Chief Judge Diane S. Sykes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Brian Slade to a 14-year term as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Slade succeeds Bankruptcy Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar who retired on August 30, 2024. Mr. Slade will take the oath of office and join the bankruptcy bench in Chicago on November 25, 2024.
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October 22, 2024 | Practice News | Member Services | ISBA News
In coordination with Fastcase, the Illinois State Bar Association has offered a free legal research member benefit since 2006, providing access to cases, statutes, and regulations. In 2023, Fastcase merged with vLex, a global leader in legal intelligence, raising questions about the future of this essential service. But rest assured: vLex Fastcase remains committed to democratizing the law and enhancing legal research tools. This member benefit has been substantially upgraded with enhanced features, while keeping the service completely free for ISBA members.
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October 22, 2024 |
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The Illinois Judges Association (IJA) consists of over 1250 current sitting and retired Illinois state court judges. The Association supports judicial excellence and professional development and judicial education, fosters public confidence in an independent judiciary, works to preserve the independence of the judiciary by educating the public and students, and promotes a diverse judiciary that administers justice in a fair and impartial court system.
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October 21, 2024 | Practice News
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) is proud to announce it was awarded $5,000 from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to support activities related to Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), raising awareness of the 50th Anniversary of the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act (JJDPA), and Juvenile Detention in Illinois.
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October 21, 2024 | Practice News
In her October 2024 Illinois Bar Journal article, “Much Ado About Little,” Katherine Hanson questions whether, as some legal scholars have claimed, that the COVID-19 pandemic may have paved the way toward extinction of the doctrine of forum non conveniens due to the technological innovations the pandemic ushered in.
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October 21, 2024 | Practice News
Leading appellate attorneys review the two Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Friday, October 18.
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October 15, 2024 |
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Notice is hereby given that the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071, proposes the rescission of Circuit Rule 35 in anticipation of the elimination of Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35.
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October 14, 2024 | Practice News
As Illinois’ Generative and Natural Language Processing Task Force, charged with assessing legislation, rules, and policies, and educating members and the public at large, on the vast implications of artificial intelligence (AI), its findings and recommendations may ultimately shape best practices in Illinois, including its courts, says Rodney R.
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October 10, 2024 | Practice News
In the early to mid-1990s, Illinois attorney Karen Conti and her husband and law partner Greg Adamski took on serial killer John Wayne Gacy as a client during Gacy’s final appeals as his execution date closed in on him. It wasn’t until now that Conti has been willing to process and share the full set of complex emotions she experienced as she represented Gacy.
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October 3, 2024 | Practice News
A leading appellate attorney reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, October 3.