Join us for this full-day seminar that examines recent caselaw updates and legislative changes from the past year. Learn more about Transfer on Death Instruments, easements, and residential new contracts. Listen to a discussion of recent trends in residential real estate and brush up on your ethics requirements.

The ASTM 1527 standard for the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) has been revised yet again. With the creation of the Bona Fide Prospective Purchase Defense, a Phase I ESA takes on an even greater importance. Don’t miss this panel presentation in which our legal and environmental experts discuss the most significant changes to the new standard, the status of EPA regulations and the Agency’s acceptance of the latest standard, and the role of emerging contaminants, like Preliminary Endangerment Assessment in Phase I ESAs.

The 10th Annual Minority Bar CLE Conference is onsite once again, allowing you to earn CLE credit while networking with colleagues in person! For those unable to travel, the program will also be available as a live webcast. So, plan to join us – onsite or online – for this opportunity to get the guidance and information you need on a number of practice areas as we tackle a variety of hot topic issues.

Public Act 102-1076, which was signed by Gov. JB Pritzker and went into effect on July 1, 2022, makes a prime contractor personally liable for unpaid lower tier wages and other employee benefits, gives a variety of remedies to unpaid employees against their employer (and, now, against prime contractors), and obligates subcontractors to indemnify general contractors under some circumstances. The Act significantly impacts the risks of general contractors and subcontractors engaged in building projects in Illinois.