WHAT: Oral arguments for two cases, People v. Marshall and E.W., etc., et al., v. The Board of Education of East St. Louis School District #189 will be held before the Illinois Supreme Court and an audience of around 600 students and local community members. A question-and-answer session with Ninth Judicial Circuit Court Judges Heidi Benson and Nigel Graham, along with attorney Emily Sutton, will follow the oral arguments.
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March 9, 2026 | Practice News
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March 9, 2026 | Practice News
In the March issue of the Illinois Bar Journal, Reuben A. Bernick revisits a previous IBJ article of his assessing the conflict between: a) cases holding that postdecree proceeds from the sale of retirement assets were income subject to child support and maintenance and b) other cases holding that such proceeds were not income and therefore not subject to support obligations. Reuben, in his March 2026 article, “Divorced Income,” says there continues to be no definitive resolution to this conflict in the caselaw.
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March 5, 2026 |
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By: Allison Howard, UIC Law Fair Housing Legal Clinic Student and Professor Allison K. Bethel, Director, UIC Law Fair Housing Legal Clinic
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March 5, 2026 | Practice News
Firm engaged as Opening Networking Reception Sponsor at Perrin Conferences event
ALTON, Ill. (March 4, 2026) – Simmons Hanly Conroy, a national leader in the legal representation of mesothelioma patients and their families, has partnered with Perrin Conferences in support of this year’s Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference taking place March 4-6 at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Resort.
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March 4, 2026 |
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Kansas City, Mo – Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice has launched a new Public-Sector Risk Management & Consulting service focused on helping government agencies, law enforcement organizations and insurers manage risk, strengthen accountability and support defensible decision-making in high-scrutiny environments.
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March 3, 2026 | Practice News
(CHICAGO, IL)—Goldberg Segalla added Shannon M. Trevithick to the firm’s Global Insurance Services practice group in Chicago.
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March 2, 2026 | Practice News
Just in time for the Oscar’s, the Illinois Bar Journal’s March cover story offers a critique of not-so-great lawyers and judges from film and television. Despite their hyperbolic nature, such fictional attorneys’ dilemmas still illustrate real-life ethical issues worth examining, says Stuart Teicher, a New Jersey-based disciplinary grievance investigator, legal ethics educator and speaker, and former practicing attorney.
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February 23, 2026 | Practice News
Notice is hereby given that the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071, proposes modifications to Circuit Rule 40(e).Written comments on the proposed rule changes should be sent by May 26, 2026, to:
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February 23, 2026 | Practice News
Molshree Sharma in her February Illinois Bar Journal article, “When Courts Create Rules of Return,” notes that courts have sometimes ordered the return of a minor child under specific conditions that the petitioning parent must comply with to balance the competing concerns of ensuring the return of minor children to their habitual residence with preventing or ideally eliminating grave harm. These conditions are typically called “ameliorative measures” or “undertakings.” In her article, Sharma assesses the split in the U.S.
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February 20, 2026 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hear comments on submitted proposals on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at a public hearing beginning at 10 a.m. at the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 222 N. LaSalle Street, 13th Floor, in Chicago. All proposals must be approved by the Illinois Supreme Court before they can take effect.
The hearing will be livestreamed here.