Illinois Bar Journal | November 2024 | Illinois State Bar Association

November 2024 • Volume 112 • Number 11

November 2024 Illinois Bar Journal Issue Cover

Practice News

LawPulse | By Amelia Buragas & Ed Walters

Illinois Law Update

Restricting General Assembly candidates who bypassed primary election is unconstitutional; parents committed infliction of sexual abuse of child when allowing abuse by a third party; jury can deliberate on nonverbal behavior of defendant in video-recorded confession because Miranda rights were waived; the Digital Voice and Likeness Protection Act; legislation requires third parties to honor power of attorney form; nursing homes; and more.

See cases, legislation, and administrative agencies.

Articles

Local Government Law | By Ed Finkel

City Limits

You can fight city hall, but it’s complicated.

Contracts | From the Newsletters

Read Before Signing

Important lessons from recent court rulings involving problematic contracts.

Discovery | By Joseph T. Monahan and Matthew R. Davison

Mind Over Matter

The Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act sets out protections and procedures that lawyers must heed before attempting to access a person’s mental health records.

Constitutional Law/Evidence | By Scott Pyles

Building Up the Fourth Amendment

Carpenter v. United States has opened new protections from disclosure of electronic data under the Fourth Amendment. However, Illinois courts have moved cautiously in this new frontier.