September, 2006 VOLUME 94
Pages 449-508
NUMBER 9

COLUMNS

 
454 LETTERS
 

Beyond deed and green.

456 PRESIDENT'S PAGE
 

By Irene F. Bahr
Free Online Research from Fastcase

This exciting benefit more than repays your dues investment.

499 FOR NEW LAWYERS
 

ASKED AND ANSWERED

Can a client's unemployed ex reduce his child support obligation?

500 BUSINESS LAW

By Lin Hanson
Corporate Voting

A refresher course on corporate voting rights.

504 FINDING ILLINOIS LAW
 

By Thomas Keefe
A Primer on the General Assembly's Web Site

It's now an excellent starting point for research.



PRACTICE NEWS

   
458 LAWPULSE | By Helen W. Gunnarsson
Legislature overturns one-year limit on family-law fee suits; legal malpractice plaintiffs can't recover lost punitives; streetside restaurants must protect patrons from vehicles; and more.

464

ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE

Eavesdropping statute applies only where all parties intended privacy; quitclaim deed requires notification of previous owners; electronic tax payments are timely if started prior to due date; and more.
ARTICLES
468

ATTORNEYS | By Helen W. Gunnarsson

  The New Pro Bono Reporting Requirement

What is a client of "limited means" for reporting purposes? What kinds of services count as "pro bono"? Justice Kilbride and others talk about pro bono reporting.

474

FAMILY LAW/
ATTORNEY FEES

| By Donald C. Schiller

Reasonable Fees in Dissolution of Marriage Cases

A look at what the cases say about what constitutes a "reasonable" attorney fee in a divorce proceeding.

484

CORPORATIONS

| By William E. Westerbeke

An Illinois Not-For-Profit Directors' Compliance Checklist

A carefully crafted compliance checklist can help board members stand up to today's careful scrutiny.

490
MUNICIPAL LAW/
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
By Kara N. Lundy
 

Municipal Sign Ordinances: Three Common Constitutional Flaws and Their Solutions

Here's how counsel for municipalities can cure three common sign-ordinance infirmities.

494

LIENS/
REAL ESTATE LAW

By Barbara A. Gimbel and Edward J. Anderson
 

Lender Leap-Frog: Conventional Subrogation in Lien Priority Disputes

A lender can take priority as lienholder even over a third party who recorded first. Find out how.