Fred M. AckersonCounselMcDermott Will & Emery Websitewww.mwe.comBlogwww.mwe.com/insightsConnectEmailTwitterLinkedIn312-984-6929 Professional Biography Fred M. Ackerson is counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Chicago office. Fred focuses his practice on state and local tax planning and controversies. More Legal and Business Bylines From Fred M. Ackerson What to Know About Illinois’s 2025 Amnesty Programs - (Posted On Friday, June 27, 2025) Illinois Enacts Pass-Through Entity Tax to Help Partners and S Corporation Shareholders Avoid the $10,000 SALT Cap - (Posted On Saturday, September 04, 2021) Illinois Amnesty Programs Now Underway - (Posted On Tuesday, October 01, 2019) Choices for Illinois Taxpayers in Implementing the 2017 Income Tax Rate Increase - (Posted On Thursday, February 15, 2018) llinois Franchise Tax Relief on the Horizon - (Posted On Tuesday, December 05, 2017) Tax Changes Implemented As Part of Revenue Package Supporting Illinois Budget - (Posted On Saturday, July 08, 2017) Plain and Simple: Maryland Tax Court Holds Insurance Company is Exempt from Corporate Income Taxes - (Posted On Wednesday, May 13, 2015) U.S. Supreme Court Turns its Attention to State Tax, Agrees to Hear “Double Taxation” Case - (Posted On Monday, June 02, 2014) Section 752 Proposed Regulations Regarding Partnership Recourse Liabilities and Rules for Related Persons - (Posted On Monday, January 27, 2014) Current Legal Analysis DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group Outlines Healthcare Fraud Priorities by: Mary Jane Wilmoth President Trump Signs ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act,’ Adopting Permanent Qualified Opportunity Zone Provisions with Rolling Deferral by: James O. Lang , Sanford C. Presant Drafting of Corporate and M&A Documents for 2025 Delaware General Corporation Law Amendments by: Nathan P. Emeritz , Diane N. Ibrahim When Saying Goodbye Is Not Forever: Ex-Spouses Who Continue as Business Partners After Divorce by: Ladd Hirsch Hot Dogs, Fireworks, and the One Big Beautiful Bill: What Employers Need to Know About the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Changes by: Tzvia Feiertag , Elliot Katz Texas Amends Restrictive Covenant Laws for Healthcare Providers by: David J. Clark Ninth Circuit Confirms Bristol-Myers’ Rule Applies to Notice in FLSA Collective Actions by: Matthew P.F. Linnabary , Robert J. Hingula NEPA in Flux: NEPA's Regulatory Retreat, the Rise of Agency Discretion, and Expedited NEPA for a Fee by: Rachael L. Lipinski , Molly A. Lawrence OSHA Issues NPRMs Affecting 26 Standards, Proposes Key Changes for Employers by: John Surma Most Law Firms Are Building on Leaky Foundations, and AI Will Expose It by: Mark Doble OFCCP Proposes Sweeping Overhaul of Federal Contractor Compliance Rules by: Guy Brenner , Mallory E. Knudsen Deadline for New Country-Specific Reciprocal Tariff Rates Delayed to August 1, With Some Rate Increases Scheduled by: Lydia C. Pardini , Deanna Tanner Okun SEC Revisits ‘Finder’ Exemption: Potential Impacts for Small Businesses and the Capital Markets by: Michael Blane , Richard A. Friedman CALIFORNIA DELETE ACT: Less Than Six Months To Go Until Creation Of “One-Stop Shop” Deletion Mechanism For Data Brokers by: Tammana Malik ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Leaves AI Regulation to States and Localities … For Now by: Guy Brenner , Jonathan P. Slowik Upcoming Events Jul 9 2025 July 9 WEBINAR | Crossing Borders: US Business Immigration Strategies for Israeli Companies Jul 9 2025 Employment Law in the US Jul 10 2025 Mandatory Roth Catch-up Jul 10 2025 Checkmate: Making the Right Moves in Complex Workplace Investigations Print
