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Negotiating insurance provisions for commercial landlords

Commercial real estate

When commercial landlords negotiate leases with prospective tenants, they understandably focus on key commercial terms, such as rental rate and renewal options. While that focus is justified, landlords should never overlook the “boilerplate” language of the lease, especially the insurance ...

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Illinois Supreme Court AI policy offers caution with a side of clarity

Artificial intelligence

The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by litigants hasn’t exactly been embraced by courts nationwide. Instead, sensational headlines about hallucinated case citations have led to knee-jerk rejections of the technology by many judges, even when the root cause of ...

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Corporate Transparency Act filings back on hold – for now

Company documents

The legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) continues. In the past few weeks, the courts have reversed their holdings twice about the CTA and corporate Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) filing requirements.  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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Understanding cybersecurity threats — and what to do about them

Ransomware concept

As we begin a new year, what are the newest cybersecurity threats businesses need to be aware of and what steps should they take to protect themselves? We checked in with four cybersecurity professionals to find out. “Cybersecurity is evolving ...

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Businesses watch fight over CTA

Scales of justice in courtroom

Businesses are following a seesaw battle over the federal Corporate Transparency Act after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a federal district judge’s injunction against enforcement of the law’s registration deadline. U.S. District Court Judge Amos L. Mazzant III ...

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Employee benefits updates and reminders for the new year

Employee benefit enrollment

Here are some benefits updates and reminders to ring in the new year: HSA telehealth relief to be extended In what will come as welcome news to many employers, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 ...

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Discipline for crying doesn’t show sex or gender discrimination

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A woman whose sex/gender discrimination claim rested on the allegation that she was written up for crying approximately five months before her termination was dismissed by a federal court, where she conceded that she was emotional during a meeting but ...

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