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What Are the Most Common Legal Mistakes First-Time Chicago Multifamily Real Estate Buyers Make (and How to Avoid Them)?
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What Are the Most Common Legal Mistakes First-Time Chicago Multifamily Real Estate Buyers Make (and How to Avoid Them)?

First-time multifamily buyers in Chicago often focus on price, neighborhood and cap rate but miss legal and compliance issues that silently add cost, delay closing or create post-closing liability.
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New USPS Postmark Procedures May Result in Late Filing Penalties
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New USPS Postmark Procedures May Result in Late Filing Penalties

For decades, taxpayers and legal professionals have relied on the "mailbox rule": if a document is dropped in a USPS collection box by the deadline, it is considered timely filed. This is no longer a safe assumption.
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2026 Construction Forecast: The Only Thing Certain is Uncertainty
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2026 Construction Forecast: The Only Thing Certain is Uncertainty

As 2026 dawns, it is natural to consider the outlook for construction in the coming year.
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While the Stay at Home order issued last month by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has numerous (and obvious) impacts on business , a perhaps overlooked aspect of social distancing and working from home
UPDATE: These FAQs have been updated to reflect recently released guidance from the SBA on affiliation rules.
Vanessa Tiradentes
Partner
The IRS has delayed the due date for filing 2019 federal gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax returns and making federal gift and GST tax payments from April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020.
As discussed in two previous articles on payroll tax credits for sick and family leave and CARES Act tax relief, eligible employers are entitled to claim an employment tax credit for qualified sick and family leave wages
Jennifer Tolsky
Partner
Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
As part of the recently enacted $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Congress included expanded unemployment benefits in partnership with state unemployment agencies.
Mark Brookstein
Partner
Gould & Ratner presents the first installment of an interview series on adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fred Tannenbaum
Partner
Corporate
In addition to benefits available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Response Act), an existing benefit under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a series of additional Q&A on March 27, 2020, updating initial guidance for the recently passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Enacted into law last Friday, March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) included numerous provisions providing tax relief to individuals and businesses
Jennifer Tolsky
Partner
Chair, Tax Planning and Structuring Practice
Small businesses looking for an economic lifeline as a result of losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic have several loan programs they may be able to tap for help
Vanessa Tiradentes
Partner