Illinois Bar Journal

The Magazine of Illinois Lawyers

June 2009Volume 97Number 6Pages 269-319

Practice News

284
Illinois Law Update

Amendments to DUI statute should be harmonized; Illinois Redeploy Program amended; rules implementing Illinois Community Care Program revised; and more.

See cases, legislation, and administrative agencies.

Articles

288
Law and Technology | By Helen W. Gunnarsson

Are you Linkedin? Facebooking? Tweeting? Or still figuring out what it's all about and why you should care? Here's a lawyer's guide to social networking.

294
Tort Law | By David E. Mueller and Jennier L. Wolf

The Illinois Supreme Court held in Ready that settling defendants are excluded from the joint-and-several-liability equation, leaving nonsettling defendants at risk of higher payout.

302
Tort Law | By James W. Davidson

Is recovery for legal malpractice barred if the plantiff-client is more than 50 percent to blame? Here's the case for and against.

304
Employment Law | By Kevin Bennardo

This article reviews the applicable laws - including the Ledbetter Act - and Illinois-based cases.

308
Contracts | By Joseph Siprut

The first district found for Micheal Jordan against his former mistress in a case that, while interesting, includes a troubling analysis of the mutual-mistake doctrine you should know about.

Columns

312
Business Law | By Stephen Proctor

One should be ignored. The other must be reviewed and answered carefully.

314
Civil Practice | By Professor Jeffrey A. Parness

Illinois judges should be free to impose sanctions for misconduct after final judgement and on behalf of nonparties if the facts warrant.

316
Loss Prevention | By Karen Erger

The tenets of spycraft ("never go against your gut") make pretty good rules for recent admittees.