By: Geoff Bryce, Managing Partner As a general rule, builders risk policies cover fire, flood and pestilence; basically old testament disasters. Many policies have exclusions for poor workmanship, design errors and omissions. If there is a design error or omission and it causes damage, is that resulting damage covered? Even […]

This week, Rich and Jason welcome former Supreme Court clerk Andy DeVooght to discuss the possibility of Merrick Garland being affirmed as a Supreme Court justice. They then examine inaccuracies in The People v OJ Simpson movie with Harvard Law Professor Emeritus and former OJ defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz UIC […]

Rich Lenkov, Attorney, Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC will speak at the CLM Annual Conference, which will be held at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, April 6-8. His session is titled, “Risk Management – Stratified General Liability Claims: Fast Tracking And Other Techniques.” Rich Lenkov brings a killer instinct and […]

By: Robert Bramlette, Income Member Entrepreneurs may want to sell their business for many reasons. A key question they ask is “How much is my business worth?” Businesses are valued in many ways. Book value: How much are assets worth? Assets include machinery, equipment, intellectual property and real estate (owned […]

Rich and Jason welcome Nick Berardini, director of Killing Them Safely, a new documentary about Tasers and death and injury lawsuits from from tasers. They then welcome in Kim Goldman, sister of Ron Goldman and author of “Media Circus: A Look At Private Tragedy In The Public Eye”. Kim discusses […]

On 2/27/16, 2 BDL teams played in the Chicago Legal Prep 3-on-3 Tournament. Players, supporters, students and faculty gathered together for fun competition and supported their athletic program. Chicago Legal Prep Charter Academy is Chicago’s first and only legal-themed charter high school. Rich Lenkov proudly serves on Legal Prep’s Advisory […]

By: Jim McConkey, Of Counsel Any Illinois commercial enterprise doing business as or with a limited liability company (LLC) should note Illinois House Bill 4361 (HB4361), which seeks to make sweeping changes to the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act. HB4361 was introduced by Representative Elaine Nekritz on December 14, 2015. […]

Jason and Rich welcome an All Star panel of Supreme Court experts to examine Justice Scalia’s impact and the controversy surrounding his replacement: Carolyn Shaprio, Illinois Solicitor General & former US Supreme Court clerk Mark Cordes, Dean of NIU College of Law  Andy DeVooght, Loeb & Loeb & former US […]

By: Juan Anderson, Income Member There are instances where the owner’s project acceptance serves as a waiver of claims for obvious defects against the contractor. However, the defense of waiver is not easily achieved. The general contractor must establish that the owner knew about defects when accepting in order to […]

By: Mollie O’Brien, Associate Many consumer contracts contain arbitration provisions. Two recent U.S. Supreme Court cases decisions agreed that if an arbitration agreement contains a class action waiver, it will be enforced. Enforcing a class action waiver depends on whether state or federal laws govern an arbitration agreement. Under the […]