Senate Bill 2179 (Sims, D-Chicago; Ann Williams, D-Chicago) was signed into law on Aug. 13 by Governor Pritzker. It repeals the current exception to the attorney’s six-year statute of repose for estate planning work. That exception was for two years after the death of the client. Senate Bill 2179 provides for a six-year statute of repose to make it consistent with all other legal work, but it also includes a safe harbor period to ensure judicial approval of the legislation.

Don’t miss this two-part series as we discuss drafting and administering trusts under the Illinois Trust Code! Trusts and estates lawyers, family law practitioners, and elder law attorneys with intermediate practice experience will benefit from attending one or both of these online seminars.

Part 1 - Thursday, September 2, 2021
8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
3.50 hours MCLE credit

Redgrave LLP, the premier law firm focusing exclusively on eDiscovery and information law, is proud to announce that Martin T. Tully has joined the Firm as a Partner in Chicago.  Tully comes to Redgrave with over three decades of high-stakes litigation experience in addition to extraordinary depth in information law issues and most recently was a Founding Partner at Actuate Law LLC.  

In his August Illinois Bar Journal article, “Are Mindfulness & Meditation Relevant for Lawyers?”, retired attorney Jeffrey H. Bunn asks what exactly are mindfulness and meditation? How can they impact the daily practice of law? When and where do we meditate? How long do we need to meditate? And how often do we need to do it? His answers to these and other questions make the case that mindfulness and meditation can help attorneys better manage their thoughts and emotions in a variety of situations that lawyers encounter every day involving difficult clients; unpleasant work peers; contentious opposing counsel; or challenging judges, arbitrators, and mediators.

The Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, has adopted new rules of procedure which will become effective on September 1, 2021. The new rules will act to vacate all existing prior rules.

The new rules were circulated to the full court and they were approved by a unanimous vote of all seven Justices on August 2, 2021 The new rules are effective September 1, 2021, and the current rules and the new rules are both available on the court’s website.

Join us on September 1 from 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. for this informative live webcast. Between changes in governing statutory provisions, changes in operations during the pandemic, and the anticipated post-pandemic issues, the world of animal shelters and rescues in Illinois has been turned on its head. The Illinois Animal Welfare Act was amended (and became effective at the end of 2019) in an effort to completely prohibit animals being released before sterilization, and also ended direct licensing of foster homes.

Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the three Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, July 29. In Beaman v. Freesmeyer, the Court found that the plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact on the commence-and-continue element of his malicious prosecution claim. In Indeck Energy Services v. DePodesta, the Illinois Supreme Court defined what constitutes an injury in the context of claims for usurpation of a corporate opportunity, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. In People v. Dorsey, the Court rejected the defendant’s claim that his sentence violates the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution, finding that the claim was forfeited and barred by the doctrine of res judicata.

The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of July, 2021, ISBA helped 1,141 people in need of legal services find lawyers.

This numbers does not include additional referrals made through the online Illinois Lawyer Finder service.

Want to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service? Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.com