Top Illinois Law Firms Merge To Serve Clients Better New Creditor’s
Rights Firm Will Have Technology & Service in the Forefront
Chicago, Illinois, September 23, 2005—The law firms of Shapiro &
Kreisman, LLC and Fisher and Fisher, Attorneys at Law, PC announced
today that they will form a new firm effective October 1, 2005. The new firm
will be named Fisher and Shapiro, LLC. The firm will maintain its principal
office in Northbrook, Illinois and also keep an office in the .....[more]
Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Illinois Interest Act Is Preempted By
Federal Law For Mortgage Lenders That Are Federal Thrifts
In Van Der Molen v. Washington Mutual Finance, Inc., 2005 Ill.App. LEXIS
445, the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) held that a federal thrift was
not subject to the Illinois Interest Act's prohibition (found at 815 ILCS
205/4(1)(L) against pre-payment penalties where the loan's interest rate
exceeds 8%....[more]
Rights Firm Will Have Technology & Service in the Forefront
Chicago, Illinois, September 23, 2005—The law firms of Shapiro &
Kreisman, LLC and Fisher and Fisher, Attorneys at Law, PC announced
today that they will form a new firm effective October 1, 2005. The new firm
will be named Fisher and Shapiro, LLC. The firm will maintain its principal
office in Northbrook, Illinois and also keep an office in the .....[more]
Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Illinois Interest Act Is Preempted By
Federal Law For Mortgage Lenders That Are Federal Thrifts
In Van Der Molen v. Washington Mutual Finance, Inc., 2005 Ill.App. LEXIS
445, the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) held that a federal thrift was
not subject to the Illinois Interest Act's prohibition (found at 815 ILCS
205/4(1)(L) against pre-payment penalties where the loan's interest rate
exceeds 8%....[more]