for the uniquely collaborative start-up community located in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, as it has made important progress on Chicago’s...
California hospitals and corporations will soon be able to adopt bylaws that make it possible for the governing board to make business decisions in the absence of a quorum during an emergency. Effective Jan. 1, 2014, and approved by Gov. Jerry Brown,...
This week in New Miami news, don’t miss the renderings of developer Jeff Berkowitz’s Skyrise Miami, a sleek 1000-foot observation tower that would become Miami’s tallest building. Channel deepening project begins at PortMiami - Deepening the...
Section 55-79.97 of the Virginia Condominium Act and Sections 55-509.5 and 55-509.10 of the Property Owners' Association Act were amended to require that the disclosure package of the association set forth any restriction on the right of an owner to...
What everybody doesn't seem to know is how to get Congress to listen to the needs of the innovation community when well-heeled sectors put their lobbying and financial support in favor of legislation purportedly aimed at improving innovation ("It's a...
In its recent decision in Bethel v. Darwin Select Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23183 (8th Cir. Nov. 18, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying Minnesota law, had occasion to consider the application of a...
When the Federal Circuit denied Baxter’s petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in Fresenius USC, Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc., Judge Dyk wrote an opinion concurring in the denial that was joined by Judge Prost, Judge O’Malley wrote...
This morning, the Illinois Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Hartney Fuel Oil Co. v. Hamer. Hartney Fuel Oil raises an important question of Illinois business and tax law: how does one determine which local jurisdiction is...
