June, 2008
VOLUME 96
NUMBER 6
Pages 269-324

COLUMNS
274 LETTERS
 

Sharia law; Rukavina and law-related services.

276

PRESIDENT'S PAGE
 

By Joseph G. Bisceglia

A Busy Year Comes to an End
A look at how the ISBA's important work advanced this year.

309

FOR NEW LAWYERS:
ASKED AND ANSWERED

 

An expensive daughter dilemma.

314 BUSINESS LAW
 

By Lin Hanson

Don't Use an LLC for asset protection
learn how creditors can get at an llC member's personal assets.

316

LOSS PREVENTION

 

By Karen Erger

Is a co-signer entitled to a foreclosure notice?

318 CIVIL PRACTICE
 

By Jeffrey A. Parness

Residents Suing Nonresidents for Harm in Illinois
Two recent appellate cases limit the power to sue nonresidents.

PRACTICE NEWS

 
278 LAWPULSE | By Helen W. Gunnarsson

DUI changes effective June 1; Home Repair and Remodeling Act unfair? Medicaid law doesn't preempt state's ability to collect; fraudulent misrepresentation tort limited; and more.

284

ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE

No discretionary immunity for retaliatory discharge of employee; UCC filing rules amended; Collection Agency Act amended;
and more.

ARTICLES
288

LAW PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT
|
By Helen W. Gunnarsson

 

Law-Firm Compensation Systems Explained
Wondering whether your firm's compensation scheme needs an overhaul? Here's a look at what others are doing.

294

CIVIL PRACTICE | By Ross B. Edwards

Hudson: New Limits on a Plaintiff's Right to Refile a Voluntarily Dismissed Case
A controversial new case from the Illinois Supreme Court bars the refiling of a voluntarily dismissed claim when a partially dispositive motion has been granted.
298

REAL ESTATE LAW |By Brian R. Kalb

Caveat Contractor: Recent Cases Interpret the Home Repair and Remodeling Act
A discussion of recent HRRA cases, including a new one from the supreme court holding that the Act doesn't apply to subcontractors.
304 EVIDENCE | By Robert J. Steigmann
When Hearsay Testimony Is a Nonevent Under the Confrontation Clause
An Illinois Appellate Court justice says that a witness who disavows his or her own hearsay statements is not "unavailable" as to those statements.
310

FAMILY LAW | By Thomas J. Kasper

 

The Impact of Order-of-Protection Remedies on Divorce
Some OP remedies, such as temporary custody, can have a huge effect on a subsequent divorce. Find out how to protect your client's interest.