The supreme court receives thousands of petitions every year from unsuccessful appellate litigants, but it hears only a few. Here's how to increase the odds that yours will be one.
Practitioners and judges should be aware that pleading lack of knowledge in response to an allegation in a civil case is not a denial and should not be treated as one in subsequent pleadings.
On May 9, 2016, the Appellate Court of Illinois upheld a trial court's ruling to suppress evidence obtained by a warrantless entry into defendant's home.
Illinois attorney regulators are taking a hard look at "proactive management-based regulation," which would encourage - and perhaps someday require - lawyers to put systems in place that help prevent ethical missteps before they happen.
Plaintiffs sued LAB Townhomes alleging: (1) breach of the implied warranty of habitability; (2) fraud; (3) negligence; (4) breach of section 13-72-030 of the Chicago Municipal Code's prohibition against misrepresenting material facts in the course of marketing and selling real estate; and (5) breach of a fiduciary duty.
The authors argue that among other shortcomings, verdict forms for contribution and apportionment of liability in tort cases fail to account for a fundamental reality: contribution is a defendant's right, not the plaintiff's.
Among other changes, the new law - which draws from the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act - would allow LLC members and managers to waive some fiduciary duties.
Chicago-based Knight, Morris & Reddick uses technology and an entrepreneurial spirit to carve out niches in real estate, estate planning, and other practice areas.
On June 30, 2016, the Appellate Court of Illinois held that the circuit court did not err in finding that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority was authorized to condemn land around I-90.
The Mental Health and Developmental Confidentiality Act was amended by changing what constitutes a record and when records are protected from disclosure.
In an attempt to streamline the process relating to water pollution permits, the Pollution Control Board adopted amendments to the Permits section of Title 35.
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.
The Department of Public Health adopted amendments to require additional vaccinations for all incoming students at Illinois higher education institutions.
Amendments to 77 Ill. Adm. Code 245 (eff. Dec. 10, 2015) contain a number of substantive changes in the definitions and duties of the various home health care services covered by the Code.
When a property subject to only a mechanics lien is sold at a sheriff's sale, the law grants an owner six months after the sale to redeem. Note this when drafting final orders in a foreclosure case.
Under the new Land Trust Beneficiary Rights Act, the rights of land trust beneficial owner(s) shall not be impaired by the change of trustee if beneficial owner(s) remain the same.
The Fourth District Appellate Court affirmed an arbitration decision against the claimant who argued on appeal that the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission's review erred in...
