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June 2009 • Volume 97 • Number 6
Practice News
278
Articles
294
The Illinois Supreme Court held in Ready that settling defendants are excluded from the joint-and-several-liability equation, leaving nonsettling defendants at risk of higher payout.
302
Is recovery for legal malpractice barred if the plantiff-client is more than 50 percent to blame? Here's the case for and against.
304
This article reviews the applicable laws - including the Ledbetter Act - and Illinois-based cases.
308
The first district found for Micheal Jordan against his former mistress in a case that, while interesting, includes a troubling analysis of the mutual-mistake doctrine you should know about.
Columns
312
One should be ignored. The other must be reviewed and answered carefully.
314
Illinois judges should be free to impose sanctions for misconduct after final judgement and on behalf of nonparties if the facts warrant.
316
The tenets of spycraft ("never go against your gut") make pretty good rules for recent admittees.