Practice News

 In her June Illinois Bar Journal article, “Admitting Medical Expenses at Trial,” Cook County Circuit Court Judge Eileen Marie O’Connor overview of Illinois law on the admissibility of medical bills and the practical application of such at trial.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is accepting applications for three openings: Administrative Law Judge (Springfield), Supervisory Regional Counsel (Rockford), and Senior Regional Counsel (Champaign).

 In her June Illinois Bar Journal article, “The Deepfake Dilemma,” Donna Etemadi discusses recently introduced and enacted legislation combatting the endemic of sexually explicit deepfakes that threaten the lives of individuals—predominantly women and girls. Legislative proposals regulating deepfake content are moving slowly, Etemadi notes, but early attempts to combat a worrisome technology provide glimpses into the issues at stake.

 You’ve heard that medical malpractice cases can be expensive, but you figure the doctor’s insurance should settle fairly easily and quickly. Take a few depositions, box the defendant doctor at their deposition, and wait for the offer. After all, a case is a case, right? How hard can it be, … right? Wrong, says James H. Dawdy in his June Illinois Bar Journal article, “Avoiding the Medical Malpractice Money Pit.”  Much like Tom Hanks and Shelley Long in the 1980s movie “The Money Pit,” Dawdy warns that, like the nightmare home from the movie, you may have just purchased a house that looks good on the outside but then sucks your bank account dry.