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Editor’s corner By John T. Phipps General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, November 1999 ISBA President Cheryl I. Niro has proclaimed the theme of her bar year as the "Lawyer as Healer."
Editor’s note By Michael L. English Federal Taxation, November 1999 At the September 24, 1999, meeting of the Federal Taxation Section Council, the members of the council heard a guest presentation by Edith Siler, Senior Attorney with the Office of IRS District Counsel, in Chicago.
Editor’s notes By Eleanor F. Dein Sharpe Real Estate Law, November 1999 This issue of Real Property supplies information on both familiar topics and others that may not be familiar to many of us.
Editor’s note By Cecilia Hynes Griffin Family Law, October 1999 In order to best serve our readers, we would like to know what topics you would like to see in the newsletter.
Editors’ notes By Paul A. Meints & Mark E. Zumdahl Trusts and Estates, October 1999 This issue is unusual from a couple of perspectives, none of which is really obvious to the reader.
Letter from the editor Corporate Law Departments, October 1999 In this issue of The Corporate Lawyer, we have several articles that I think our readers will find interesting. First, we have an article on basics of the income tax treatment of state and federal grants by Don Johnson of the Pinkneyville firm Johnson, Seibert & Bigham.
Newsletter editor’s corner General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, October 1999 Congratulations to Chris Freese, Vice-Chair of General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section Council.
To our readers Employee Benefits, October 1999 The first issue of the 1999-2000 edition of the Employee Benefits Newsletter addresses the topic of IRS compliance programs.
Editor’s column By Malcolm L. Morris Business Advice and Financial Planning, September 1999 At long last, "The Counselor" arriveth. Our apologies for the delay.
Editor’s notes By Paul A. Meints & Mark E. Zumdahl Trusts and Estates, September 1999 This first issue of Volume 46 of the Trusts and Estates newsletter contains four articles.
Editor’s notes Real Estate Law, September 1999 The first article selected for this issue of Real Property is based on a very recent United States Supreme Court decision and should be of much interest to those practitioners who represent commercial mortgagors or their mortgagees, as well as those involved in mortgage foreclosures.
Inside Administrative Law, September 1999 Inside, immediately following Terry Shafer's article (which begins on this page) concerning the Commonwealth Edison property tax case, you will find a report on an unusual dispute between two federal agencies, the EEOC and the Department of Veteran Affairs.
To our readers Employee Benefits, September 1999 The theme of this issue of the Employee Benefits Newsletter addresses the topic of employee benefits litigation.
Letter from the editor By Michael Todd Scott Corporate Law Departments, August 1999 This is the first issue of the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Our goal this year is to once again increase the number of issues of The Corporate Lawyer we bring you. 
Newsletter editors’ corner By John T. Phipps General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, August 1999 This issue of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section newsletter contains three articles relating to representing clients with licensing problems
Editor’s note Labor and Employment Law, July 1999 This issue contains an interesting article pointing out distinctions between substantive law and remedies under the Illinois Human Rights Act in comparison to federal law.
Editor’s notes By Gary R. Gehlbach Real Estate Law, June 1999 This issue contains five excellent articles. The first, by Ed Jarot, is an important note on pending Illinois legislation regarding land trusts and of particular interest to attorneys who wish to return to using Illinois land trusts for family gifting purposes, especially to reduce potential taxable estates through annual exclusion gifting.
From the editor By Robert C. Knuepfer, Jr. Business and Securities Law, June 1999 Our fourth issue of the newsletter was developed by council member, John Doyle, and includes our regular columns and some interesting new ones
Letter from the editor By Michael Todd Scott Corporate Law Departments, June 1999 This is the fifth and final edition of The Corporate Lawyer for the 1998-1999 year. I sincerely hope that our section members found volume 36 to be both interesting and informative and worth the price of membership in the Corporate Law Departments Section.
A message from your editors By Alan J. Toback & Karen P. O’Neill Family Law, June 1999 In this issue you will notice that some of our usual columns are missing.
Co-editor’s note Tort Law, May 1999 Our first article is by section council member Scott B. Gibson, Scott B. Gibson, Ltd., Waukegan, Illinois. Mr. Gibson represented the plaintiff in Henrich v. Libertyville High School, et al.
Editor’s note Real Estate Law, May 1999 In this newsletter, we are treated with three interesting articles involving three diverse topics.
Editor’s notes Trusts and Estates, May 1999 Editor's note: This issue of the Trusts and Estates newsletter contains three interesting articles. The first article is by Deanne Morgan of Saint & Carmichael, P.C., Bloomington, Illinois.
From the editor Business and Securities Law, May 1999 Our third issue of the newsletter was developed by council member, Patricia C. Holland, and includes our regular columns and some interesting new ones.
To our readers Employee Benefits, May 1999 The third of our four "theme" issues addresses the topic of employee benefits in business transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
To our readers Employee Benefits, May 1999 The second of our four "theme" issues addresses the topic of health care continuation rights under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ("COBRA").
Editor’s column By Malcolm L. Morris Business Advice and Financial Planning, April 1999 This edition comes a little later than usual, but we think you will agree the wait was worthwhile.
Letter from the editor By Michael Todd Scott Corporate Law Departments, April 1999 As this forth edition of The Corporate Lawyer for the 1998-99 year goes to press, we are already completing the fifth edition. Thus, I can now state for certain that we will make our goal of providing you with five newsletters this year.
Co-editor’s note Business and Securities Law, March 1999 In addition to our usual columns, this issue contains articles by Dexter Johnson on how to Stay Out of Trouble with the SEC, and Brent Gwillim on Piercing the Corporate Veil.
Editor’s note: New publication State and Local Taxation, March 1999 Illinois tax practitioners will want to examine a Research Institute of America publication, "Illinois Tax Handbook." Its author, Mr. Stanley R. Kaminski, is secretary of the State and Local Taxation Section Council. The

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