CHICAGO – July 30, 2025 – The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has elected Mark D. Hansen, Senior Associate General Counsel for GROWMARK, Inc., as its President-Elect for 2025-26. The announcement was made at the organization’s 2025 Annual Meeting July 10 in Québec City, Québec, Canada.
The IADC is the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests.
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July 30, 2025 |
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July 30, 2025 | CLE
Mediation is designed to resolve differences both in and out of the courts. It requires a very different mindset than courtroom litigation. This Master Series program trains practitioners to resolve conflicts in a non-adversarial, non-confrontational manner, allowing peaceful resolutions between parties. Attendees will receive a copy of The Practice of Mediation: A Video-Integrated Text, 3 rd Edition, which will be mailed to registrants prior to the program’s start date. -
July 28, 2025 | Practice News
After several years of starts and stops (and a pandemic), the Illinois Supreme Court adopted amendments allowing lawyers to pay for lead generation, writes the ISBA’s General Counsel Charles J. Northrup in his July Illinois Bar Journal ethics column, titled, “How Time Flies.” According to Northrup, the amendments provide much-needed clarity for lawyers and transparency for consumers. -
July 28, 2025 | Practice News
Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the recall and appointment of the Honorable James Hackett to the Fifth District Appellate Court. Judge Hackett is being recalled and appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Thomas Welch on July 7, 2025. The appointment is effective August 8, 2025, and will conclude on December 7, 2026. -
July 23, 2025 | Practice NewsMarcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Seventh Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Sierra Senor-Moore as associate judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
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July 23, 2025 | CLE
Why is Illinois joining 42 other jurisdictions that have chosen to implement NextGen for their bar exam? What effect will this implementation have on the practice of law in this state? How are these changes likely to impact both law school study and the legal community as a whole? Get the answers to these questions and more with these two half-day seminars that explore the various ways Illinois law schools are preparing their students to practice law in the real world. -
July 22, 2025 | Events
The ISBA Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section hosted the 23rd annual Environmental and Natural Resources Law Conference on May 22-23, 2025, at the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W Adams Street, Chicago. The conference featured annual updates on agency activities and priorities in Illinois and the Region presented by top representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Attendees learned about the latest hot topic issues in environmental law from leading practitioners. -
July 22, 2025 | Practice News
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is accepting applications for one attorney position. -
July 21, 2025 | Events
ALTON, Ill. (July 21, 2025) – The 17th Annual Alton Miles for Meso 5K Run and 3K Fun Run/Walk benefiting the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) will take place Saturday, Sept. 20. Registration is now open for the in-person and virtual event, which is hosted and produced by Simmons Hanly Conroy and Metro Tri Club of Edwardsville, Illinois. The event falls just prior to National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, which is commemorated annually on Sept. 26. -
July 21, 2025 | Practice News
In her July Illinois Bar Journal article, “The End of Rosen-Durling,” Alicia Xue discusses the legal implications of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s overruling in LKQ Corp v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC of the Rosen-Durling design-patent obviousness test. In LKQ Corp., the Court articulated a new test that may make it harder for applicants to obtain design patents but still left several legal questions unanswered.