Download this issueIllinois has a new, plain-language statutory health care power of attorney, and lawyers are getting used to it – and, in some cases, tweaking it to suit their practices.
Illinois Bar Journal | April 2015 Table of Contents
April 2015 • Volume 103 • Number 4
Practice News
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Articles
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Disciplining public-sector employees for speech that is insubordinate, inappropriate, or simply unwanted gives rise to complex legal issues. Here's a framework for analyzing them.
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Judges typically rely on the circuit clerk to determine mandatory fines, but the clerk often goes further and actually imposes them, which makes the fines void. This article proposes some solutions.
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In addition to seeking spousal maintenance, divorcing immigrants might have another, and perhaps better, way to seek support – suing to enforce the affidavit of support signed by their spouses.
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Some appellate rulings on Rule 216 requests to admit facts require defendants to answer questions about whether medical bills are reasonable. That exceeds the rule's scope, the author argues.
Columns
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Your first real estate transaction; six-person juries; digital assets and estate planning.
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More prospective clients are looking online and elsewhere for legal help.
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There's nothing wrong with pitching yourself to a prospective client – as long as you follow key ethics rules.
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The Illinois Supreme Court's post-assassination memorial service focused on Lawyer Lincoln.
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Too smart to take the computer-fraud bait? Don't be so sure.