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1031 Exchanges and Opportunity Zones can offer unique tax benefits for commercial real estate clients. Learn when to consider these options, how they work, and more.

Learn how to address a variety of common drafting issues encountered by practitioners on a daily basis, and receive drafting tips to achieve clients’ desired results.

Practical takeaways from recent employment law decisions of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Illinois federal and state courts.

Learn how the Illinois estate tax is really calculated and how prior gifts impact the calculation. You’ll also learn what is and is not deemed to be personal property in the estate of a non-resident decedent, and many other non-intuitive nuances regarding Illinois estate tax law.

Hear from the PAC’s staff to learn how they process inquiries and analyze matters that come before them. Understand some of their recent decisions. Originally presented as part of the 7th Annual Local Government Law Institute, available in its entirety as P9017-19U.

Understand common issues regarding foundation for and admissibility of medical records, medical bills, doctor’s testimony and opinions. Learn how to get controversial evidence admitted (or object to some).

With the swift pivot to conducting mediation via online conferencing, the restrictions of COVID and quarantine need not delay your pending mediations. Learn suggested language and notifications to help your mediation participants be properly prepared for a virtual process and ensure that the confidentiality and privacy of the process is protected. The importance of being properly prepared for an online proceeding, in keeping with the duty of competence, is also reviewed.

Adult/elder guardianship mediation has not been frequently used in Illinois but offers many potential benefits to all participants.

Take a deeper dive into nuanced aspects and rule changes relating to SSI, SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, and waiver programs to better protect your clients' benefits and programs.

The lack of affordable housing continues to challenge our communities and impacts a wide spectrum of people – from homeless youth and families to seniors, immigrants, working families, and individuals with disabilities. The need for affordable housing presents different challenges in different locations-- from gentrification in appreciating markets to the need for revitalization and redevelopment in others. Explore a variety of federal, state, and local financing and policy tools (from the City of Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance to federal and state tax credits) that can be used to create, preserve and expand affordable housing in urban, suburban and rural communities.

Learn about unusual assets, like cryptocurrency, and how clients can own, title, and transfer them, along with related cybersecurity concerns. This course also covers electronic wills and issues related to remote witnessing, remote notarization, and custody of electronic documents.

The current and former General Counsel to Governor Rauner in a panel discussion on the important and complicated legal issues that confronted them in this critically important position in our state government. Originally presented as part of the 6th Annual Local Government Law Institute, available in its entirety as P9017-18U.