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2024 Articles

AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl 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.
Become an Illinois Bar Foundation Champion By Jessica R. Durkin November 2024 At least twice a year at ISBA Annual and Midyear Meetings, we are pitched by colleagues and the Illinois Bar Foundation to become a “Champion.” But what is a Champion really, and what’s in it for us?
Case Names and Holdings May 2024 A list of the cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically, and their holdings.
Case Summaries May 2024 Summaries of the cases in this issue.
E-Clips Summaries November 2024 Summaries of written case decisions of interest to insurance law practitioners that were issued from August 1, 2024, to October 31, 2024. 
E-Clips Summaries October 2024 Summaries of written decisions issued in cases of interest to insurance law practitioners.
Featured Cases November 2024 Summaries of the Illinois Supreme Court case, Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Infrastructure Engineering, Inc., and the First District Illinois Appellate Court case, Stonegate Ins. Co. v. All City Towing, Inc.
From the Editor By James T. Nyeste November 2024 A note from the editor. 
From the Editor By James Nyeste October 2024 An introduction to the issue from the editor.
From the Editors By David M. Kroeger & James T. Nyeste May 2024 An introduction to the issue from the editors.
Galarza v. Direct Auto Insurance Co.: The Illinois Supreme Court Addresses the Issue of Uninsured Motorist Coverage for a Pedestrian By Michael J. Zywica May 2024 In Galarza v. Direct Auto Insurance Co., the Illinois Supreme Court considered whether a provision in an automobile insurance policy that limited uninsured motorist coverage to insureds occupying an “insured automobile” violated the Illinois Insurance Code.
Is an Insured-versus-Insured Exclusion in a D&O Policy an Illegal Ipso Facto Clause? By John M. Fitzgerald November 2024 While Section 541(c)’s ban on ipso facto clauses should be broadly construed to prevent debtors and creditors from circumventing the Bankruptcy Code, the conclusion from In re Ford City Condo. Ass’n., 653 B.R. 420 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2023) seems to reach the correct result. 
Tips For Demand Drafting By Michael J. Zywica October 2024 Tips to help you save money while also producing a demand that will not only leave the adjuster or opposing attorney thanking you for distilling voluminous information but also serve your client’s best interests.
Words and Phrases Index of Cases May 2024 A list of the cases in this issue organized by subject.