Generally the best evidence of a property’s market value is a recent sale price, but that is not always the case. The First District Appellate Court recently ruled in Calumet Transfer LLC v.

Suppose a retailer declares bankruptcy. Several of its leases are sold off to another retail chain, which then remodels the stores, stocks them with its own merchandise, and opens them under its own name. If this retailer hires some of the bankrupt company's employees, are those employees new hires under the FMLA, or might they have the right to take FMLA leave immediately, without waiting 12 months or working 1250 hours for the new company?

Illinois legislators are considering a bill that would amend the Illinois Municipal Code to allow municipalities and other local government entities to file for bankruptcy. Representative Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) has called it a “measure of last resort” for municipalities with increasing debts, including police and firefighter pension obligations. Governor Rauner has indicated previously that he supports the concept, and local leaders are evaluating the need for such protection in light of dire fiscal projections. 

As we discussed in a prior alert, in September 2015 the Teamsters’ Central States Pension Fund submitted a proposed “rescue plan” to the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury). The Central States Pension Fund is severely underfunded and the rescue plan would have allowed the fund to reduce participant benefits in order to avoid insolvency.

On September 25, the Central States Pension Fund (one of the largest multiemployer/union pension funds in the country) submitted to the U.S. Department of Treasury a proposed “rescue plan,” which would allow the fund to reduce participant benefits in order to stave off the fund’s potential insolvency.