August 2020
Environmental Law
Labor and Employment Law
State and Local Taxation
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
Family Law
General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm
Law Related Education for the Public
Local Government Law
Real Estate Law
State and Local Taxation
Trusts and Estates
June 2020
Agricultural Law
Bench and Bar
- The Development of Qualified Immunity, How It Has Shielded Unprecedented Police Misconduct, and What Lies Ahead
- If Not Section 137 Pleadings, How About Incivility Toward a Party?
- Illinois Supreme Court Sculpts the Edges of the Collateral Source Rule in Class Action Economic Loss Case
- The Other Pandemic
- Recent Appointments and Retirements
- The Right of Confrontation: A Concept for the Ages
- Staying Active, Healthy, and Productive at Home
- Take Care of the Best Machine You Own!
Business and Securities Law
- Activities of the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission
- How to Assure a Successful Physician Practice Investment or Acquisition
- The Illinois Appellate Court Provides Guidance on the Rights of Directors to Inspection of a Corporation’s Books & Records
- Saccameno v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC: Punitive Damages Awarded When Business Ignores Its Own Database
Child Law
- CASA’s Inaugural Hands Across Illinois Event
- Family Justice Resource Center Helps to Reunite Families Facing Misplaced Abuse Claims
- From the Chair
- An Interview with State Legislator and Member of the Child Law Section Council: Terra Costa Howard
- Survey of Law: The Right to Counsel for Indigent Parents in Child Welfare Cases
Civil Practice and Procedure
- Back to Basics: Accuracy of Proposed Demonstration and Proper Foundation for Permanency Opinions by Plaintiff’s Expert are Prerequisites to Admissibility
- Discovery Sanctions and the Importance of Thorough Preparation of Written Discovery Responses
- A Flaming Flannel Shirt Gets Extinguished by Illinois Premises Liability Precedent
- No Notice, No Appeal: The Importance of Preserving Issues for Appeal
- Plaintiff Lacks Capacity to Sue: Is the Judgment Void?: Askew Insurance Group, LLC v. AZM Group, Inc., 2020 IL App (1st) 190179
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
Education Law
Elder Law
- Call for Articles
- Crisis Leadership
- IRS Retirement Plan Limitations for 2020
- Making Remote Only Work: Transforming the Physical to Digital Workplace
- Mark Your Calendars …
- New Federal Guidance Extends Many Employee Benefit-Related Deadlines and Provides Additional Relief for Plan Administrators
- Updates & Resources
- Virtual Courtrooms in 2020 and Beyond
Environmental Law
Family Law
- Can I Date Without Losing My Maintenance?
- Chair’s Column
- Diversity and Inclusion: Professionalism at Work in the Law
- Residential Parent Designation Ramifications Under the School Code
- SCOTUS Provides Guidance for Determining a Child’s ‘Habitual Residence’ Under the Hague Convention
- Staying Active, Healthy, and Productive at Home
Federal Civil Practice
Federal Taxation
- Chair’s Column
- FAQs: What Do They Mean? A Look at IRS Sub-Regulatory Guidance and Substantial Authority Through the Lens of Coronavirus Relief
- Paycheck Protection Program: Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act Calculating Loan Forgiveness Application Checklist
- Staying Active, Healthy, and Productive at Home
- Takeaways From Correcting Amendments to Final Opportunity Zone Regulations
- Whistleblower Reforms Under the Taxpayer First Act
Health Care Law
Human Rights
Insurance Law
- Commercial General Liability Insurance in the Age of COVID-19
- COVID-19 Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleging Exposure at Work
- A Discussion of Insurance Issues Resulting From the Coronavirus Pandemic by Common Types of Commercial Insurance Policies
- Dramatic Expansion of Illinois Workers’ Compensation Rights Leads to Injunction, Nullification, and Likely Governor Action
- From the Editor
- Property Policy Coverage for ‘Direct Physical Loss’
Labor and Employment Law
- ADA Permits Employers to Require Medical Examinations for Problematic Behavior
- Cities Legislate Employee Rights in Response to COVID-19
- Employment Law Claims Arising Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Ninth Circuit Issues Two (Mostly) Pro-Employer Background Check Decisions
- U.S. Privacy Law Implications With the Use of No-Contact Temperature Taking Devices
Law Related Education for the Public
Local Government Law
Mental Health Law
Mineral Law
Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law
- Chair’s Column
- The Disparate Impact of COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities
- Letter From the Editor
- Recognizing the Past and Present Challenges Faced by Asian/Pacific Americans This Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- Spotlight on REM Member Sherlyn Smith
- Why Estate Planning Is Relevant to Minority Communities
Real Estate Law
- Abellan v. Lavelo Property Management, LLC: Is Rooney Right or Off His Rocker?
- Illinois Court Denies Summary Judgment to Lender and Servicer on Trespass and Consumer Fraud Claims Following a Botched ‘Trash Out’
- MCLE Reminder & Warning
- Practice Tip 1
- Practice Tip 2
- Private Process Server Need Not Be Appointed by Court to Serve Process in Cook County if the Suit Was Filed in a Different County
- Swing and a Miss: Seventh Circuit Ends Hitting Streak
Senior Lawyers
State and Local Taxation
Trusts and Estates
- Are Your Remote Signings Cameras Ready?
- Case Management Lessons From ‘The Art of War’ Part 3: Substance and Application (Continued)
- Elder Law Case Summaries: April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020
- Formula General Powers of Appointment to the Rescue
- Powers of Attorney: Pitfalls and Best Practices Part 2—Powers of Attorney for Health Care
- Service on Trustee: McArdle as Trustee of Barbara M. McArdle Trust & Christensen as Trustee of Raymond H. Christensen Irrevocable Trust, 2019 IL App (3d) 170858
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Members: Edward Jarot, Jr. and Nora Baker