Key Changes With the 2021 ALTA Owner’s PolicyBy Paul PetersonReal Estate Law, January 2023The American Land Title Association has issued its new 2021 policies, commitments, and selected endorsements.
Language Matters: Timeliness of Enforcing JudgmentsBy Rebecca MelzerFamily Law, February 2023With so many divorce cases being resolved by entering into a marital settlement agreement, practitioners should strive to help ensure that the agreement is enforced.
Lawyer and Gamer: A Trip to Gen Con 2023By Cody N. FollisYoung Lawyers Division, September 2023Reflections on why it is important to balance work with leisure and entertainment.
Legacy Intellectual PropertyBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, December 2023Creatives, entrepreneurs, and startups create intangible assets. Many people and too many national media confusedly intermix trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. Each is quite different, with different requirements, ease of creating, registration requirements, costs, durations, and rules for transfer.
Legislative Analysis of S.2019/H.R. 4417: The ‘Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act’Animal Law, October 2023The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would transform the current balance of regulatory authority between the states and federal government by eliminating virtually all state and local legislative powers to impose standards or conditions on the preharveset production of agricultural products entering their own borders.
Legislative Analysis of S.2019/H.R. 4417: The ‘Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act’Food Law, October 2023The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would transform the current balance of regulatory authority between the states and federal government by eliminating virtually all state and local legislative powers to impose standards or conditions on the preharveset production of agricultural products entering their own borders.
Letter From the ChairBy Eric BramletEnergy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation, September 2023A note from the chair.
Letting a Robot Help Write a Newsletter ArticleBy Todd FlamingLegal Technology, Standing Committee on, May 2023A dialogue between a member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology and ChatGPT.
Limits on the Municipal Administrative Adjudication of Violations of the Illinois Vehicle CodeBy Larry A. DavisTraffic Laws and Courts, February 2023For those who follow Illinois traffic law at its intersection with municipal law, it is known that municipalities will, from time to time, seek to expand the use of administrative adjudication as a way to avoid enforcement of municipal ordinance violations in the circuit court.
Lists of Do’s and Don’ts for ClientsBy Elizabeth WakemanFamily Law, July 2023Two lists to share with clients to make divorce and parenting agreement settlements as cooperative, quick, and inexpensive as possible.
Litigation 101: How to Prepare for a Court StatusBy Karen VanderMeerYoung Lawyers Division, February 2023Preparation is the key to success in the courtroom, both for our client and your professional reputation.
Lobbying in the Land of LincolnBy Paul ThompsonGovernment Lawyers, June 2023Summaries of recent amendments to the Lobbyist Registration Act and Illinois Governmental Ethics Act that impact lobbying statewide.
Looking For Deeper Pockets? What About Negligent Entrustment?By Mark RouleauCivil Practice and Procedure, February 2023Negligent entrustment is one type of legal doctrine that may apply and serve to expand the circle of potentially negligent defendants, thereby expanding the potential for a greater recovery.