You be the Judge: Ratings for Illinois Judicial Candidates

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

The Illinois State Bar Association's judicial ratings by county for the November 8, 2002 election are available online.

In Cook County, an ISBA Judicial Evaluations committee used the results of a questionnaire, background investigations, and in-person interviews to rate candidates for all judicial offices. Candidates for the Appellate Court outside of Cook County were also evaluated using this method.

CLE: The New Phase I Environmental Site Assessment

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

The ASTM 1527 standard for the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) has been revised yet again. With the creation of the Bona Fide Prospective Purchase Defense, a Phase I ESA takes on an even greater importance. Don’t miss this panel presentation in which our legal and environmental experts discuss the most significant changes to the new standard, the status of EPA regulations and the Agency’s acceptance of the latest standard, and the role of emerging contaminants, like Preliminary Endangerment Assessment in Phase I ESAs.

Intoxicated Passengers and Common Carriers

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

Pleading and proving claims for a duty of additional care by a common carrier because of a passenger’s alcohol intoxication is challenging and difficult. Therefore, writes Gerald T. Donoghue in his August Illinois Bar Journal article, “Intoxicated Passengers and Common Carriers,” it is important for plaintiff attorneys to carefully screen intoxicated-passenger cases before seeking to litigate.

Supreme Court Amends Rule 711 on Temporary Licensure to Include Federal Court Work

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today an amendment to Supreme Court Rule 711 (Rule 711), which allows law students and recent law school graduates to obtain temporary law licenses to perform legal services, to include federal court work. The amended order is effective immediately.