Illinois Bar Journal

The Magazine of Illinois Lawyers

November 2009Volume 97Number 11Pages 537-588

Practice News

552
Illinois Law Update

Power company has duty to respond to downed power line with due care; text-messaging while driving banned; new rules set standards for dementia care units; and more.

See cases, legislation, and administrative agencies.

Articles

556
DUI / Adminstrative | By Helen W. Gunnarsson

A plain-language primer on the SOS process, including some unwritten rules about how to represent your DUI client.

562
Trusts and Estates | By Lyman W. Welch and Susan T. Bart
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Estate Planning / Insurance | By Stephen M. Margolin and Valerie J. Freireich

An elderly - and wealthy - person lets investors buy insurance on his life in return for cash, and everyone makes money. Or do they?

569
Estate Planning / Insurance | By James C. Shanley

An elderly - and wealthy - person lets investors buy insurance on his life in return for cash, and everyone makes money. Or do they?

576
Evidence | By Joanne Hannaway Sweeney & Benjamin J. Wimmer

A recent amendment to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules obscures the purpose of the discovery deposition and the range of its uses

580
Agency | By Justin Lee Heather

This article analyzes the first district's rejection of a plaintiff's assertion that a cab driver was the agent of the cab company.

Columns

544
President's Page | By John G . O'Brien

With the bar year not half over, the ISBA YLD has been active on many fronts.

584
Finding Illinois Law | By Tom Gaylord

RECAP, a Firefox extension, provides free access to otherwise pay-per-view federal documents on the PACER system.

585
The Judge's Corner | By Hon. Ron Spears

Despite the best analysis of the best evidence, predicting human behavior is a risky business.