December, 2006 VOLUME 94
Pages 633 - 638
NUMBER 12

COLUMNS

 
638 LETTERS
 

Defending the attorney-client privilege

640 PRESIDENT'S PAGE
 

By Irene F. Bahr

A Second Season of Service - Master Attorneys
A special ISBA committee will help retired lawyers serve those who need counsel.

682

FOR NEW LAWYERS :ASKED AND ANSWERED
 

Must Homebuilders Give Buyers an Express
Warranty?

678 CIVIL PRACTICE
By Jeffrey A. Parness

Arbitration Clauses: The Singular Approach in Cingular Wireless
The Illinois Supreme Court lays down the law on arbitration agreements.

680 BUSINESS LAW
 

By Lin Hanson

Shareholder Agreements in Illinois
The history of - and practice pointers about - shareholder agreements for close corporations.

684 LOSS PREVENTION
 

By Karen Erger

Billing Gallantly
There's no substitute for accurate, descriptive, regular billing statements.

PRACTICE NEWS

 
642 LAWPULSE | By Helen W. Gunnarsson
Cross-examination and impeachment techniques for DUI defense; living-trust scams; worker finds light at end of carpal tunnel; elder self-neglect.

584

ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE

Need for support not a factor in terminating maintenance in de facto marriage; partially consumed bottles of wine allowed to leave restaurants; rules for electronic transmission of election info updated; and more.

ARTICLES
654

CIVIL PRACTICE | By Helen W. Gunnarsson

 

Cross-Examination: Beyond the Perry Mason Moment
Though you shouldn't count on a surprise case-winning confession, there's a lot you can do to improve your performance on cross.

660

FAMILY LAW | By Michael K. Goldberg

New Amendments to the Illinois Grandparent Visitation Statute
Effective January 1, grandparents can petition for visitation during a divorce and after some types of adoptions.

663

FAMILY LAW | By Morris Lane Harvey

The Grandparent Visitation Statute Violates Parents' Due Process Rights
Is the new statute constitutionally infirm like its predecessor?

666
LOCAL GOVERNMENT/
OPEN MEETINGS
| By John H. Brechin
  E-Mail and the Open Meetings Act
Beginning in January, members of public bodies can attend by "electronic means" under some circumstances.or opines.
670

EVIDENCE | By Charles L. Philbrick

 

Where Spoliation of Evidence Meets the Duty to Defend
A look at the law of spoliation from the insured's perspective.

674 EVIDENCE | By Theodore J. Koerth and Christopher E. Paetsch
  How to Admit E-Mail and Web Pages into Evidence
The emerging legal standards.