House-Passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act: What Real Estate Professionals Should Know
If it hasn’t already, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act may change how you think about acquisitions, development sites, public land, affordable housing capital, and single-family rental strategy.
Ten Mistakes Buyers Make When Negotiating Letters of Intent in Commercial Real Estate Transactions in Illinois
Strong LOIs create faster transactions and, even if an attorney is involved, are considerably less expensive than salvaging a weak LOI or proceeding directly to a purchase agreement.
The 2026 ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards: What Do Commercial Real Estate Professionals Need to Know?
The 2026 ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey standards took effect on February 23, 2026. The new standards give real estate owners, developers, and lenders opportunities to leverage 2026 ALTA surveys as a more effective risk-management tool.
Gould & Ratner has prepared a reference chart to serve as a guide to each state’s stay-at-home executive order, specifically related to construction activities.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s newest executive order in response to COVID-19 includes a new restriction on evictions, and, this time around, commercial evictions are impacted.
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court held that, in certain circumstances, discharges from “point sources” (e.g. wells, containers, pipes, ditches, channels, tunnels, conduits, etc.) into groundwater
As the nation continues to struggle with the spread of the novel coronavirus, the construction industry has often been designated as an essential sector of the economy and encouraged to continue operations
UPDATE: A challenge to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission’s emergency amendment, described below, has resulted in a temporary hold on the rule.
Current guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides that employers may lawfully take an employee’s temperature upon entering the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released an alert advising employers on safety tips to help protect manufacturing workers from exposure to COVID-19.