For years lawyers ignored clients who wanted to file suit against a nursing home.

A practice-oriented review of Illinois and federal statutes and cases governing nursing home lawsuits.

Variety the spice of this month's Journal

The supreme court review — '99 edition

If the Journal looks different somehow this month, don't adjust your set;

Winning topic for Lincoln-Award winner

Managed-care reform statute takes effect on 1/1/00.

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Lincoln Award Contest; the Journal is the Winner

Grandparents have rights, too.

This month's Journal features an article by Chicago trial judge Barbara McDonald on a much-discussed topic of late among tort practitioners ; the fifth district's Brown v Baker decision and its impact on the same-part-of-the-body rule. 

If matrimonial law is part of your practice, you won't want to miss Ronda Glenn's and Michelle Mosby-Scott's timely article on Illinois' QILDRO law, which took effect just days before this issue of the Journal arrived in your mailbox. 

The lineup for this month's IBJ reflects the Internet's immense impact on business, the workplace, and the law.

Once again we've called upon members of the Appellate Lawyers Association to look back on the preceding supreme court year, and once again they've delivered a thoughtful and thorough review.

For you estate planners, we offer an article by Messrs. Margolin and Weinstein on the interplay between dynasty trusts and that law-student's nightmare, the rule against perpetuities.

Though we've examined the law of DNA evidence in the Journal, we haven't reviewed the science of DNA testing; until this issue, beginning on page 18.

TV lawyer dramas aside, closing arguments really are a critical moment in every trial. In this issue, Jeffrey Kroll outlines the dos and don't of closings for Illinois lawyers.

This month's IBJ features a pair of articles that deal in some way with lawyer civil liability.