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Posted by The Life and Legacy Planning Group The box office success of the 2019 murder mystery Knives Out led to franchise status, with Glass Onion, the first sequel, released in late 2022. The original Knives Out featured whodunit intrigue surrounding the murder of a...
Huck Bouma is pleased to announce that effective March 6, 2023, Russell T. Zimmerman has joined the Firm as a senior associate in the Trusts and Estates practice group. Russell comes to us most recently from the Oak Park law firm of Peter J. Latz & Associates LLC...
Posted by The Life and Legacy Planning Group Losing your spouse is one of the most difficult things you might face in life. Although it is important to take time to grieve, there are also some crucial steps you need to take as soon as possible to address your spouse’s...
When Alzheimer’s runs in the family, prevention and a cure become personal By Edward C. Baig, AARP Reposted by Gina Salamone Nothing is remotely funny about Alzheimer’s disease. But Seth Rogen is using his fame as an actor and comedian to raise awareness around...
Posted by Gina Salamone National Caregivers Day is Friday, February 17, and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is urging everyone in home health, home care, and hospice to use the occasion to draw attention to the selfless work caregivers do...
Musician Aaron Carter, a former child pop star and younger brother of Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, died in November at the age of thirty-four. Aaron’s untimely passing is one of the more tragic celebrity deaths of 2022. It is also one of the messiest from an...
The North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) Statement of Policy Regarding the Use of Franchise Questionnaires and Acknowledgments (“NASAA Statement of Policy”) became effective on January 1, 2023. As we discussed in our last blog, the NASAA...
By: Brian LaFratta Over the past few years, Illinois employers have become accustomed to frequent changes in the law. This article summarizes two new employment laws that employers need to be aware of. First, Illinois has enacted the “CROWN (“Create a Respectful and...
On September 18, 2022 the North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”), the association to which state franchise regulators belong, issued a Statement of Policy Regarding the Use of Franchise Questionnaires and Acknowledgments that are commonly used...
Is it a new day for enforcement of the FTC Franchise Rule by the Federal Trade Commission? There have been some recent activities that may indicate that they plan to become more aggressive about enforcement against franchisors for violations of the FTC Franchise...