Download this issueEthics rules and opinions provide a (mostly) clear picture of file retention best practices if you read them carefully. But cheap electronic storage is making discarding files a thing of the past.
Illinois Bar Journal | November 2016 Table of Contents
November 2016 • Volume 104 • Number 11
Practice News
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Articles
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What happens to our password-protected online accounts when we die? A new Illinois law establishes the procedures that allow fiduciaries to get access to "digital assets."
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You've heard about forfeitures, but have you handled one? Here's a primer on how to prosecute or defend your first forfeiture case.
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Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides the way to overturn a judgment later than 30 days after its entry. This article reviews the various 2-1401 challenges and their requirements.
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Richard Speck's brutal murder of eight student nurses in Chicago 50 years ago shocked America, and the highly publicized trial posed tough challenges to the Illinois criminal justice system.
Columns
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Flag burning then and now; property division and unmarried couples; implicit bias.
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Exhausted the online resources? Don't forget that not everything is online, even in the digital age.
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Can you keep your practice running in the face of fire, flood, or other natural or man-made events?
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Introducing the ISBA's website for new lawyers; December 16 deadline for mentoring enrollment; ISBA election season underway.