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Articles From 2024

AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, July 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Insurance Law, May 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Corporate Law Departments, May 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Bench and Bar, April 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Employee Benefits, March 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation, February 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, February 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Administrative Law, February 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI in Discovery? It’s Called TAR By George Bellas Civil Practice and Procedure, March 2024 Technology assisted review is a form of artificial intelligence in which the artificial intelligence machine learning assists in the review process by automatically reviewing, sorting, and classifying large volumes of documents based on whether the documents are likely responsive to discovery requests.
AI Information for In-House Counsel By Margo Lynn Hablutzel Corporate Law Departments, May 2024 An overview of the three CLE programs on artificial intelligence sponsored by the Corporate Law Departments Section.
ALERT!! Real Estate Law, October 2024 Illinois has developed a rental assistance program for fiscal year 2025.
All the Latest Developments in Health Care Law Health Care Law, June 2024 Summaries of federal and Illinois decisions of interest to health care law practitioners.
All the Latest Developments in Health Care Law By W. Eugene Basanta, Elizabeth LaRocca, & Michael Lee Health Care Law, March 2024 Summaries of recent Illinois health care law cases.
All the Latest Developments in Health Care Law By W. Eugene Basanta & Michael Lee Corporate Law Departments, January 2024 Summaries of recent Illinois health care law cases.
All the Latest Developments in Health Care Law By W. Eugene Basanta & Michael Lee Employee Benefits, January 2024 Summaries of recent Illinois health care law cases.
An Alleged Underpayment of Tax Is Not a False Claim When a Reasonable Rational Is Present By Dakota Newton & Stanley Kaminski State and Local Taxation, October 2024 A summary of the September, 2024, case, People v. Home Depot USA, Inc.
The Amendment of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 794(d) to Include Sexual Harassment Prevention Within the Definition of Professional Responsibility CLE Credits By Dina Ninfo Women and the Law, May 2024 On January 31, 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court issued an order amending Illinois Supreme Court Rule 794(d) to include sexual harassment prevention within the definition of professional responsibility effective February 1, 2024.
Amendments to Illinois Human Rights Act to Take Effect in 2025 By Michelle Olson & Fernanda Contreras Corporate Law Departments, November 2024 New amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act will take effect on January 1, 2025, which will prohibit discrimination against employees based on their reproductive health decisions and family responsibilities and expand the time in which to bring a claim. 
American Arbitration Association Issues Amended Mass Arbitration Rules By Jay Schleppenbach Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 2024 On January 15, the American Arbitration Association issued amended Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules and new Consumer Mass Arbitration and Mediation Fee Schedules.
Animal Welfare and Climate Change: Intersections and Parallels Symposium Food Law, February 2024 An overview of the program at the upcoming Animal Welfare and Climate Change: Intersections and Parallels Symposium.
Annual ISBA YLD Wine Tasting Event By Caroline Mazurek Cozzi Young Lawyers Division, March 2024 A recap of the YLD wine tasting event.
Annual YLD Speed Networking Event By Olivia Basu Young Lawyers Division, March 2024 On March 1, 2024, nearly 100 young legal professionals gathered in the ISBA office in downtown Chicago for the annual speed networking event hosted by ISBA’s Young Lawyer’s Division.
Appeal of Mortgage Foreclosure Case Where Property Is Sold to Third Party Who Was Not a Party to the Litigation Is Moot Unless the Appellant Previously Obtained a Stay of the Trial Court’s Judgment By Kevin J. Stine Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, May 2024 In PHH Mortgage Corp.v. Restrepo, the appellate court determined that defendant's petition for relief from judgment that sought to vacate both the judgment of foreclosure and the order confirming the sheriff's sale of defendant's home were moot and barred because the subject property had been sold to an unrelated third party purchaser and defendant had not obtained a stay of the trial court's order confirming the sale within the time frame allowed for filing an appeal from that order.
Appellate Court Applies Rules of Contract Interpretation to Underground Slurry Storage and Disposal Lease By John H. Henderson Mineral Law, June 2024 In Campbell v. White County Coal, LLC, the appellate court engaged in a very fact-specific analysis of an underground slurry storage and disposal lease.
Appellate Court Decision Clarifies Notice Standards for Property Tax Assessments in Illinois By Scott L. Ginsburg & Kathy C. Ropka State and Local Taxation, July 2024 In Jackson Generation, LLC, the appellate court clarified notice standards for taxpayers and counties with respect to assessment increases.
Appellate Court Upholds Illinois Coal Ash Regulations By Michael P. Murphy Environmental and Natural Resources Law, May 2024 In March 2024, the appellate court upheld the rules governing coal ash ponds.
Application of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to General Personal Jurisdiction in Illinois (and Beyond?) By Carlos A. Vera & Daniel M. Yukich Civil Practice and Procedure, March 2024 In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., the United States Supreme Court ruled that a state statute that requires foreign corporations conducting business in Pennsylvania to consent to general jurisdiction does not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Applying Complete Auto’s Test, the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Determines That Illinois Can Impose Use Tax on Out-of-State Leasing Company’s Aircraft By Jake Leahy State and Local Taxation, August 2024 TCRG SN 4057 LLC v. Illinois Department of Revenue provides a useful analysis of the application of the Complete Auto four-part test as applied to dormant commerce clause challenges for an out-of-state taxpayer.
The Aroma of Legality By Kulmeet S. Galhotra Cannabis Law, May 2024 Although Illinois is the eleventh state to legalize recreational cannabis and is entering its fourth year, the law surrounding searches based on its smell is still unsettled.
Articles Needed Real Estate Law, July 2024 A call for articles.