More and more lawyers say it's a bad idea. But what do you do instead? Is a central will repository the answer?
October 2006 • Volume 94 • Number 10
Practice News
Articles
Are judicial retention elections impervious to information-based voting? An analysis of voting patterns suggests not.
What happens when parties empower the mediator not only to help resolve disputes, but also to investigate and punish breaches of the agreement?
Learn about federal rules, effective next month, governing the "all appropriate inquiry" necessary to establish the innocent landowner defense under CERCLA.
If a ward moves or travels to another state, will his or her guardian's power be acknowledged? This article explores this and related questions.
Columns
The ISBA must fight to protect this longstanding principle against federal encroachment.
Make sure restrictions on intrastate removal are reasonable, Gitlin says.
Illinois' anti-mortgage-fraud program debuted September 1. Will it fulfill its intended purpose?