When the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) was enacted in February 2020, it provided a timely lifeline for small businesses struggling to survive the economic realities of the pandemic, including the resulting supply chain disruptions and inflation, writes Devan de los Reyes in her March Illinois Bar Journal article, “Quick, Cheap, Consensual.”
Illinois Bar Journal
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March 13, 2023 | Practice News
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March 6, 2023 | Practice News
Are artificial intelligence (AI) tools like the recently released ChatGPT by Open AI going to replace lawyers anytime soon?
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February 21, 2023 | Practice News
“Never in our careers have we seen so much sudden change in the way that the bench and bar meet our obligations to do justice,” writes Deputy Chief Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit Daniel B. Shanes in his February Illinois Bar Journal article, “Courts of the Future.”
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February 13, 2023 | Practice News
Multilingual societies can be exhilarating, but they also pose a challenge to law enforcement. When police officers interact with nonnative English speakers, important decisions may need to be made on using trained translators and interpreters. Making the wrong decision can result in misunderstandings that carry serious legal consequences and municipal attorneys need to recognize these consequences so they can advise their clients effectively.
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January 9, 2023 | Practice News
The cover story of the Illinois Bar Journal’s January issue asks, “How can attorneys best tackle task management? Which of the many free or inexpensive digital tools out there can best help them take control of their day and focus on work? How can attorneys figure out what they’re spending their time on? Whether they’re focused on the right things?
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January 3, 2023 | Practice News
As tax-preparing season ramps up, most lawyers may be surprised to learn that the Internal Revenue Service has embraced equity in its rules benefiting individuals owing IRS back taxes. A lawyer can obtain hero status in a client’s eye by utilizing these IRS equity programs to eliminate a qualified client’s full IRS back-tax liability without paying a penny to the IRS, write Robert V. Schaller and Elizabeth H.
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December 5, 2022 | Practice News
On behalf of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Special Committee on Serving Lawyers in Rural Practices, I invite you all to help with our important work by completing a brief survey. The survey is less than 20 questions and should take no longer than ten minutes to complete.
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December 2, 2022 | Practice News
In the Illinois Bar Journal’s December issue, new Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis says “We have to return to the idea of the public’s trust and confidence,” citing Alexander Hamilton who, in the Federalist Papers No. 78, writes that the judicial branch derives its power neither from the sword nor the purse, but from the public’s confidence in its integrity.
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November 14, 2022 | Practice News
The Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court’s 2021 ruling in Bank of NY Mellon v. Dubrovay represents a departure from First District and Illinois Supreme Court precedent by enabling mortgage lenders to accelerate and decelerate a homeowner’s mortgage obligation at will by taking an endless number of voluntary dismissals, coming back orders of magnitude stronger, and refiling an endless number of lawsuits.
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November 7, 2022 | Practice News
On the heels of American Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association efforts to discourage nonlawyer ownership of law firms, Michael L. Shakman and Diane F. Klotnia describe in their November Illinois Bar Journal article, “Not-so-Firm Rules,” the rule changes adopted by other jurisdictions, those recently proposed in Illinois, ethical issues that arise under proposed and adopted new rules, and the multi-jurisdictional conflicts that inconsistent rules can generate.