Articles From 2008 | Illinois State Bar Association

Lawyers as peacemakers—An opportunity to learn and explore By Sandra Crawford Women and the Law, March 2008 Are you a warrior? Are you a peacemaker? Or, are you something other? Through answering these threshold questions we may be able to open broader dialogues which will lead us to answering the ultimate question of “what’s the better public image for our profession?”

Legacy of loss transformed into hope: Cindy Bischof Law creates GPS monitoring for domestic violence prevention By Julie A. Neubauer Young Lawyers Division, October 2008 For too long, it has been the same story.

Legal issues to be aware of in representing drivers under age 21 By Steve Baker Traffic Laws and Courts, September 2008 Two traffic “convictions” within any two year period results in a 3-month license suspension (as opposed to 3 convictions in one year for an adult). 625 ILCS 5/6-206 (a) 36.

Legislation signed clarifying responsibility for educational costs of residential placement By Phil Milsk Education Law, October 2008 In August, 2008, the Governor signed into law two companion bills intended to clarify the responsibility for educational costs when a student is placed in a residential program by an Illinois public agency or a juvenile court judge.

Legislation-Passed bills By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, June 2008 The following are summaries of new legislation in Illinois affecting the practice of criminal law. As these are summaries only, the Public Act should be reviewed before reliance.

Legislation-Passed bills By Steve Baker Child Law, June 2008 The following are summaries of new legislation in Illinois affecting the practice of criminal law. As these are summaries only, the Public Act should be reviewed before reliance.

Legislation-Passed bills By Steve Baker Child Law, May 2008 The following are summaries of new legislation in Illinois affecting the practice of criminal law. As these are summaries only, the Public Act itself should be reviewed before reliance.

Legislation-Passed bills Part 1: By Attorney Steve Baker Criminal Justice, May 2008 The following are summaries of new legislation in Illinois affecting the practice of criminal law.

Legislation—Passed Bills, Part I By Steve Baker Criminal Justice, December 2008 Includes legislation from 2007 with a 6-1-08 effective date.

Legislative agenda item: Arguments in favor of eliminating or limiting the Independent Contractor Designation By Gregory A. Zbylut Federal Taxation, August 2008 One of the largest problems facing small businesses, during boom times as well as recessions, is having sufficient cash on hand to pay bills as they come due.

Legislative agenda item: Estate Tax Repeal By Robert J. Krupp Federal Taxation, August 2008 The debate surrounding the estate tax no longer focuses on eliminating the tax in total. Rather, the debate centers on the amount of the exemption and the rate.

Legislative agenda item: Offers in compromise By William M. Gasa Federal Taxation, August 2008 These comments are submitted as a follow-up to last year’s report, which is attached in its entirety at the end of these comments, and will address the status of last year’s recommendations.

Legislative agenda item: Proposed changes to Section 6694—Understatement of Taxpayer Liability by Return Preparer By George E. Marifian Federal Taxation, August 2008 These Comments address the need for amendments to recent changes to the tax return preparer penalty and the definition of tax return preparer in IRC Sections 6694 and 7701(a)(36).

Legislative and regulatory update Insurance Law, June 2008 In January, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Insurance, notified all multi-peril crop insurance agents of increased efforts to eliminate rebating schemes by several entities involved in the sale of Federal Crop Insurance.

Legislative report By James K. Weston, Sr. Mineral Law, December 2008 The second year of the 95th General Assembly was again one of the most active periods in legislative history.

Legislative report By James K. Weston, Sr. & MaryLou Lowder Kent Real Estate Law, December 2008 The second year of the 95th General Assembly was again one of the most active periods in legislative history.

Legislative report 95th General Assembly • Spring 2007 Session By James K. Weston, Sr. Real Estate Law, January 2008 The General Assembly Spring 2007 Session continues as this is written.

Legislative update By Kyle Rominger Environmental Law, September 2008 The following is a brief review of environmental-related legislation signed into law in 2007.

Let’s review the basics of local taxation By Julie-April Montgomery State and Local Taxation, May 2008 As a practitioner, are you aware of the vast number and variety of local taxes for which a client can be held accountable, or even what constitutes a local taxing authority in Illinois?

Letter from the Chair By Michael G. Bergmann Child Law, December 2008 Welcome to the second edition of the newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Child Law Section, which I hope you find to be informative.

Letter from the Chair By Jennifer A. Shaw Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, November 2008 The Standing Committee on Women and Minority Participation’s 2008-2009 year is off to an exciting start.

Letter from the Chair By Michael G. Bergmann Child Law, September 2008 Children are our future. It may be trite, but it is certainly true.

Letter from the Chair By Patrick T. Driscoll Federal Civil Practice, September 2008 The Federal Civil Practice Section Council had a very successful year in 2007-2008. The Section Council presented two CLE programs which were well attended and favorably received.

Letter from the Chair: A call to action By Andrew Fox Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, March 2008 Tapping away in a laptop into the wee hours of the night, clicking through sites trying to find that one bit of information that will make you shine at work, that will wrap up the perfect research assignment, that will get the naysayers and critics to stop redlining your work and forwarding your e-mails is a like a frenzied rush to the finish line at the Chicago or Boston Marathon.

Letter from the Chair: Is it midyear already? By Sharon L. Eiseman Women and the Law, January 2008 Being an observant but not deeply religious person, I sometimes feel uncomfortable when a friend or stranger says to me: “Have a blessed day.”

Letter to the editor By Mary Lin Nicholson Real Estate Law, June 2008 My first reaction was how can the ward’s guardian be both her aunt and her niece?

Liability for common bile duct injuries—Measure twice, cut once By William A. Cirignani Tort Law, April 2008 This article is designed to help someone new to bile-duct injury cases understand the medicine, and the theories of liability underlying such claims.

Life Estate Transaction legal considerations By Alan E. Stumpf Real Estate Law, February 2008 Frequently a lawyer is contacted by a client proposing various types of life estate and gift transactions for real estate.

Life estate transaction legal considerations By Alan E. Stumpf Agricultural Law, February 2008 To serve our clients better we need to be thinking and counseling about a number of future responsibility, transaction and taxation issues.