Putting the Fun in Law

Let’s face it — law firms are often considered pretty stale and boring places. Although most things surrounding the law are serious, like big real estate purchaes, there are ways to make the experience less drab and a little more enjoyable.

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What’s In The Multi-Board 7.0 Contract?

In a couple of weeks, the Multi-Board 7.0 is going to drop, with the intention of retiring the 6.1 sometime in February or March 2019.  Though the 6.1 served us well, the industry evolves, and our contract need to evolve with us. Here are 3 quick

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The Multi-Board 7.0 Contract Form Is Coming! What’s In It?

Since 2015, the Multi-Board 6.1e has been the contract to use for real estate professionals in the Chicago area.  This year, the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association (IRELA) has been hard at work on the new and improved version, the 7.0.  The

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Park District Releases Updated Plans For Renovation of Jackson Park and South Shore Golf Courses

In case you hadn’t heard, Tiger Woods is coming to the south side.  Sort of.  In 2016, his golf course design company, TGR Design, signed on to oversee the “restoration” of the Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses into a PGA

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Spreading Some Non-Profit Love

LoftusLaw is decidedly for profit.  However, it is important to give back.  Not only does it feel good to give, it is just the right thing to do.  Hopefully I can inspire some giving here, by telling you a little bit about my favorite charities.

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It Always Feels Like Somebody’s Watching Me!

At first glance, this picture does not look particularly controversial or even interesting. But if you look closely, there is something extremely important going on here. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, has placed a piece of tape over the webcam

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What Is Airfare Hacking?

Some of you know that I just got back from a short trip to see the sites in Warsaw, Poland.  Whether it is a good idea to lose and gain 7 hours in the span of 5 days is debatable, the trip was a great success.  The best part is that the whole trip

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Financial Planning In The Era of Marriage Equality

Everyone should have some kind of financial plan.  For many people, this does not become clear until they get married and start a family.  Once there is more than one person to think about supporting, it becomes fairly obvious that a plan must be

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