Download this issueMore solos and small-firm lawyers are hiring stay-at-home moms and others on a project-by-project basis as the need arises. The lawyers they hire are trading full-time employment for freedom.
Illinois Bar Journal | December 2014 Table of Contents
December 2014 • Volume 102 • Number 12
Practice News
566
Articles
582
Will the court enforce your referral fee agreement? A recent case ups the ante by requiring strict, not merely "substantial," compliance with ethics rules.
586
A criminal record can be an insurmountable hurdle for job-seeking clients in a tough market. Here's how you can help them move beyond their criminal pasts.
590
Yes, Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307(a)(1) allows appeals from interlocutory injunction orders – but also in cases that are "injunctive in nature."
592
The Illinois construction statute of repose can be an effective defense in asbestos cases. This article shows how to use or challenge it.
Columns
562
Small-estate affidavits; Getty Images; emulating PACER.
565
<
596
Should a health care POA swap out agents after a triggering event?
598
Saying "yes" to a case outside your competence is usually a mistake.
600
Nevada has one – how about the Land of Lincoln?