The state legislature sent significant measures to the governor's desk this spring concerning court fees and fines, domestic violence and orders of protection, voting rights for inmates, the raising of the legal age limit for buying tobacco products, and more.
Five key law practice technologies can reduce the time you spend on nonbillable management chores and lower your risk of malpractice and disciplinary trouble. Find out what they are and how to decide which are right for your firm.
On February 28, 2018, the Appellate Court of Illinois for the First District concluded that actual notice is not sufficient to exercise a lease option where a party has failed to provide timely written notice in compliance with the terms of the lease agreement.
The Secretary of State added a section to the part on Procedures and Standards requiring sellers of Breath Alcohol Ignition Interlock Devices (BAIID) to disclose to their customers in advertisements and mailers that they are not agents of the state (92 Ill. Adm. Code 1001 (effective Sept. 5, 2018)).
Amendments were adopted to the Adult Protective Services Program (89 Ill. Adm. Code 270 (effective July 1, 2018)) adding references to "self-neglect," clarifying the Adult Protective Services Registry, and establishing administrative procedures for appeals related to inclusion in the registry.
The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of Child Custody provides for an expeditious return of children wrongfully taken from their habitual residence. This article discusses the seventh circuit's recent efforts to reconcile different interpretations of the Convention.
The 2017 Allerton Conference focused on the impact of technology on the legal system, new ADR options, alternative business structures such as nonlawyer ownership of law firms, and other emerging issues.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity adopted amendments to the Angel Investment Credit Program (42 Ill. Adm. Code 5832 (effective Aug. 21, 2018)).
To help protect federal healthcare revenue, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is now better equipped to recoup inappropriate payments.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) adopted an amendment to Related Program Provisions clarifying that public-assistance claims for funerals and burials are subject to appropriations and may be denied.
The Department of State Police updated procedures for court-ordered expungements or the sealing of records received by the Department of State Police's Bureau of Identification by amending the Expungement Procedures (20 IAC 1205; 41 Ill. Reg. 9916 (eff. Nov. 2, 2017)).
Licensure criteria for freestanding emergency centers have been loosened by recent amendments from the Department of Public Health (77 Ill. Adm. Code 518) (eff. April 10, 2018)
The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a statutory provision allowing warrantless forced blood draws of any driver who causes death or injury, mandating a case-by-case analysis instead.
Initial users of the ARDC's self-assessment program for lawyers who don't carry malpractice insurance are giving the program high marks, the commission reports.
If you work part-time for a firm and part-time on your own, both you and your firm need to consider where your coverage under the firm's policy begins and ends.
Amendments have been adopted updating the Department of Transportation's aviation safety contact information, definitions, and statutory fees, and also clarifying that unmanned aircrafts are not subject to this part (92 Ill. Adm. Code 14) (eff. Mar. 30, 2018).
Lawyers - we who understand the power of precise language - should lead the effort to speak confidently and clearly and avoid waffling words and phrases.
The Illinois Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of sections 24-1(a)(4) and (c)(1.5) of the unlawful use of a weapon statute ("UUW"), which prohibits an individual from carrying or possessing a firearm within 1,000 feet of a public park.
Suppose you have evidence of a driver's high BAC but no corroborating evidence of impairment. Does the BAC evidence alone authorize an expert to testify that the driver was probably impaired? This article reviews the confusing state of Illinois law.
