December 2024
Bench and Bar
Civil Practice and Procedure
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Family Law
- Become an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion
- Chair’s Column
- A Closer Look at In Re Marriage of Zamudio and the Potential Impact on Allocating Early Retirement Subsidies in Divorce (Part 2)
- Effectively Transitioning Your Matter for Appeal
- When the Child Brings a Parentage Case: The Applicable Authority
Federal Taxation
Food Law
- Become an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion
- Food Safety — An Overview
- Industrial Hemp Production Contracts
- Report Details Impact of Glyphosate Loss on Farm Bill Programs
- U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program
- You, Your Idea, Your Farm, or Your Organization Could Be Front and Center at the 4th Annual Soil Health Week, the First Week of March
Intellectual Property
- Become an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion
- Can You Register a Country Name for Trademark?
- Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence
- Intellectual Improbabilities™
- Intra-Third-Party Squabble Results in Sixth Circuit Opinion Applying Lanham Act to Political Marks
Law Related Education for the Public
Mineral Law
Real Estate Law
State and Local Taxation
Tort Law
Trusts and Estates
- Elder Law and Special Needs Update Year–End 2024 and More
- Illinois Trust Code Amendments Adding New Obligations for Trustees
- The Logistics of Handling Powers of Attorney Under the Recent Amendments to the Act – Reasonable and Unreasonable Cause to Refuse
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Member Gary R. Gehlbach
- Statutory Amendments Affecting the Illinois Power of Attorney for Property – Boon or Bane for Estate Planning Attorneys?
Women and the Law
Workers’ Compensation Law
Young Lawyers Division
November 2024
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Animal Law
Corporate Law Departments
Education Law
Employee Benefits
Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation
Family Law
Food Law
Government Lawyers
- Become an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion
- Illinois Personnel Records Review Act: A New Era of Transparency and Access
- New Department of Justice Local Government Website Rules
- Pro Bono Work and Government Lawyers
- Roz Kaplan Government Service Award Call for Nominations
- What Is Civility Anymore in Government Practice?
Insurance Law
Legal Technology, Standing Committee on
Real Estate Law
State and Local Taxation
Traffic Laws and Courts
- Become an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion
- Fourth District Reaffirms Its Standard to Evaluate Anonymous and Non-Anonymous Tips of Individuals Suspected of Driving Under the Influence
- A High Burden: A Discussion of People v. Krzeczkowski and the Standard for Securing DUI Drug Convictions
- Independent Truckers and the SR22 “Trap”
- New Law Ends Failure to Appear Driver’s License Suspensions
Trusts and Estates
Young Lawyers Division
October 2024
Administrative Law
Agricultural Law
Animal Law
Bench and Bar
Civil Practice and Procedure
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
- Central District Local Bankruptcy Rules Become Effective October 1, 2024
- Supreme Court Clarifies That Courts Must Stay Rather than Dismiss Cases Referred to Arbitration
- Update on Artificial Intelligence in the Illinois Courts
- Welcome to the Fall of 2024
- What Is the Judicial Performance Evaluation Program?: Insights From a Facilitator
Construction Law
Corporate Law Departments
Elder Law
Employee Benefits
Family Law
- Chair’s Column
- A closer look at In Re Marriage of Zamudio and the potential impact on the allocation of early retirement subsidies in divorce (PART I) (In Re Marriage of Zamudio, 2019 IL 124676)
- Defending Dissipation: Tips and Common Pitfalls to Avoid
- International Custody Disputes: Allocation Judgments Do Not Bind Courts When Determining a Child’s Habitual Residence
- An Overview of Illinois’ Law on Reproductive Health
- Parenting Coordinators: Coordinating Parents Through the Day-to-Day Life
- Support For a Disabled Child Under 750 ILCS 5/513.5
- Update on Dissipation of Assets
Food Law
Health Care Law
Human and Civil Rights
- A Brief Summary of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Comments from the Chair
- Illinois Extends Time for Filing Discrimination Claims Under Illinois Human Rights Act from 300 Days to 2 Years
- ISBA Anti-discrimination Provisions Column: How the Civil Rights Provisions Became Part of the 1970 Illinois Constitution
Insurance Law
International and Immigration Law
Law Related Education for the Public
Local Government Law
- Municipal Case Summaries
- Protestors on Pins and Needles About Whether to Bring Pens and Badges to DNC After 7th Circuit Denies Constitutional Challenge to Ban on Pointed Objects
- Recent Illinois Attorney General / Public Access Opinions and Judicial Decisions Regarding the Freedom of Information Act and Open Meetings Act
Mineral Law
Privacy and Information Security Law
- 7 Questions to Ask Before Giving a Vendor Access to Your Data Set in an Artificially Intelligent World
- BIPA Update: Illinois Adopts Reform Limiting Potential Claims (And Damages) in Litigation
- Business Data Privacy Standards and the Impact of Artificial Intelligence
- Discrimination Based on Conviction Records: What Are Employees’ Rights and Employers’ Responsibilities in Illinois?
Real Estate Law
Rural Practice
- The Corporate Transparency Act: A New Era of Business Accountability
- Guilty Pleas Following People v. Wells
- Nice Trust, But What’s in It? Analyzing Funding for Revocable Trusts
- A Rural Practitioner’s Plea for Action
- Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right: Illinois Adopts the ‘Partial Breach’ Doctrine
- Welcome to the Rural Practice Section
Senior Lawyers
State and Local Taxation
Tort Law
Trusts and Estates
- Flinn Report Summary – August 2, 2024 (Issue 31) Through August 30, 2024 (Issue 35)
- Future Live CLE and Previously Recorded CLE on Trusts and Estates Topics
- Spotlight on Trusts & Estates Section Council Member Steven Wade
- Twelve Tips for New Probate Attorneys
- Writing Tips for Young Lawyers (and Old Dogs Who Need New Tricks)