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2021 Articles

Business Losses Because of COVID Insurance Coverage By Howard W. Feldman April 2021 Insurance coverage is based upon the specific language of the policy and coverage for loss of business income will not exist if the policy does not clearly allow for it, even if the policy is referred to as an all-risk policy.
Chair’s Column By Mary Stark-Hood November 2021 A note of welcome from the chair.
Executive Orders and Their Challenges During COVID-19 By Lesley Gool January 2021 A brief historical background of executive orders, an examination of the governor’s authority to issue such orders, and a look at the recent lawsuits challenging Governor Pritzker’s COVID-19 orders.
Floor Plan Financier Can’t Reclaim Collateral Due to Lack of UCC Filing By Michael Weissman January 2021 A summary and analysis of In re Hawaii Motorsports, LLC.
Is Illinois’s New Retailers Occupation Tax Scheme Unconstitutional? By Stanley R. Kaminski January 2021 Effective January 1, 2021, Illinois will institute a major structural change in its state and local retailers occupation tax—the Illinois sales tax—that will openly discriminate against non-Illinois retailers and interstate sales.
Lost Trust Agreement By John Maville April 2021 A look at how to handle lost trust agreements.
Pandemic/COVID-19 Workplace Claims – A Plaintiff’s Perspective By David Fish January 2021 A look at the types of employment cases that we will continue to see on the rise as a result of COVID-19.
Proposed Changes to the TODI Act By Gary R. Gehlbach January 2021 A look at proposed changes to the Illinois Residential Real Property Transfer on Death Instrument Act.
Protecting the House From Nursing Home Expenses By William S. Wilson April 2021 The article explores several ways to protect the residence when the nursing home patient applies for nursing home Medicaid.