Michael F. Iasparro, the partner-in-charge of the firm's Rockford office, has been appointed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to serve as the next U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District.

The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that the Association of Croatian American Professionals (ACAP) has honored partner Tomislav Kuzmanovic with its 2024 ACAP Professional Excellence Award in Law, Governance, and Public Policy. He was officially recognized at the ACAP Conference Gala on Saturday, October 5, 2024, in Las Vegas.

The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that partner Tomislav Z. Kuzmanovic has been appointed to serve as Partner-in-Charge of Hinshaw's Milwaukee, Wisconsin office. Kuzmanovic will be responsible for the office's day-to-day management and strategic direction.

Read Hinshaw partner David Cole's co-authored Compliance Week guide, which provides in-house counsel and compliance professionals with best practices and practical steps for conducting internal investigations.

Hinshaw's David S. Weinstein, a Miami-based partner and former federal prosecutor, was quoted in a Daily Business Review article titled "Razor Blades and Hit Men: Meet Miami Lawyers Who Have Defended and Represented Alleged Cartel Members." The piece addresses some of the unique aspects of being a prosecutor or criminal defense attorney when the defendant is an alleged drug cartel member.

Hinshaw's Tom Kuzmanovic—along with other members of the legal teams involved in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) trials that followed what is known as Operation Storm—presented an exclusive webinar on August 4, 2020. The program was covered by Croatia Week in an article titled "VIDEO: Lawyers for Generals Gotovina and Markač Give Overview of Operation Storm and the ICTY Trials That Followed."

Hinshaw attorneys Conrad C. Nowak and Kenneth E. Yeadon are scheduled to present a CLE on August 29th, 2018, as part of the Lunchtime Seminar Series.

Hinshaw partner Ken Yeadon will moderate a panel presentation titled "Global Risk Management and Compliance Strategies," on Wednesday, May 23 at the 18th Annual SuperConference in Chicago. The event is designed for and by General Counsel from Fortune 1000 companies. Yeadon's panel will address common risks that global organizations are confronting, and will offer provide preventative compliance strategies.

Read an in-house compliance guide for responding to Executive Order (EO) 14209, which paused all future investigations and enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for at least 180 days.

On March 4, 2020, the SEC proposed a set of amendments designed to simplify and improve the exempt offering framework. The SEC's stated goal is to make it easier for issuers to access the capital markets and to provide additional investment opportunities for investors.

On June 25, 2014, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert ("Alert") addressing arrangements between clinical laboratories and referring physicians. The Alert provides insight into those payment arrangements which the OIG believes raise enforcement concerns under the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).