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Post-verdict takeaways

Spouses no longer must choose between the protection against creditors provided by tenancy by the entirety and the estate-planning advantages of a revocable inter vivos trust.

The Illinois Supreme Court holds that in a foreclosure suit, the mortgage lender must name (and thus notify) the personal representative of a deceased borrower before the trial court can hear the case.

Make sure you understand how support calculators work before relying on their results, and don't forget to lay a foundation for the report if you seek to enter it into evidence.

Don't hide your lamp under a bushel, experts warn, or your clients may head for lawyers with better self-promotional skills.

A proposed fee arrangement presented to a lawyer by a short sale negotiator raises red flags for a veteran real estate practitioner.

The keynote speaker at October's ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference will tell participants how to thrive in a tough economy and changing practice landscape.

As such, they may not advise clients to incur additional debt and must label themselves "debt relief agencies" in ads.

The supreme court has asked the committee to make recommendations for better information sharing, training for judges, and other improvements.

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ISBA lawyers offer differing views on the wisdom of using free or low-cost practice-management applications.

The Illinois Department of Revenue is looking closely at former Illinois residents who claim residency in other states while maintaining ties to Illinois.

The Illinois high court rules that it isn't reversible error for a trial court to defer ruling on motions in limine to exclude prior convictions unless defendants testify - and that's bad news for defendants who choose not to testify.

In Illinois state court, no. In Illinois-based federal district courts, yes.

But the standard by which punitive awards should be measured remains unclear.

An ISBA lawyer makes the case that niceness can pay professional dividends.

A supreme court committee's proposed organizational scheme, fashioned after the Federal Rules of Evidence, would pull together Illinois' widely scattered evidence rules.

In a class action lawsuit, the Illinois Supreme Court has held that it is reasonable per se for a provider of medical record copies to charge the full amount of the statutory $20 fee pursuant to Article XX, Part 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The case is Solon v Midwest Medical Records Association, Inc, No 107719, 2010 WL 966395 (Ill Sup Ct).

A bankruptcy judge's 18 guidelines for drafting orders are a surprise hit on the blawgging circuit.

Have you gotten that press release saying the Illinois Department of Public Health has "mandated new language" for healthcare POAs? Well, it hasn't.

A hospital that gives away less than one percent of its annual revenue in free patient care doesn't qualify for a charitable property tax exemption, the Illinois Supreme Court holds.

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Do you know what they're saying about you out there? Or what you said that you probably shouldn't have? Here's how to find out and what you can do about it.

The supreme court reverses the appellate court and rules that George Ryan is not entitled to a pension for his years on the government payroll.

Before, custody orders weren't final and appealable if other issues were pending. Now they are, and that's good for kids, an appellate justice says. But she warns that family lawyers must pay closer attention than ever to appellate rules and deadlines.

In People v McKown, the high court rules that HGN tests meet the Frye standard - if they're administered properly.

By overriding juries' findings and judicial oversight over them, the caps law violated the separation of powers, the court ruled.