Business Losses Because of COVID Insurance CoverageBy Howard W. FeldmanApril 2021Insurance coverage is based upon the specific language of the policy and coverage for loss of business income will not exist if the policy does not clearly allow for it, even if the policy is referred to as an all-risk policy.
Chair’s ColumnBy Mary Stark-HoodNovember 2021A note of welcome from the chair.
Executive Orders and Their Challenges During COVID-19By Lesley GoolJanuary 2021A brief historical background of executive orders, an examination of the governor’s authority to issue such orders, and a look at the recent lawsuits challenging Governor Pritzker’s COVID-19 orders.
Is Illinois’s New Retailers Occupation Tax Scheme Unconstitutional?By Stanley R. KaminskiJanuary 2021Effective January 1, 2021, Illinois will institute a major structural change in its state and local retailers occupation tax—the Illinois sales tax—that will openly discriminate against non-Illinois retailers and interstate sales.
Lost Trust AgreementBy John MavilleApril 2021A look at how to handle lost trust agreements.
Proposed Changes to the TODI ActBy Gary R. GehlbachJanuary 2021A look at proposed changes to the Illinois Residential Real Property Transfer on Death Instrument Act.
Protecting the House From Nursing Home ExpensesBy William S. WilsonApril 2021The article explores several ways to protect the residence when the nursing home patient applies for nursing home Medicaid.
