2025 Articles

On Dec. 18, 2024, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that when an attorney is on notice of a client’s disability or mental impairment, the attorney must take appropriate measures to ensure the client’s mental capacity to modify their estate plan.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Criminal Code of 2012, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Under the Code, if a judgment is withheld, the plea, verdict, sentence, or finding of guilt is no longer considered a conviction under Illinois law unless and until judgment is entered.

On Aug. 14, 2025, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that under the Workplace Violence Protection Act, an employer seeking a restraining order must show not only that an employee reasonably feared for their safety, but also that the credible threat of violence was specifically “to be carried out at the employee’s workplace.”