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PRACTICE
NEWS
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LAWPULSE
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By Helen W. Gunnarsson |
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$12K
support debt spawns $1 million penalty; supremes rule on grandparent
visitation statute; supreme court oral arguments go online; and
more.
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ILLINOIS
LAW UPDATE
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Employer’s
handbook revisions did not make employee at-will; Nursing Home Care
Act amended; new CDB procedures for selecting design-build firms;
and more. |
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LAW
OFFICE MANAGEMENT | By G.M. Filisko
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Law
Firm Marketing 101
You didn’t go to law school to be a salesperson, but
you still have to sell yourself to prospective clients. Here’s
how.
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CIVIL
PRACTICE | By Timothy J. Storm
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Vision
Point: A Course
Correction on Requests to Admit
This important new opinion makes it easier for judges to allow
extensions for responding to requests to admit. |
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EMPLOYMENT/
HUMAN
RIGHTS
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By
StephenE. Balogh, Randall D. Schmidt and
Lindsey Marcus |
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The
New Illinois Right-to-Sue Law for Employment Discrimination
The Illinois Human Rights Act now provides for a right to a jury
in the Illinois circuit court in employment discrimination cases. |
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DEATH
PENALTY | By Thomas P. Sullivan
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Proposed
Reforms to the Illinois Capital Punishment System: A Status Report
A look at the fate of commission proposals for death-penalty reform.
Bottom line: the system is better but there’s room for improvement. |
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DUI/SEARCH
AND SEIZURE | By Bruce L. Carmen |
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Police
Interrogation of Motorists at Traffic Stops
The Fourth Amendment prohibits police from turning routine traffic
stops into investigations of other criminal activity. |
