Illinois Bar Journal: June 2009


June 2009	VOLUME 97	Pages 269-319	NUMBER 6

COVER STORY 288
COLUMNS
274	LETTERS Five Wishes "zero cases of litigation"
312	BUSINESS LAW By Stephen Proctor Two Corporate Communications Your Client May Be Getting One should be ignored. The other must be reviewed and answered carefully.
314	CIVIL PRACTICE By Professor Jeffrey A. Parness Postjudgement Sanctions: Do Trial Courts Have Too Little Power? Illinois judges should be free to impose sanctions for misconduct after final judgement and on behalf of nonparties if the facts warrant.
316	LOSS PREVENTION By Karen Erger A Spy in the House of Law The tenets of spycraft ("never go against your gut") make pretty good rules for recent admittees.

PRACTICE NEWS
278	LAWPULSE \| By Helen W. Gunnarsson Sexual harrassment and the chain of command: victory for defendants in asbestos case; social networking 1.0; making evidence meaningful; faster resolution urged for custody; SLAPP suits.
284	ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE Amendments to DUI statute should be harmonized; Illinois Redeploy Program amended; rules implementing Illinois Community Care Program revised; and more.
ARTICLES
288	LAW AND TECHNOLOGY \| By Helen W. Gunnarsson Twitter and Linkedin and Facebook. Oh My! Are you Linkedin? Facebooking? Tweeting? Or still figuring out what it's all about and why you should care? Here's a lawyer's guide to social networking.
294	TORT LAW \| By David E. Mueller and Jennier L. Wolf *The Ready* answer: Settling Defendants' Fault Can't Be Used to Determine Joint Liability** The Illinois Supreme Court held in Ready that settling defendants are excluded from the joint-and-several-liability equation, leaving nonsettling defendants at risk of higher payout.
302	TORT LAW \| By James W. Davidson Does the "51-Percent Rule" Apply to Legal Malpractice Actions? Is recovery for legal malpractice barred if the plantiff-client is more than 50 percent to blame? Here's the case for and against.
304	EMPLOYMENT LAW \| By Kevin Bennardo Claimants Beware: Strict Deadlines Limit Federal Employment Discrimination Suits This article reviews the applicable laws - including the Ledbetter Act - and Illinois-based cases.
308	CONTRACTS \| By Joseph Siprut Jordan v Knafel: A Troubling Take on Mutual Mistake? The first district found for Micheal Jordan against his former mistress in a case that, while interesting, includes a troubling analysis of the mutual-mistake doctrine you should know about.