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Nisen & Elliott recently assisted a Canadian large equipment manufacturer acquire a state of the art manufacturing plant and associated equipment in Illinois. The acquisition establishes the client’s first manufacturing footprint in the United States.

Auto -Lending Products Under Scrutiny “ by Emily Glazer and AnnaMaria Andriotis, The Wall Street Journal  , August 29, 2017, see WSJ.com.

The Family Law Group under John Kneafsey successfully defeated a "Petition to Modify" or terminate maintenance in the Circuit Court of Cook County.  It was a hard fought case that started in 2010 and concerned issues including how to treat the potential of a large inheritance.

John J. D’Attomo was quoted in the Chicago Tribune article entitled “Naperville Country Club ordered to refund $700,000 in ex-members' fees,” arising from Nisen & Elliott’s representation of former country club members in litigation against the Naperville Country Club. www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-country-club-lawsuit-st-0303-20170302-story.html

John J. D’Attomo and two other individuals received a Life Saving Award from the City of Park Ridge Fire Department for their efforts performing CPR and utilizing an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to successfully resuscitate a health club member who suffered sudden cardiac arrest on May 17, 2016.

The National Vehicle Leasing Association (NVLA) announced that it has appointed Nisen & Elliott, LLC as its Legal and Legislative Counsel for 2016. "Nisen & Elliott was selected as NVLA's Legaland Legislative Counsel due to the firm's depth, knowledge and experience in the vehicle leasing arena," said NVLA president...

The Trust and Estate group at Nisen & Elliott, LLC is currently in the process of revising the estate planning documents for several of our clients in order to minimize exposure to potential capital gains taxes following the death of the second to die. Under most existing documents at the first death...

John J. D’Attomo recently won an appeal in the Illinois Appellate Court involving claims for violation of the Illinois Condominium Property Act and breach of contract on behalf of the purchasers of a luxury condominium unit. The dispute arose from the seller’s failure to disclose a leasing restriction applicable to the condominium...

Nisen & Elliott, LLC manages toxic tort defense, and complex litigation resulting in recovery of insurance proceeds for mass toxic torts. We recently received, on behalf of a client, payments from Integrity Insurance Company in Liquidation in New Jersey. Our Firm originally filed the claim on behalf of our client in 1987 and the...

Nisen & Elliott, LLC is representing Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation, U.S.A. (YMFUS), the newly created captive finance company for Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. The Automotive Finance Group of Kenneth Rojc, David Gemperle, Andrew Kriz, Colleen Lambrecht, Cara Matesi and Debbie Krusen will be assisting with federal and state law compliance matters, business...

Mark Zaenger, in our Employee Benefits Group, assisted a manufacturing client with a private audit of qualified plan compliance due to changing controlled group issues involving the employers sponsoring a tax-qualified retirement plan. As a part of this audit, Mr. Zaenger evaluated the controlled group status of the plan's various sponsoring employers...

The 2014 Edition of the National Lease Advertisement Review is now available for distribution. This biennial Review is one of the most comprehensive analyses of print and internet motor vehicle lease advertisements.  The two volume set includes the federal and state law analyses of 14 lease advertisements, disclosure checklists and templates, Master...