Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 3
CLE
Live Programs: 1
Discussions
Posts: 27
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 65
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2023–24 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Basics and Update (03/20/2024)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2023–24 bar year.
Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy
- Community members: 608
- Total discussion posts: 27
Transactional
- Community members: 29,383
- Total discussion posts: 551
Litigation
- Community members: 29,384
- Total discussion posts: 1,463
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 65 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- Senate Bill 3696 amends the Uniform Commercial Code to, among other things, adopt changes recommended by the Uniform Law Commission with respect to the addition of a Controllable Electronic Records Article.
- SB 3804 amends the Adult Protective Services Act and expands the list of mandated reporters under the Act to include broker-dealers and officers and employees of financial institutions. It provides that financial exploitation of an adult with disabilities or a person aged 60 or older occurs when a person or entity (i) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (ii) assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (iii) knowingly aids and abets in the taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining of real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; or (iv) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains, or assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining, real or personal property of an eligible adult by undue influence.