Case law under the amended Illinois Minor Guardianship ActBy Mark SimonsChild Law, September 2012Expanding and clarifying who has standing to contest under the revised Minor Guardianship Act is an important step in this topic’s evolving case law.
Case law updateBy Rita ElsnerLocal Government Law, June 2012Recent cases of interest to local government law practitioners.
Case law update on issues of paternityBy Joan ScottFamily Law, January 2012In the recent case of In re Paternity of an Unknown Minor, the First District Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's decision and found a mother in contempt of court for refusing to comply with an order to submit herself and her one-year-old son to DNA testing on the grounds that a man other than the petitioner had previously signed a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity.
Case noteBy Mark Kevin WykoffCriminal Justice, November 2012In People v. McKinney, Defendant pled guilty to burglary based on the erroneous advice of counsel. The issue before the appellate court was whether Defendant was entitled to withdraw his plea and pursue his request for admission to the program.
Case noteBy Mark Kevin Wykoff, Sr.Criminal Justice, August 2012A summary of The People ex rel. James W. Glasgow, Petitioner, v. Gerald R. Kinney, Judge, Respondent.
Case note: Clarcor, Inc. v. HamerBy Brian E. FlifletState and Local Taxation, June 2012A summary of the recent decision in Clarcor, Inc. v. Hamer.
Case notesBy Andrea Mesko, Mark Kevin Wykoff, Sr., Jesus Ricardo Rivera, David B. Franks, & James SternCriminal Justice, March 2012Recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Case summariesInsurance Law, December 2012Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum, Jr.Administrative Law, December 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesBy Carolyn SprinchornState and Local Taxation, November 2012Two recent tax decisions from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum, Jr.Administrative Law, October 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. SchoenbaumAdministrative Law, September 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesInsurance Law, September 2012Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. SchoenbaumAdministrative Law, August 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. SchoenbaumAdministrative Law, July 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. SchoenbaumAdministrative Law, June 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesBy James T. Nyeste, Robert H. Hanaford, Michael Hartigan, Ryan Henderson, Laura D. Mruk, David Wilford, Patricia A. Zimmer, & Ellen ZabinskiInsurance Law, June 2012Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. SchoenbaumAdministrative Law, May 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesBy Hon. Edward J. SchoenbaumAdministrative Law, April 2012Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summariesInsurance Law, March 2012Summaries of the cases in this issue.
