Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with more than 460 lawyers in 24 offices. The firm offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. Our attorneys provide services to a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Our clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.

Hinshaw was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.

Appellate, Banking & Financing, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights, Class Action Litigation, Civil Rights Defense, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Construction Law, Director & Officer Liability, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Fidelity & Surety, General Liability Litigation, Government, Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Insurance and Reinsurance, Labor & Employment, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Mergers & Acquisitions, Municipal Liability, Personal Injury Defense, Public Law, Products Liability Litigation, Professional Liability, Regulatory, Real Estate, School Law, Securities, Taxation, Transportation, White Collar Crime and Workers' Compensation Defense.

Minnesota Supreme Court Decision Impacts Liability Exposure
Jeffrey S. Fertl, Shushanie E. Kindseth, Melissa J. Lauritch, November 5, 2009
On September 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Minnesota issued its opinion in Fleeger v. Wyeth, et al., Case No. A08-2124 (771 N.W.2d 524). The decision impacts the liability exposure of product manufacturers when a claim is brought in Minnesota.

Final Amended Rule Extending Transaction Account Guarantee Program
Timothy M. Sullivan, Mark F. Palma, Brian L. Goins, Michael D. Morehead, September 13, 2009
On August 26, 2009, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) adopted a Final Rule that extends and modifies the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAGP). The TAGP is one of two components of the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP), which was enacted in November 2008 and...

Treasury Issues Interim Final Rule on Executive Compensation Limits for TARP Recipients
Timothy M. Sullivan, Mark F. Palma, Brian L. Goins, Michael D. Morehead, July 1, 2009
In February 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which limits executive compensation for financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) enacted in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA).

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