December 2, 2010

CBA Meetings for Next Week

December 6

  • Energy and Communications Law Committee: Meeting moved to December 13.
  • Federal Taxation, Practice and Procedure Division E: Debra Dufek, IRS, with rejected offers in compromise at IRS appeals.
  • Lawyer Referral Service Committee: Meeting moved to December 21.
  • Probate Practice, Rules & Forms Subc. Committee will meet.
  • Real Property Law, Construction Law & Mechanic's Lien Subc.:Meeting cancelled - see seminar below.
  • YLS Estate Planning Committee: Christopher P. Casey, Stout Risius Ross, with "Are Your S Corporation Valuations Vulnerable to Challenges by the IRS?"

December 7
  • Committee on Attorney Malpractice: Wendy Muchman, ARDC, with confidentiality and candor issues.
  • Environmental Law Committee:Much Shelist Denenberg Ament and Rubenstein PC, 191 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1800. Panel on EPA's new Lead, Renovation, Repair and Painting Program.
  • Federal Civil Practice Committee:  Hon. Jeffrey Cole, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, with developments under the FRE: Hearsay and Character Evidence.
  • Mental Health & Disability Law Committee: Panel on community integration for people with mental illness and Williams v. Quinn.

December 8
  • Financial Institutions Committee: Meeting cancelled.
  • Tort Litigation Committee: John Ray, Mass Tort America, with mastering the microsite.
 December 9
  • Bench and Bar Committee: Panel on new Illinois Rules of Evidence.
  • Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee: Panel on evaluating competing letters of intent.
  • Corporate Law Departments Committee: Panel on spotting and navigating social media concerns.
  • YLS Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee: Panel on The Cook County Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program.
  • YLS Corporate Practice Committee: Tom W. Soseman, Soseman Law Firm PC, with international transactions.
 December 10
  • Election Law Committee: Steve Sandvoss, Illinois State Board of Elections, with the new campaign finance laws.
  • International & Foreign Law Committee: Meeting moved to December 17.
  • Law Practice Management & Technology Committee: Holiday tech roundtable.
  • Workers' Compensation Committee:Richard E. Aleksy, Korti Aleksy & Castanela, with medical bills.
  • YLS Real Estate Law: Janet Johnson, Schiff Hardin LLP, with issues facing [commercial] landlord tenants and subtenants.