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Elizabeth C. Lyons Named Emerging Lawyer™ for Second Year

Our esteemed colleague and Associate Attorney, Elizabeth “Liz” C. Lyons, was recently recognized as an Emerging Lawyer™ in Commercial Litigation by Law Bulletin Media’s Leading Lawyers division. With this distinction, Liz joins the top two percent of all attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois who are recognized for having proven themselves […]

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Recent Enforcement Orders Remind FCMs: Train Your Brokers on Post- Execution Allocation Rules.

On May 29, 2018, the CFTC and NFA1, respectively, issued enforcement decisions against Chicago-based Xchange Financial Access, LLC (“XFA”) that should serve as a cautionary tale for Futures Commission Merchants, and other registrants, about the importance of training, updating supervisory procedures, and appropriately maintaining records. According to the regulators, XFA failed to supervise…

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Avoiding Death Taxes and Income Taxes, Too

Avoiding Death Taxes and Income Taxes, Too- The 2017 Tax Act and theNew Strategies it Provides

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Illinois Distributor’s Statute: Navigating the Litigation “Off Ramp” for Non-Manufacturer Defendants After Cassidy v. China Vitamins LLC

In Cassidy v. China Vitamins LLC, 2017 IL App (1st) 160933 (“China Vitamins”), the First District Appellate Court made it a lot harder for non-manufacturers to free themselves from litigation through the Illinois Distributor’s statute (sometimes referred to as the “innocent seller’s statute” or “seller’s exception”). Under China Vitamins’ new interpretation of the…

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Equity Indexed and Variable Annuities: What are the Limitations of a State Securities Regulator’s Authority Over Their Sales Practices? (The ABA Blue Sky Bugle Newsletter, March 2018)

Two Illinois cases, Van Dyke v. Jesse White, 2016 IL App (4th) 141109 (currently pending before the Illinois Supreme Court as Docket No. 121452) and Thrivent Investment Management v. Illinois Securities Department, Circuit Court of Cook County Case No. 2016-CH-16406 (currently pending before the First District Appellate…

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