COLUMNS

LETTERS
Involuntary commitment; polygraphs and rape victims.

By John G. O'Brien
Nominate Yourself for an ISBA Committee or Section

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FOR NEW LAWYERS:
ASKED AND ANSWERED
Will I lose my stepchildren?

FINDING ILLINOIS LAW
By Tom Gaylord
Illinois Statutory and Legislative Resources
The statutes are online, of course. But here are other free resources.

FAMILY LAW
By H. Joseph Gitlin
Live-in Partners and the "No Impact" Rule
Courts no longer per se prohibit live-in partners for unmarried custodians.

By James K. Weston
New RESPA Regulation Finally Arrives
HUD has finally pushed out its RESPA regs. Here's an at-a-glance review.

PRACTICE NEWS

LAWPULSE | By Helen W. Gunnarsson
1099s for deadbeat clients? Disclosing "controlled business arrangements"; no five-o'clock world for e-filing; disagreement among appellate divisions creates split of authority; and more.

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ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE
Subpoena for medical records sufficiently limited in scope; Good Samaritan Act amended; new responsibilities for electronic registration and titling service providers; and more.

ARTICLES

LAW PRACTICE
MANAGEMENT | By Helen W. Gunnarsson
Taking Down Your Shingle
Selling or otherwise closing your private practice? Don't forget to take care of important business before you do.

DISCOVERY | By Joseph R. Marconi
Electronic Discovery: Dealing with Disclosure of Metadata
The question isn't whether confidential client information will be disclosed during electronic discovery but what to do when it happens.

CHILD SUPPORT | By Sara L. Busche
The Price of Not Paying: Tools for Enforcing Child-Support Collection
Illinois child-support obligors who refuse to pay risk losing driving privileges, professional licenses, the right to hunt or fish, and other penalties.

COPYRIGHT | By J. Joseph McCoy
The Business Attorney's Guide to Copyright Law
As copyright interests grow increasingly valuable, businesses that fail to protect their creative works run high legal risks.

VOIR DIRE | By Marc B. Stahl
Objections During Voir Dire Examination of Prospective Jurors
The Illinois legal community lacks a set of commonly understood, shorthand objections to identify improper questions during voir dire examination of prospective jurors.