If one thing is clear from the Illinois Bar Journal’s March cover story, it’s that now is not the time to ignore cyber-security threats. The article, “How Cyber-Secure Are You?,” unpacks a pair of ISBA continuing legal education programs held in late 2024 that provided guidance on common cyber vulnerabilities for lawyers. The article explores various concerns, including ethics, compromised emails, hacking tactics, financial-information vulnerabilities, and what lawyers can do to safeguard their computer and network systems from cyber-criminals.
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March 5, 2025 | Practice News
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February 24, 2025 | Practice News
The topic of immigration in the U.S. has always been controversial, including during Abraham Lincoln’s time. In his February Illinois Bar Journal column, “Lincoln, Immigrants, and the American Dream,” retired judge and Lincoln historian Ron Spears revisits Lincoln’s views on immigration, formed as the country, not yet 100 years old, continued to experience wave after wave of population growth due to people from all over the world seeking a better life here.
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February 24, 2025 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hear comments on six proposals on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 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.
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February 20, 2025 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court will leave the Illinois Supreme Court Building in Springfield behind for a day and “ride the circuit” to hear oral arguments at Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale on March 18, 2025.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases starting at 10 a.m. (all guests are asked to be seated by 9:30 a.m.), on Tuesday, March 18, at the SIU Student Center, located at 1255 Lincoln Dr. in Carbondale. The cases before the court will be People v. Hoffman and Hulsh v. Hulsh.
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February 18, 2025 | Practice News
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) software can produce apparently quality legal work, leading some to wonder whether an attorney’s work will become streamlined and efficient at best or redundant at worst. The good news? Although generative AI technology appears to be changing the legal industry rapidly (or is at least marketed as doing so), the obligations for being an attorney are changing at a decidedly slower pace. In his February 2025 Illinois Bar Journal article, “Prompt Service,” Joshua L.
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February 13, 2025 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed attorney Ashley N. Shambley of Chicago to serve as a member of the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) Review Board effective on January 1, 2025, and expiring on December 31, 2027. The ARDC is the Supreme Court agency that investigates allegations of lawyer wrongdoing in Illinois.
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February 10, 2025 |
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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agence currently has the following open positions:
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February 10, 2025 | Practice News
Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Matthew E. Vaughn as a Resident Circuit Judge in Wayne County in the Second Judicial Circuit.
Mr. Vaughn was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael J. Molt on November 30, 2024. The appointment of Mr. Vaughn is effective February 20, 2025, and will conclude on December 7, 2026, following the November 2026 general election.
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February 10, 2025 | Practice News
The antidote to late-trial self-doubting may be a high-low settlement agreement with the other side before the jury reaches a verdict, suggests Cook County Circuit Court Judge John H. Ehrlich in his February 2025 Illinois Bar Journal article, “The Highs & Lows of High-Low Agreements.” Yes, Judge Ehrlich notes, a high-low settlement presents unique risks because the parties typically negotiate its terms under short time constraints and a great deal of stress.
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February 7, 2025 | Practice News
A leading appellate attorney reviews the two Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, February 6.