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Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, August 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.
Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, July 2017 The Administrative Office reports no changes in the judiciary during June 2017. 
Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, June 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.
Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, May 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.
Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, April 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.
Recent Appointments and Retirements Bench and Bar, March 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.
Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, February 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.
Recent appointments and retirements Bench and Bar, January 2017 Recent changes to Illinois' judiciary.
Recent case concerning contempt By Gary L. Schlesinger Civil Practice and Procedure, March 2017 An examination of Knoll v. Coyne.
Recent case concerning contempt By Gary L. Schlesinger Bench and Bar, January 2017 The lesson from Knoll v. Coyne is that if one is seeking indirect civil contempt, one must tell the court what the purge should be. If the purpose of the contempt is punishment for violating a court order, that is criminal contempt and all the constitutional rights of a criminal defendant apply.
Recent cases International and Immigration Law, August 2017 Recent cases of interest to international & immigration law practitioners.
Recent cases By Michael Weissman Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, July 2017 Recent cases of interest to practitioners.
Recent local tax decisions By Stanley R. Kaminski State and Local Taxation, February 2017 A list of recent court and administrative decisions in Illinois involving local taxation.
Recent PAC opinions and materials By Michael T. Jurusik Local Government Law, January 2017 Recent cases and opinions of interest to practitioners.
Recent SCOTUS opinion raises hope for municipalities struggling to recover from effects of predatory lending practices By Sharon Eiseman Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, June 2017 If Miami is able to show that the disproportionate numbers of defaults and foreclosures arising from the discriminatory lending practices of the Banks concentrated in segregated communities are “directly related” to the City’s loss of property tax revenues and the need for increased municipal services to assist those devastated communities, then monetary damages may be its reward.
Recent SCOTUS opinion raises hope for municipalities struggling to recover from effects of predatory lending practices of banks—And perhaps for their residents as well By Sharon L. Eiseman Real Estate Law, August 2017 Author Sharon Eiseman was in the courtroom when the U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in Bank of America Corp. et. al. v. City of Miami, Florida.
Recovering post-judgment attorney fees – A practice pointer for transaction and litigation counsel By Thomas M. Lombardo Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, January 2017 The author identifies three critical steps to ensure that your client’s post-judgment attorney fees for collection activity are recoverable on top of the judgment itself.
Refresher in confessions of judgment By Julia Jensen Smolka Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, July 2017 This article is meant to be a refresher on how you bring a Confession of Judgment action. As any good lawyer will say, you need to start with the statute.
Regulatory taking: A review of Murr v. Wisconsin By Barbara Starke Tishuk Real Estate Law, September 2017 In June 2017, the United States Supreme Court established a new—and potentially unwieldy—test for defining the unit of property subject to an alleged regulatory taking.
Remarks from the Editor By Kathryn E. Eisenhart Human and Civil Rights, September 2017 Editor Kathryn Eisenhart discusses current events related to sexual orientation and Title VII.
Remembering Justice Tobias “Toby” Barry By Leonard F. Amari Senior Lawyers, June 2017 Justice Tobias “Toby” Barry, 92, of Ladd, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 4,2017. He was a most respected and esteemed jurist and community leader, and will be greatly missed.
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Reminder: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new digital form I-9 has taken effect By Jacob Hogg & Rebecca Mancini Employee Benefits, June 2017 Employer representatives overseeing the employment eligibility and verification process must ensure that the new Form I-9 with the revision date of Nov. 14, 2016 is used for all new hires going forward.
Reminder: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new digital form I-9 has taken effect By Jacob Hogg & Rebecca Mancini International and Immigration Law, May 2017 Employer representatives overseeing the employment eligibility and verification process must ensure that the new Form I-9 with the revision date of Nov. 14, 2016 is used for all new hires going forward.
Reminder: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new digital form I-9 has taken effect By Jacob Hogg & Rebecca Mancini Corporate Law Departments, March 2017 Employer representatives overseeing the employment eligibility and verification process must ensure that the new Form I-9 with the revision date of Nov. 14, 2016 is used for all new hires going forward.
Removable trade fixtures, large and small, are generally not lienable: Illinois court holds no mechanics lien rights in 500-foot-tall Wind Energy System By Steven D. Mroczkowski Construction Law, August 2017 In general, removable trade fixtures are considered personal property not subject to claims under the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act. As made clear by the recent case of AUI Construction Group, LLC v. Vaessen, this is true regardless of the size of the trade fixture.
Repairing disparagement: A slant on language and trademarks By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, January 2017 The arc of the moral universe reportedly is long, but bends toward justice. Will the US Supreme Court accelerate or impede that curvature when it decides Lee v. Tam, which is scheduled for hearing on January 18, 2017?
Reprint of our very first issue Real Estate Law, December 2017 Provided for your enjoyment: This section's very first newsletter, from 62 years ago.
Request for volunteers to serve as receiver of a law practice Senior Lawyers, June 2017 The ARDC is seeking volunteer attorneys who would be willing to serve as court-appointed receiver of a law practice of a deceased or disabled attorney.
A resolution for 2017: Giving serious consideration to outpatient treatment By Matthew R. Davison Mental Health Law, February 2017 This article highlights the new Cook County Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program and is meant to spur further contemplation and dialogue among those providers not participating in the program about how outpatient treatment demands serious consideration now, more than ever.
Respondents in discovery: A procedure for streamlining litigation when used properly By James J. Ayres Civil Practice and Procedure, August 2017 The Illinois Code of Civil Procedure recognizes three categories of participants in a lawsuit, Plaintiff, Defendant, and Respondents in Discovery. This article will focus on the third category.