Most home-sale contracts empower attorneys to propose modifications. But do those "proposals" effectively nullify the contract?
February 2005 • Volume 93 • Number 2
Practice News
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Articles
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Last year, the US. and Illinois Supreme Courts issued Miranda opinions – and the issue remains as confusing as ever.
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Divorce and financial distress often go hand in hand. Here's a bankruptcy primer for matrimonial lawyers.
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The Supreme Court recently established when an employer can assert an affirmative defense to a claim of supervisor–created hostile work environment that leads to constructive discharge.
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This article offers a trial lawyers' perspective on how the apparent agency doctrine has evolved since Gilbert v Sycamore Municipal Hospital
Columns
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The growth in new lawyers is overwhelming our traditional post-law-school training system.
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All you really need to know about trial practice you learned in tee ball.
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The IRS is taking a harder look at how the parties to buy-sell agree-ments for closely held businesses are calculating fair-market value.
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Beware: dissolving law firm can end up sans malpractice coverage.