Join ISBA President Dennis Orsey and his wife, Cathy, on a seven-night cruise aboard Oceania Cruises’ Marina. This incredible trip will travel from Venice to Rome. For those who want to spend more time in Venice, an optional Venice pre-cruise program is available.  The cruise is scheduled to take place April 14-21, 2022. A registration form is available online.

To celebrate Well-Being Week in Law, the ISBA is offering a complimentary live yoga program to the first 500 registrants, plus access to four additional on-demand de-stress at your desk classes. Register for the Virtual Wellbeing Box: Destress At Your Desk. You'll receive a daily email starting Monday, May 3 to help you feel better at work.

Join us from 10 until 11 a.m. on May 5 as we kick off Well-Being Week in Law with this complimentary CLE program that explores how the pandemic has impacted the mental health and well-being of Illinois attorneys. Attendees will learn how to help a depressed colleague in need, the repercussions of substance abuse, and how to bridge the gap that the pandemic’s social distancing has created.

A lawyer on a Zoom videoconference with other attorneys has to take a phone call during the meeting. But he forgets to press mute as he begins to discuss details of a high-stakes negotiation with the person on the phone. Lots of arm waving from the other Zoom participants ensues, but to no avail. Also, the Zoom host had left the room, leaving no one with the power to mute the attorney. Did the loquacious lawyer breach his duties to his client? What were the duties, if any, of the innocent lawyer-bystanders who were now in possession of very significant information? What about the opposing party in the real estate transaction, were she to be presented with this information? In his April Illinois Bar Journal ethics column, “No, I Am Not a Cat,” Illinois State Bar Association General Counsel Charles Northrup examines this situation—a new twist on the old “errant fax” issue made more unique by now-widely used technology.