On January 25, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an order for sanctions against Abtach Ltd., 360 Digital Marketing LLC, and Retrocube LLC. These entities operated a series of low-cost trademark filing and design websites. The USPTO discovered that these companies engaged in an egregious scheme to deceive and defraud both the USPTO and individual applicants in more than 5,500 trademark applications.

Katherine M. Oswald and Nichole M. F. Siedlarczyk have been elected by firm leadership as Partners at GCT in 2022.

On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued opinions entering a temporary injunction on enforcement of the OSHA ETS and halting a temporary injunction on the CMS Mandate.

On December 17, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS requires covered employers to develop, administer and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy or mandate employees to submit to weekly COVID-19 testing and requires employees wear face coverings when indoors.

Selected by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis, Leynee Cruz Flores will serve on the Judicial Screening Committee to fill vacancies in the Office of Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Golan Christie Taglia is pleased to announce Crain’s Chicago Business selected Anthony R. Taglia to the Notable Gen X Leaders in Accounting, Consulting and Law list.

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (the “ETS”), requiring certain employers to develop, administer and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy or mandate employees to submit to weekly COVID-19 testing and to wear face coverings when indoors.

Golan Christie Taglia is proud to announce the addition of Margherita M. Albarello, Jennifer R. Hardenbergh and Morgan C. York to the team.

Thank you to all of you that joined us for "GCT360 Webinar: New Considerations for Year-End Estate and Tax Planning, Asset Protection and IP Protection" webinar. Program materials and recording can be found here.

As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread changes it has brought, the year ahead will prove to be a pivotal opportunity for businesses and individuals to consider their estate planning, tax planning, business asset protection and IP protection goals.

Golan Christie Taglia has earned Chicago and national recognition for Best Law Firm.

By now, we are sure that you are aware of the considerable discussion in the media about Congress wanting to in large part revise a number of favorable tax laws. Congress has recently taken steps to make changes a reality through a new and pressing series of proposed tax law changes with the “Build Back Better Act” (the “Act”) that is making its way through the legislative process in Washington, D.C. New tax laws might be enacted, if at all, as early as mid-November but possibly by late December.

Historically, domestic workers have been excluded from protection under state and federal law. Over the past few years, the federal government, Illinois and many other states and cities have sought to change that.

On August 13, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed into law amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, which impose significant restrictions on non-competition and non-solicitation employment agreements starting January 1, 2022.

Golan Christie Taglia LLP is proud to announce Margaret A. Christie has been included in Crain’s Chicago Business’ Notable Nonprofit Board Leaders list in 2021.

The following is a summary of some of the more significant changes in Illinois law on state taxation enacted by the Illinois Legislature in its 2021 session.

Golan Christie Taglia is pleased to welcome Brittany Bermudez, who joins the firm as an associate in the Employment Law Group.

Chicago Lawyer has selected Brianna L. Golan to be listed as one of the 40 Under Forty attorneys in 2021.

Barbara Yong was a featured guest on Hirsch Serman's Radio show on financial wellness.

Golan Christie Taglia is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Rambach, Leynee Cruz Flores and Laurie Smigielski have joined the firm.

The 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America names GCT’s Margaret A. Christie, Caren A. Lederer, Jeffrey C. Rambach and David M. Saltiel to its Best Lawyers list.

2020 was a difficult year. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the economy across all industries, especially real estate. As the lockdown extended well beyond initial expectations, commercial lending became virtually impossible to obtain given the instability of the market and lack of forecast ability. As a result, we saw a number of commercial real estate deals delayed indefinitely and eventually terminated. On the leasing side, we had tenants defaulting on their leases and asserting force majeure as a means of temporary rent relief. But, as 2020 dragged on and we learned to navigate the unprecedented time, we finally started to see a light at the end of the tunnel as we moved into 2021.

The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (the “Act”) requires employers to pay every employee all wages earned. Upon separation from employment, the employer is required to pay the final compensation of the employee in full, if possible, but no later than the next regularly scheduled payday. Should an employer fail to make such payment, the Act imposes penalties and individual corporate officers may be held personally liable for such non-payment of wages.

Golan Christie Taglia attorneys successfully represented a kosher caterer before the Beit Din Rabbinic Court of the Chicago Rabbinical Council.