Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner André Sesler has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida Law Center Association (LCA).

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner April Toy of the firm’s Milwaukee office has been selected to participate in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) prestigious Puente Leadership Institute.

Hinshaw attorneys Ryan Michaels and Catherine Hedglon recently secured a notable win for their client before the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine at the Board's February 2026 quarterly meeting.

Read Hinshaw general counsel Steve Puiszis's insights in a recent Mealey's report on how generative AI is impacting attorney-client privilege and work product protections, and the practical steps firms should take to mitigate risk.

As several Am Law 200 firms face lawsuits alleging they represented clients despite conflicts of interest, Hinshaw partner Matt Henderson offers guidance on what firms should do to protect themselves and their clients—including going beyond a “perfunctory running of the conflicts” and ensuring advance waivers are narrowly tailored.

Read Bloomberg Law’s key takeaways from panels at Hinshaw’s 2026 Legal Malpractice and Risk Management Conference on AI, nonlawyer ownership in law firms, GC challenges, and more.

Hinshaw partner Kate Schnake will speak at the Practising Law Institute (PLI) Illinois Professional Responsibility MCLE Marathon on May 6.

Hinshaw partners John DeLascio, Barry MacEntee, and Jason Schulze will speak on separate panels at Global Access Week 2026, a Hinshaw-sponsored conference taking place March 10-12, 2026, in London, United Kingdom.

Join us at Hinshaw’s Annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management (LMRM) Conference –  the industry’s gold standard for advice on litigating legal malpractice claims and navigating legal malpractice insurance, professional responsibility, and innovative risk management strategies.

Hinshaw partner April Toy will moderate a webinar hosted by the Hispanic National Bar Association/VIA Solo-Small Summer Series, sponsored by Berkley Select on August 21, 2025.

On April 11, 2025, Hinshaw partners Bill Schiller and Ian Wagreich will present an Illinois State Bar Association webinar titled "LIVE WEB - Immigration Law 2025: Updates and Essentials Under the New Administration."

After conducting a retrospective review of existing federal regulations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued two final rules aimed at eliminating regulations on hospitals and other health care providers that have become unnecessary, obsolete or overly burdensome. These rules were issued in response to Executive Order 13563, in which President Obama called upon various federal agencies to “modify, streamline, or repeal” regulations that have become outmoded or impose unnecessary burdens. The first rule updates the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical-access hospitals (CAHs). The second, known as the Medicare Regulatory Reform rule, impacts both hospitals and other providers/suppliers of health care, including ambulatory surgical centers. Both rules will become effective 60 days from the date of their publication in the Federal Register.

On December 30, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued two sets of regulations that clarify how eligible health care providers can receive federal financial subsidies for their adoption and meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) technology. The regulations outline the proposed provisions governing EHR incentive payment programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Under the ARRA, eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid and that are meaningful users of certified EHR technology can receive incentive payments for their efforts to adopt, implement or upgrade certified EHR technology, or for meaningful use in the first year of their participation in the program and for demonstrating meaningful use during each of five subsequent years.

Learn how the New York AVOID Act significantly changes third-party practice and the key compliance steps to prepare for the law taking effect on April 19, 2026.

On May 28, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/2-1303, that applies a 6% prejudgment interest rate on all damages awarded in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Starting July 1, 2021, all personal injury and wrongful death actions will begin to accrue prejudgment interest from the date the action is filed or July 1, 2021, whichever date is later. Prejudgment interest accrual is limited to five years.

Discover the implications of a recent Georgia court’s legal malpractice ruling when a client uncovers decades-old fraudulent tax advice from their attorney. Explore how statutes of limitations and the duty of reasonable diligence can weaken even the strongest claims.

In a legal malpractice action arising out of revisions to a client's estate plan, the appellate court considered whether an attorney has a duty to evaluate a client's mental capacity and, if so, whether the plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to show the defendants (a law firm and its attorneys) were aware of their client's disability at the time they provided legal services.

As we say goodbye to 2024, we are pleased to announce our 2024 Hinshaw Readers’ Choice Awards in the professional liability and legal ethics category. The following are the Top 5 posts receiving the highest levels of engagement from our readers in 2024 on topics ranging from financial elder abuse claims and bar advisory opinions to attorney disqualification motions.

Read how California attorneys will face a new 2026 license-renewal requirement: annual re-attestation to the civility oath to conduct themselves with “dignity, courtesy, and integrity.”

What if a lawyer makes a mistake? What guidance do legal ethics rules provide regarding materiality, conflicts of interest, and disclosure requirements? Read our newsletter to learn the importance of notifying malpractice carriers about the error.

In states with Financial Elder Abuse statutes, legal malpractice claims by seniors invoking those statutes are common. These laws are generally understood to address the conversion of property of elderly or dependent adults based on undue influence or duress. In fact, liability can usually be established based on a showing of any wrongful taking of the elder's property.[1]