Game On! A Comprehensive Strategy Guide to Level Up Your Practice on Video Games

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

Are you interested in powering up your legal practice? If so, join us as we dive into the video game industry, and explore how it uses intellectual property and navigates as a whole. Additional topics include the various privacy issues to consider when sharing information during online game play and whether video game providers offer any privacy protections.

Bene Vale Dicere Latine

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Celeste Antoinette Niemann

 In the November Illinois Bar Journal’s Judging Your Writing column, Illinois Appellate Court Justice Michael B. Hyman issues a salvo in the long-simmering debate over the continued use of Latin in the legal profession. His column title translates as “Say Goodbye to Latin,” which gives you more than a clue to his perspective.

A group of 26 Illinois Ford dealers won a legal battle last week that could short-circuit the automaker’s national EV certification program, challenging required fast charger installation and training programs costing upward of $1.2 million per dealership to sell and service electric vehicles.

From: 
The Southern Illinoisan

Of all the names that might be on the ballot next year running for Cook County state’s attorney, one that will assuredly not be is Kim Foxx.

From: 
Belleville News-Democrat

A Livingston County man convicted in two separate child sex abuse cases is entitled to a new trial in one of them because he was improperly shackled during the proceedings, an appellate court has ruled. 

From: 
The Pantagraph

Former state senator and gubernatorial candidate William "Sam" McCann is set to appear before a U.S. District Court judge on Monday, nearly three years after his indictment on alleged misuse of campaign funds, money laundering, and tax evasion.

From: 
The State Journal-Register

In the 40 years Kate Schumacher has worked as a real estate agent, homebuyers have rarely compensated her directly. Instead, the seller has picked up the tab. Yet, this year, the Baird & Warner agent based in Algonquin said she has already had two deals close where the seller did not cover all of her compensation: 2.5% of the selling price of the house.

From: 
The Dispatch-Argus