Stephen H. Reisman and Michael C. Zisa will be speaking at the National Association of Surety Bond Producers virtual seminar on September 8, 2015 starting at 2:00pm EDT. The seminar titled "Mid-Project Changes in Construction Financing: Practical Considerations" will discuss how mid-project changes in an owner’s construction financing can cause unforeseen and unintended complications for sureties providing payment and performance [...] Read More

In Illinois, a $2 surcharge to fund the Department of Natural Resources is added to motor-vehicle registration fees, and this surcharge was challenged as being unconstitutional.  In Friedman v. White, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Second District affirmed a trial court’s ruling granting a motion to dismiss a complaint seeking a ruling that the DNR surcharge violated the uniformity clause [...] Read More

Gary M. Stein and K. Stefan Chin authored an article that appeared on the South Florida Associated General Contractors online Newswire on July 23, 2015. The article titled "Contractors and Builders Take Note: 2015 Amendments to Chapter 558, Florida Statutes – Florida's "Notice and Opportunity to Cure" Statute" discusses key amendments to Chapter 558, Florida Statutes, which become effective October [...] Read More

In Smith v. Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Fifth District affirmed a trial court’s ruling denying a complaint for a preliminary injunction to prevent the implementation of the Illinois DNR’s fracking regulations.  As has been widely reported (see here), the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act and the initial draft of the regulations were put together by [...] Read More

Richard Preiss authored an article that appeared in the Compliance & Ethics Professional August 2015 issue, a Publication of The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics. The article titled "Compliance Programs: When they work and when they don't" focuses on the necessity of compliance programs across most industries in today's regulated economy. The article discusses how a compliance program is [...] Read More