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Articles From 2023

Key Changes With the 2021 ALTA Owner’s Policy By Paul Peterson Real Estate Law, January 2023 The American Land Title Association has issued its new 2021 policies, commitments, and selected endorsements.
Language Matters: Timeliness of Enforcing Judgments By Rebecca Melzer Family Law, February 2023 With so many divorce cases being resolved by entering into a marital settlement agreement, practitioners should strive to help ensure that the agreement is enforced.
Lawyer and Gamer: A Trip to Gen Con 2023 By Cody N. Follis Young Lawyers Division, September 2023 Reflections on why it is important to balance work with leisure and entertainment.
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Legacy Intellectual Property By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, December 2023 Creatives, entrepreneurs, and startups create intangible assets. Many people and too many national media confusedly intermix trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. Each is quite different, with different requirements, ease of creating, registration requirements, costs, durations, and rules for transfer.
Legal Considerations of Cryptocurrency Ownership for Senior Citizens: Tax Considerations—Part 3 By Iman Eikram Trusts and Estates, May 2023 Considerations for attorneys who have elderly clients holding cryptocurrency assets.
Legislative Analysis of S.2019/H.R. 4417: The ‘Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act’ Animal Law, October 2023 The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would transform the current balance of regulatory authority between the states and federal government by eliminating virtually all state and local legislative powers to impose standards or conditions on the preharveset production of agricultural products entering their own borders.
Legislative Analysis of S.2019/H.R. 4417: The ‘Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act’ Food Law, October 2023 The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would transform the current balance of regulatory authority between the states and federal government by eliminating virtually all state and local legislative powers to impose standards or conditions on the preharveset production of agricultural products entering their own borders.
Letter From the Chair By Eric Bramlet Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation, September 2023 A note from the chair.
Letter From the Chair By Claire A. Manning Food Law, March 2023 A note from the chair.
Letting a Robot Help Write a Newsletter Article By Todd Flaming Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, May 2023 A dialogue between a member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology and ChatGPT.
Limits on Disclosure of Client Records After Resolution of the Case By Josephine Shane Mental Health Law, January 2023 A summary and analysis of appellate opinion Doe v. Burke Wise Morrissey & Kaveny, LLC.
Limits on the Municipal Administrative Adjudication of Violations of the Illinois Vehicle Code By Larry A. Davis Traffic Laws and Courts, February 2023 For those who follow Illinois traffic law at its intersection with municipal law, it is known that municipalities will, from time to time, seek to expand the use of administrative adjudication as a way to avoid enforcement of municipal ordinance violations in the circuit court.
Lists of Do’s and Don’ts for Clients By Elizabeth Wakeman Family Law, July 2023 Two lists to share with clients to make divorce and parenting agreement settlements as cooperative, quick, and inexpensive as possible.
Litigation 101: How to Prepare for a Court Status By Karen VanderMeer Young Lawyers Division, February 2023 Preparation is the key to success in the courtroom, both for our client and your professional reputation.
Lobbying in the Land of Lincoln By Paul Thompson Government Lawyers, June 2023 Summaries of recent amendments to the Lobbyist Registration Act and Illinois Governmental Ethics Act that impact lobbying statewide.
Local Governance of Rental Communities in Cook and Collar Counties Via RTLOs That Identify Rights and Protections of Tenants vs. Landlords By Sharon L. Eiseman Real Estate Law, February 2023 An overview of the ordinances in Chicago and suburban Cook County that identify the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants.
Longing for Authenticity: The Human Connection in a Digital Workplace By Christopher A. Garcia Bench and Bar, December 2023 For over two years, young associates missed out on the rhythms, dialect, and grammar of oral arguments—skills that are not learned on social media.
Looking For Deeper Pockets? What About Negligent Entrustment? By Mark Rouleau Civil Practice and Procedure, February 2023 Negligent entrustment is one type of legal doctrine that may apply and serve to expand the circle of potentially negligent defendants, thereby expanding the potential for a greater recovery.
Lots of Holiday Cheer at the Illinois State Bar Association’s Joint Midyear Meeting By Genevieve Miller Young Lawyers Division, December 2023 An overview for the 2023 ISBA Joint Midyear Meeting.
Major Retirement Plan Changes in the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 By Brian M. Pinheiro Corporate Law Departments, March 2023 An overview of the most significant provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act, which was signed into law in December 2022.
Make Time for the Conference By Dane Nelson Young Lawyers Division, April 2023 Three reasons to attend professional conferences.
The ‘Manifest Weight’ Squashes Respondent’s Appeal: FCN, Inc. v. IWCC By Joshua A. Humbrecht Workers’ Compensation Law, March 2023 A summary and analysis of Final Call, Inc., a/k/a FCN Publishing v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Comm'n.
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