Articles From William A. Price | Illinois State Bar Association

“It ain’t over ‘til it’s over”: Circuit court jurisdiction after remand to an administrative agency By William A. Price Administrative Law, September 2009 Post-judgment proceedings can be decisive in any case, and they may be difficult to obtain promptly where state agency proceedings are at issue.

Regulatory agendas, lists, and other compliance aids By William A. Price Administrative Law, September 2009 The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act allows counsel some insight into what rules are coming down the pike by requiring all agencies to publish regulatory agendas in the January 1 and July 1 editions of the Illinois Register.

The right to an agency decision, and 35 days to appeal, including some weekend days By William A. Price Administrative Law, September 2009 If your client gets a state agency decision, he or she is entitled to a clear and simple explanation of what standard the agency applied, and why the decision was made.

Administrative Law Section Seminar and Section Council Meeting in Springfield, May 15th and 16th By William A. Price Administrative Law, June 2009 The Section sponsored a well-received seminar on administrative hearings and appeals this May 15th, and the Section Council met the day afterward at the Abraham Lincoln hotel in Springfield, Illinois.

Are criminal prosecutions for prevarication possible? By William A. Price Administrative Law, April 2009 Political and governmental ethics debates in Illinois may have reached a new low this spring, with a member of the majority party defending a vote against a special election with a comment on the situation of the state’s junior U.S. Senator, currently challenged for less-than-forthcoming answers about how he obtained appointment, and for unsuccessful attempts to raise political funds in the course of discussions of same.

Legal and tax issues for franchisees By William A. Price General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, January 2009 Buying and operating a franchise is different than most of the other purchase or investment decisions your client will make in the course of your lifetime. Your client is getting a business that they will run using a more-or-less established system, not purchasing something physical like a car or a house.

Interpreting the rules By William A. Price Administrative Law, December 2008 Client questions often call for careful parsing of language.

Section Council news By William A. Price Administrative Law, November 2008 News of interest to Administrative Law practitioners.

Provena Covenant Medical Center v. Department of Revenue By William A. Price Administrative Law, October 2008 Hospitals and healthcare systems have changed significantly since the federal government and private insurance took over most patient payments.

Administrative review bills that have been approved by the 95th General Assembly By William A. Price Administrative Law, September 2008 Senate Bill 2111 amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act in regard to procedures for naming parties and for serving summons and decisions.

Web links for Illinois Administrative Law (Sites current as of August 13, 2008) By William A. Price Administrative Law, September 2008 A list of Web sites that should be useful to administrative law practitioners.

Agency Procedures and Administrative Rules 1: Information Sources By William A. Price Administrative Law, August 2008 Agency rules of practice, like the rules of court, often determine who wins and loses in administrative proceedings. These rules get rewritten from time to time.

Briefly Noted: Australian Administrative Law By William A. Price Administrative Law, August 2008 It is likely that an Australian court, faced with an arbitrary or capricious (or purely political, without legal basis) administrative agency decision, and presented with appropriate precedents by competent counsel, would reach a result not-too-dissimilar to one that could be expected in Illinois.

Statutory Changes, 94th and 95th General Assemblies By William A. Price Administrative Law, August 2008 This review notes revisions to the Administrative Procedure Act, Administrative Review Law, Freedom of Information Act, and Open Meetings Act in the 94th and 95th General Assemblies, based on keyword searches using the words of each of the above act’s titles in the Illinois General Assembly public acts database.

Remarks from the Chair By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, February 2008 Illinois often follows the work of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) (Web site www.nccusl.org) in considering whether we need new laws to simplify and codify rules for corporation, business, and securities issues.

Remarks from the Chair By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, January 2008 This year’s Corporation, Securities, and Business Law program of work is focused on member education.

Due process and ethical issues for administrative judges By William A. Price Administrative Law, March 2007 Due process requirements of the U.S. and Illinois Constitutions, and the requirements of both professional and judicial ethics, may apply to actions of ALJs.

Does Illinois need a Business Trusts Act? By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, December 2004 Illinois has been in the process of revising and modernizing the statutes that determine the rights and liabilities of insiders and outsiders in business organizations for the last 23 years.

What’s new in corporate filings and business entity laws By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, July 2002 The following news is an extract from the first quarter update to my treatise Limited Liability Organizations (http://www.stpub.com/pubs/llo.htm), which provides detailed url's for the state business entity registration sites from which these notes were gleaned, and a variety of other information on business trust, federal tax, state tax, and drafting issues relevant to the many variants of limited liability business entities.

An annual survey of administrative law 2001 By William A. Price & Kelley Beehner Administrative Law, March 2002 "Administrative law" concerns the policy making, ratemaking, decision making, rulemaking, licensing and other requirements and procedures of administrative bodies.

Sample client advice letter: structuring an individual medical practice to minimize tax and reduce asset exposure to liability claims By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, February 2002 I recently had occasion to counsel a physician interested in purchasing an Illinois medical practice, along with the building and medical laboratory facilities used by the practice.

Introduction to The Handbook Of Illinois Administrative Law By William A. Price Administrative Law, October 2001 This handbook is the result of many years of effort by volunteer authors and editors from the State Government Bar Association and from the Section Council, Section of Administrative Law, Illinois State Bar Association.

My year as section council chair By William A. Price Administrative Law, October 2001 Administrative law agendas don't change much over the years.

An annual survey of administrative law 2000 By William A. Price & Kelley Beehner Administrative Law, January 2001 "Administrative law" concerns the policy making, ratemaking, decision making, rulemaking, licensing and other requirements and procedures of administrative bodies.

Early stage venture finance: sources of data for the “angel” round By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, June 2000 "Angel" finance deals, according to "The Process and Analysis Behind ACE-Net," a policy paper on the U.S. Small Business Administration Website, number about 650,000, and involve about ten private investors each, at about $65-66,000 per investor.

Enterprises and finance By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, April 2000 A business lawyer can serve many roles, for many different sizes of company.

Income tax analysis: C corporation retained earnings or partnership status for major investment by new partner By William A. Price Business and Securities Law, April 2000 The following is a draft letter to a client with $1 million in net earnings who is considering a joint business venture with an active investor. For discussion's sake, the investor is assumed to also have $1 million in net income from another business.

Case law developments By William A. Price Administrative Law, March 2000 Note: Material summarized also includes information from case summaries prepared for the ISBA Illinois Courts Bulletin by Helen Gunnarson, from ISBA Administrative Law newsletter articles prepared by Julie Ann Sebastian and Terry Shafer, and uploads to the ISBA Administrative Law Section Council website by Edward Schoenbaum.

Case law developments By William A. Price Administrative Law, January 1999 The parties disputed what standard of review was applicable in the appeal. The board argued that the case involved a question of fact.

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