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Neal Gerber Eisenberg said it will host more than 150 lawyers in Chicago for Interlaw’s Annual Global Meeting on October 21–23, 2026. The firm said this will be the network’s first annual global meeting in Chicago and its first in the United States in nearly a decade.
Neal Gerber Eisenberg said Johnathan Foster joined its Corporate & Securities group as a partner in Chicago. The firm said Foster brings nearly a decade of mergers and acquisitions and private equity experience, advising Fortune 500 companies, middle-market sponsors, funds and portfolio companies on domestic and cross-border transactions.
Neal Gerber Eisenberg said intellectual property partner Emer Simic will join industry and in-house leaders at ACI’s second annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation USA & Canada, listed for October 14–16, 2026. The firm said the featured session examines the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous Hikma v. Amarin decision on skinny labels.
Neal Gerber Eisenberg said it published a September employment law update examining federal wage-and-hour guidance, labor board precedent and new workplace legislation in New York and Illinois. The firm’s article reviewed five developments and outlined policy, recordkeeping and hiring issues for employers to consider.
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg said it released a discussion of employer-sponsored healthcare considerations for benefits and human resources leaders preparing for 2027. The firm identified employee-benefits partner Andrew Douglass and Optimatum Solutions CEO David Neikrug as the speakers in the recording, which addressed healthcare spending and oversight.
Neal Gerber Eisenberg said partner Michael Gray, who leads its private equity, venture capital and growth companies and its fund formation and investment management practices, was quoted by InvestmentNews on how the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate rise in three years would affect registered investment adviser M&A. The firm said Gray expects higher rates to push deal prices down and buyers to lean on rollover equity, without changing the design of most transactions.