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Illinois Bar Journal | August 2016 Table of Contents
August 2016 • Volume 104 • Number 8
Practice News
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Articles
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It's a crime in Illinois. Tell your animal-loving clients to call 911 instead when they see a dog trapped in a hot car.
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If you want to watch the regulatory sausage being made - and even weigh in during the process - you need to be in with Flinn.
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Q. When one divorcing spouse gets a part of the other's pension as part of a court order, is that portion taxable to the receiving spouse?
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Q. H & W have $75K equity in a home and own an underwater rental property. Can they keep the home and let the rental property go in bankruptcy?
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Look to mediation for ways to reduce misuse of the collaborative-law process, this author recommends.
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Supposed the prosecution's expert testifies about a lab report conducted by a scientist the state didn't call. Is the defendant's right to confront adverse witnesses violated? Not if the report was done for reasons other than proving the defendant's guilt.
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A recent seventh circuit case finds that the risk of eventual damage from a data breach is injury enough to give standing to bring a class action.
Columns
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The first step in understanding and addressing implicit bias is recognizing that it exists.
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Bills decriminalizing cannabis possession and rewriting the LLC Act were among those approved this session.
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Title tags are one of the most important factors Google looks at in determining search result rank.
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How to make a research project assigned by a supervising lawyer successful for mentor and mentee alike.
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The Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the ISBA, has elected its officers for the 2016-17 fiscal year.
ISBA President Vincent F. Cornelius testified before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee last month in support of Proposal 15-05