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Articles From 2011

Case law summary By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum Administrative Law, October 2011 Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case law update Local Government Law, December 2011 Recent cases of interest to local government attorneys.
Case law update Local Government Law, October 2011 Recent cases of interest to local government practitioners.
Case law update: Real estate contracts By Steven B. Bashaw & Joseph R. Fortunato, Jr. Real Estate Law, January 2011 Recent cases of interest to real estate practitioners.
Case law updates By Michael D. Bersani, Rita Edsner, & Adam Margolin Local Government Law, August 2011 Recent cases of interest to local government lawyers.
Case names and holdings Insurance Law, October 2011 A list of cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case names and holdings Insurance Law, July 2011 A list of cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically.
Case names and holdings Insurance Law, May 2011 A list of the cases in this issue, organized according to subject.
Case names and holdings Insurance Law, February 2011 A list of the cases in this issue, organized alphabetically.
Case note: SPEED District 802 v. Warning, No. 108785 (Ill. Sup. Ct. 2/25/11) By JoAnn G. Lim Education Law, October 2011 Reversing the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board and the appellate court’s decisions, the IL Supreme Court ruled that the District did not commit an unfair labor practice when it did not renew teacher's contract.  
Case notes By Hon. John A. Wasilewski, Mark Kevin Wykoff, Sr., Steve Baker, & John J. Rekowski Criminal Justice, November 2011 Recent cases of interest to criminal attorneys.
Case notes By Hon. Richard D. Russo, Robert B. Anderson, & Lori G. Levin Criminal Justice, June 2011 A summary of recent cases of interest to criminal law practitioners.
Case notes By Hon. Kimberly L. Dahlen, Debra A. Seaton, Hon. Michael Kiley, Ava George Stewart, & Randall Rosenbaum Criminal Justice, April 2011 Recent decisions affecting criminal law in Illinois.
Case notes and civil case summaries Local Government Law, June 2011 Recent cases of interest to local government lawyers.
Case summaries Insurance Law, October 2011 Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summaries By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum Administrative Law, August 2011 Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summaries Insurance Law, July 2011 Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summaries By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum Administrative Law, July 2011 Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summaries By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum Administrative Law, June 2011 Recent cases of interest to administrative law practitioners.
Case summaries Insurance Law, May 2011 Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summaries Administrative Law, May 2011 Recent cases of interest to Administrative Law practitioners.
Case summaries By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum Administrative Law, April 2011 Recent cases of interest to Administrative Law practitioners.
Case summaries By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum & J.A. Sebastian Administrative Law, March 2011 Recent cases of interest to the administrative law practitioner.
Case summaries Insurance Law, February 2011 Summaries of the cases in this issue.
Case summaries By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum Administrative Law, January 2011 Recent cases of interest to the administrative law practitioner.
Case summaries Local Government Law, January 2011 Recent cases of interest to Local Government lawyers.
Case update: In Re: Citigroup ERISA Litigation By Maria M. Gonzalez Employee Benefits, November 2011 The In Re: Citigroup decision contains the most substantive discussion of the Court’s analysis addressing the legal standard governing breach of fiduciary duty claims brought against plan administrators of 401(k), ESOP and other forms of eligible individual account plans that maintain company stock in the plan when there is a substantial decline in price of the stock.
Casenote By John W. Foltz Elder Law, June 2011 The facts of Carlson v. Glueckert illustrate the difficulty for a layman in preparing their own power of attorney.
Cases of interest… The Emanuel decisions and a recent unfair labor practice decision By J.A. Sebastian Administrative Law, March 2011 Summaries of the recent cases of Maksym v. Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago and Pace Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority d/b/a Pace Northwest Division v. Illinois Labor Relations Bd., State Panel, and Urszula T. Panikowski.
A casual conversation with Presiding Judge Mary Ellen Coghlan of the Cook County Probate Division By Gregg A. Garofalo & Joanna M. Lekkas Trusts and Estates, October 2011 This past June, the Trusts & Estates council members and practitioners met with the Honorable Judge Mary Ellen Coghlan at Clark Hill PLC over breakfast. Among the topics discussed were the newly enacted Civil Union Act, administrative policies within the courtrooms, attorney and guardian ad litem fees and the Probate Code in general.