Recruiting employees and letting them go are both fraught with legal pitfalls. Here's how you can help your clients and your own firm avoid HR missteps.
March 2011 • Volume 99 • Number 3 • Pages 109–164
Practice News
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Articles
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Pre-suit discovery under SCR 224 is a powerful and underused way to identify potential parties, investigate an incident, protect evidence, and avoid secondary spoliation claims.
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The Illinois Supreme Court's Carter decision holds that arbitration provisions can trump the statutory right to a jury trial contained in the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act, this author argues.
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Illinois's right of publicity lets people limit the appropriation of their likeness, a power restricted by the First Amendment. Where to draw the line? Here's what courts are doing.
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Was someone or something other than your client - perhaps someone who isn't a party - the "sole proximate cause" of the plaintiff's injury? Defense lawyers should explore the possibility.
Columns
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We continue our look at Illinois lawyers helping to transform our juvenile justice system.
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You can use the online CFR to find the very latest regs and the LSA to verify their accuracy.
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Among other changes, corporate filings now need only be made with the SOS, not with counties.
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While Vailas' goal of protecting nonresidents is laudable, the approach it took commands too high a price.