The Illinois Supreme Court amended Rules 11, 12, 361, 267, 373, 381 and 383 to reflect the popularity and efficiency of third-party commercial carriers, Judge Barbara Crowder writes in the latest ISBA Trial Briefs newsletter. Attorneys will no longer run afoul of the rules by using a commercial carrier instead of the USPS when filing documents with courts or applying the mailbox rule to deadlines. Read the article here. And join the Civil Practice section to get every issue of Trial Briefs delivered to your e-mail inbox or -- in fine USPS fashion -- your mailbox.