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“Leading Lawyers” Lists Lawrence Kamin Attorneys for 2019

Four Lawrence Kamin attorneys have been named as 2019 “Leading Lawyers” and join a distinguished group that is comprised of less than five percent of all lawyers licensed to practice in Illinois. We congratulate our esteemed colleagues who have been nominated by their peers as top lawyers within their respective areas of law:

Illinois Distributor’s Statute: Navigating the Litigation “Off Ramp” for Non-Manufacturer Defendants After Cassidy v. China Vitamins LLC

In Cassidy v. China Vitamins LLC, 2017 IL App (1st) 160933 (“China Vitamins”), the First District Appellate Court made it a lot harder for non-manufacturers to free themselves from litigation through the Illinois Distributor’s statute (sometimes referred to as the “innocent seller’s statute” or “seller’s exception”). Under China Vitamins’ new interpretation of the…

Equity Indexed and Variable Annuities: What are the Limitations of a State Securities Regulator’s Authority Over Their Sales Practices? (The ABA Blue Sky Bugle Newsletter, March 2018)

Two Illinois cases, Van Dyke v. Jesse White, 2016 IL App (4th) 141109 (currently pending before the Illinois Supreme Court as Docket No. 121452) and Thrivent Investment Management v. Illinois Securities Department, Circuit Court of Cook County Case No. 2016-CH-16406 (currently pending before the First District Appellate…

Outside Business Activity*, Practical Compliance and Risk Management for the Securities Industry

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)1 has adopted and proposed important changes to the current regulatory scheme and obligations relating to notice and supervision of outside business activities and private securities transactions. For a number of years, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) rules 3030, 3040 and 3050 were the principal…

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