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Illinois Bar Journal | September 2016 Table of Contents
September 2016 • Volume 104 • Number 9
Practice News
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Articles
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In Abercrombie, the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for job-applicant plaintiffs to survive summary judgment in Title VII failure-to-accommodate cases.
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It's hard for plaintiffs to plead and prove claims for negligent spoliation of evidence. Here's why it's important - and difficult - for plaintiffs to establish a duty to preserve evidence.
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In In re Scarlett Z.-D., the Illinois Supreme Courtrefused to grant equitable adoption rights to a nonparent who had played a childrearing role. The author looks at the policy issues surrounding the role of nonparents in childrearing.
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Public Act 99-0763 ties up some loose ends left after last session's sweeping reworking of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
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Q. Can I expunge multiple cases on one petition, thereby avoiding filing fees?
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Q. My client is on the mortgage for her home but not on the deed - only her now-deceased husband is. How can I preserve the mortgage insurance after his death?
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Q. A woman signed herself into a psychiatric ward, then asked for a discharge but hasn't been released. What are the options?
Columns
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Most lawyers wonder what another career might be like, while many nonlawyers yearn to join our profession. Whose grass is greener?
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More local "law" beyond ordinances is available online, but sometimes a trip to a local agency is the only way to go.
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ISBA to honor Class of 1966 Distinguished Counsellors on Oct. 13
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Among other things, be more formal and do less texting and more talking.