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Illinois Bar Journal | September 2015 Table of Contents
September 2015 • Volume 103 • Number 9
Practice News
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Articles
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Use the "missing witness" jury instruction to smoke out helpful testimony by your opponent's expert.
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A decedent trying to avoid probate creates a joint tenancy with only one child, who then can't divvy up the estate without paying gift tax. Consider using a resulting trust to clean up the mess.
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New regulations will have a big impact on real estate lawyers.
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The Illinois spousal maintenance guidelines were enacted to provide clarity and uniformity in maintenance calculations. But they raise their own set of questions.
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Recent cases from the United States and Illinois Supreme Courts hold that an officer's objectively reasonable mistake of law can justify a traffic stop.
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The revestment doctrine allows parties to revest a circuit court with jurisdiction lost with the passage of time. Learn how you can use it to your strategic advantage.
Columns
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The ABA meeting was a chance to think big about the future of our profession.
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Low-cost foreign-law research options.
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5 tips for better billing; will a robot take your job?
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See the distinguished members of the Illinois legal community make up the ISBA Founders Circle.
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Given that Rule 23 orders should in theory break no new legal ground and are not citable in the trial courts as precedent, one would expect them to be rare on the supreme court's civil docket.