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The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation that will add a new Section 18.12 to the Illinois Condominium Property Act that will require all condominiums with parking to adopt policies regarding accessible parking access for disabled owners. The legislation will take effect ninety (90) days...
On May 14, 2024, Jamie Stevens and Elizabeth Thompson (both in our Chicago office) did a presentation for the Community Association’s Institute Legal Forum, to over 230 community association managers serving the Chicagoland area, including many current client managers. They talked on “What Can I Say...
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) requires that corporations submit a report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) before January 1, 2025, with information on the persons who exercise substantial control over the corporation. As currently in place, condominium and...
Saul Ewing LLP's first annual Connectors Conference: Focus on Food, Beverage & Agribusiness. This half-day event provided an opportunity to connect with and learn from leaders in the food, beverage and agribusiness sector. Our event featured a notable group of speakers, from organizations including...
On February 28, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking public comment on background screening issues affecting rental housing applicants and tenants in the United States. The 10-page RFI, which the...
Saul Ewing’s Condominium and Community Associations Practice is pleased to once again offer its annual summary of the Illinois Condominium Property Act (“ICPA”). The Illinois General Assembly and the Illinois courts were active in 2022 with respect to condominium and community association matters...
Steve Malitz and Jamie Stevens of Saul Ewing's Chicago office spoke on " Rules, Insurance and Cost Cutting in Condominium Associations" for CAI in September 2022 with Brian Lozell of Associa.
In July 2022, Jamie Stevens, Counsel in Saul Ewing's Chicago Office and a member of the firm's Condominiums and Community Associations practice, spoke on “The Aftermath of New Fannie Mae Guidelines – Industry Updates, Deferred Maintenance, and Current Trends” for CAI with Anthony Dister of Wintrust...
A new City of Chicago Ordinance requires that condominium associations and other highrise residential buildings provide relief for residents during extreme heat events. On June 22, 2022, in response to the heat-related deaths of residents of a senior living facility, the Chicago City Council...
Saul Ewing’s Condominium and Community Associations Practice is pleased to once again offer its annual summary of the Illinois Condominium Property Act ("ICPA"). 2020 and 2021 were years that no one will soon forget, with condominium associations scrambling to ensure resident safety in the midst of...
Don Lussier represents clients in complex matters involving a wide range of commercial assets across the United States, including real estate, corporate and commercial lending transactions. Clients appreciate his ability to efficiently identify the issues that really matter, and to find creative and...
Adrienne Falde is a member of the Transactional Department in the firm’s Chicago office. She focuses her work on assisting condominium and community associations on issues ranging from compliance with state laws to enforcement of covenants. She also advises associations on how to interpret their...
Matthew Smith represents clients facing complex commercial litigation and has experience handling cases from the earliest stages of litigation through to jury trials, non-jury trials, and arbitration. He also has experience navigating lawsuits at the appellate level in Pennsylvania. In his Higher...
George Magnatta is chair of the firm's Public Finance Practice. His practice focuses on serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, and tax counsel for states, cities, economic development authorities, housing authorities, and non-profit entities in the implementation and...
Jeffrey Hampton is chair of the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice. He concentrates his practice on restructuring matters, including Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, out-of-court workouts, loan restructurings, corporate reorganizations and general insolvency law. He also represents the...
Ted Baines is a partner and past chair of Saul Ewing's Litigation Department. He focuses his litigation practice on commercial contract, insurance, shareholder disputes, including shareholder demand responses, real estate, construction, and the defense of mass torts involving deaths or catastrophic...