IL Bar Journal
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JUNE, 2004 VOLUME 92 NUMBER 6

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COLUMNS

317 LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY
Outstanding Law Office Management to an Expert

By Paul Sullivan
   
319 MALPRACTICE PREVENTION UPDATE
The Alligator in the Toilet: 10 Loss-Prevention Myths Debunked

By Karen Erger
 
321 LEGAL COMMUNICATION
Communicating Change

By Maureen B. Collins
 

DEPARTMENTS

282 Letters to the Editor
314 Advertisers in this Issue
284 President's Page
301 Referral Directory
322 PracticeMart
   

PRACTICE NEWS

286

LAW PULSE; By Helen Gunnarsson
Hall v Henn discourages neighborliness, critics say; Ethics overkill? Legislators consider the Gestational Surrogacy Act; and more.

   
292

ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE
Finding of parental unfitness must be specific to each child; trusts for domestic animals are valid; regs implement call registry; and more.

 

ARTICLES

  TRIAL PRACTICE
296 The Brave New World of Electronic Discovery
Most information is stored and sent electronically, but most litigators live in the peper-laden past. Here's an overview of e-discovery issues.
By R. Mark Halligan

   
  ESTATE PLANNINIG/HIPAA
302 Are Statutory Health Care POAs HIPAA-Compliant?
Do your health care POA forms pass HIPAA muster? Read and find out.
By Helen W. Gunnarsson

   
  ETHICS
306 Proposed New Rules of Professional Conduct for Illinois Lawyers
A joint ISBA/CBA committee's recommendations for selected new rules of professional conduct.
By Robert A. Creamer and Thomas P. Luning

   
  ESTATE PLANNING/PROBATE
310 When Can A Disabled Surviving Spouse Renounce a Will?
This article reviews the murky law of will renunciation by mentally incompetent surviving spouses.
By Thomas A. Pasquesi

   

PRACTICE TIPS

  REAL ESTATE/LANDLORD-TENTANT
315 When Can Landlords Refuse Tenant Requests to Sublease?
A look at a landlord's obligation to be "reasonable" when a tenant wants to sublet.
By Brian K. Kozminski