September 2020
Agricultural Law
Bench and Bar
Health Care Law
Labor and Employment Law
Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law
- Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Forms Racial Justice Coalition
- Economic Justice for the Black Lawyer: My Conversation With John Rogers Jr., Founder, Chairman, & CEO of Ariel Investments
- New Member Spotlight: Ioua Lagazo
- Recognizing the Past and Present Challenges Faced by Asian/Pacific Americans This Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- Steering Towards Racial Equality for My Profession and My Son
- The Story of Ricardo Santiago, a Local DACA Recipient and Law Student
- The View From the Chair: Fall 2020
Real Estate Law
State and Local Taxation
- Co-Editors’ Note
- Fundamental Misunderstandings of the Compound Nature of the Cook County Property Tax System May Cause Fundamental Property Tax Reform Miscalculations
- Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board Holds that Homeowner Association Has Standing to File Appeal
- New Case Management Procedures for Tax Valuation Objection Cases in the County Division
Trusts and Estates
- IRS Retirement Plan Limitations for 2020
- It’s None of Your Business…Or Is It? A Look at the Illinois Trust Code Accounting Provisions
- It’s Time for Illinois to Revisit the Fiduciary Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege
- The Pandemic Is Bad Enough: How to Avoid Creating Post-Death Controversies During the Current Crisis
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Members: Neil Goltermann & Sarah LeRose
Young Lawyers Division
- Case Study: In re Marriage of Solecki—Examining its Ruling and Potential Consequences
- Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Forms Racial Justice Coalition
- How to Gain the Quarantine 15
- A Note From the YLD Chair
- Supporting the Illinois Bar Foundation Gala to Aid Access to Justice and Colleagues
- Words of Wisdom From a Not So ‘Young Lawyer’
August 2020
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Case Briefs
- Chair’s Column
- Collaborative Practice News
- ISBA ADR Section Council Member Profile: Douglas B. Warlick, JD, Mediator Collaborative Professional
- Managing Mediations in the Virtual World: Perspectives of a Mental Health Professional and of an Attorney
- Mediation Meditations: Mediation Competition—That’s Not an Oxymoron
- Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Enforcement of International Arbitration Agreements by or Against Nonsignatories
Civil Practice and Procedure
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
Criminal Justice
- Casenote: People v. Morger, 2019 IL 123643
- Legalization Notwithstanding, Smelling or Seeing Cannabis Still Helps Establish Probable Cause for Police to Search Your Car
- Restoration of Gun Rights After Domestic Battery Conviction
- The True Owner: Statutory Amendment to Forfeiture Statute Narrows Field of Claimants
Elder Law
- Call for Articles
- Considerations for the Zoom Era of Client Conferences
- Mark Your Calendars …
- Post-Pandemic Practice (Or PPP)
- Self-Isolation Do’s and Don’ts
- Time to Allow Possession of Cell Phones in Courthouses and Courtrooms
- Tips for Handling Medicaid Applications & Appeals During COVID-19
- Updates & Resources
Environmental Law
Family Law
Government Lawyers
Labor and Employment Law
Local Government Law
Real Estate Law
State and Local Taxation
Trusts and Estates
- Back to Basics: An Estate Planner’s Guide to Self-Reflection and Review of Best Practices When Advising Clients on Naming an Appropriate Fiduciary
- Estate Planning for the Critically Ill: A Case Study With Practice Tips
- New Federal Guidance Extends Many Employee Benefit-Related Deadlines and Provides Additional Relief for Plan Administrators
- Notice and the Duty to Inform Under the New Illinois Trust Code
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Members: Zisl Edelson & Philip E. Koenig
- A Summary of the Trusts & Estates Section Council’s April 3, 2020, Business Meeting
Women and the Law
Workers' Compensation Law
- Claimant Is Unable to Prove That Employer Knowingly Failed to Provide Workers’ Compensation Coverage on Accident Date
- Does the Borrowing Employer Always Receive the Benefits of the WCA
- Editor’s Notes
- Strict Compliance Is Alive and Well With Regard to Timely Filing of Petition for Judicial Review and Notice of Intent to File for Review
- A Tale of Two Cases and Stolen Identity
- When a Final Settlement Is Not the End of the Story: What Authority Does the Commission Have to Enforce the Provisions of an Approved Settlement Contract?
July 2020
Administrative Law
Bench and Bar
- Illinois ARDC Statement on Racism
- Let’s Talk About ‘Sex’: SCOTUS Delivers Title VII Landmark Ruling
- Litigants Unsuccessful in Invoking European Union’s Data Protection Regulation to Prohibit U.S. Discovery
- Obscure New Jersey ‘Treatment’ Facility Has a Higher COVID-19 Death Rate Than Any Prison in the Country
- Recent Appointments and Retirements
- Supreme Court Releases Statement on Racial Justice, Next Steps for Judicial Branch
- Time to Allow Possession of Cell Phones in Courthouses and Courtrooms
Civil Practice and Procedure
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
Construction Law
- COVID-19: Implications on Illinois Contract Law and the Doctrine of Commercial Frustration
- Editor’s Note
- From the Ex-Officio: The Year in Review
- How Little We Know
- The Realities of the Workers’ Compensation COVID-19 Rebuttable Presumption
- Restore Construction Company, Inc., v. The Board of Education of Proviso Township High Schools District 209
Elder Law
- Are Your Remote Signings Camera Ready?
- Call for Articles
- Diversity and Inclusion: Professionalism at Work in the Law
- HIPAA Protective Orders and Use of Protected Health Information in Litigation
- Illinois Department of Human Rights Releases Model Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Program
- Mark Your Calendars …
- Updates & Resources
- Welcome to the New Bar Year
- Why Estate Planning Is Relevant to Minority Communities