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Articles From 2016

Chair’s column By Matt Kirsh Family Law, May 2016 A message from Family Law Section Chair Matt Kirsh.
Chair’s column By Athena T. Taite Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, May 2016 A message from Committee Chair Athena Taite.
Chair’s column By Harry Dubnick Alternative Dispute Resolution, April 2016 A message from ADR Section Chair Harry Dubnick.
Chair’s column By Emily N. Masalski Women and the Law, March 2016 Chair Emily Masalski recently traveled to San Diego to serve as one of the ISBA delegates to the ABA House of Delegates.
Chair’s column By Patricia Jackowiak Administrative Law, March 2016 A message from Chair Patricia Jackowiak.
Chair’s column By Hon. Edward J. Schoenbaum, Jr. Senior Lawyers, February 2016 A message from Senior Lawyers Chair Ed Schoenbaum.
Chair’s column By Emily N. Masalski Women and the Law, February 2016 Please join the Standing Committee on Women and the Law for our Spring outreach event, “Celebrating the Power of Laughter in the Law,” a luncheon, on March 8, 2016, in Chicago.
Chair’s column By Hon. Jeanne Reynolds Bench and Bar, January 2016 A message from the Chair, Judge Jeanne Reynolds.
Chair’s column By Harry Dubnick Alternative Dispute Resolution, January 2016 A message from Section Chair Harry Dubnick.
Chair’s column: A new era for family law in Illinois By Lane Harvey Family Law, October 2016 A message from Family Law Section Chair Lane Harvey.
Chair’s column: An action brought pursuant to the IMDMA is a civil proceeding By Lane Harvey Family Law, November 2016 Our Section Council’s November 17th table clinic includes such topics as requests to admit per Supreme Court Rule 216, use of pre-trial motions, matters related to the depositions of a party, and the use of the opposite party’s substantive admissions made prior to trial as substantive evidence during trial.
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Chair’s column: Considerations for building strong attorney-client relationships By Ebony R. Huddleston General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, August 2016 Failure to do your due diligence at the outset of the attorney-client relationship will most likely lead to a strained relationship where both you and the client become disengaged.
Chair’s column: Is it midyear already? By Lane Harvey Family Law, December 2016 A message from Section Chair Lane Harvey.
Chair’s column: On honesty By Hon. Michael B. Hyman Bench and Bar, July 2016 Hon. Michael Hyman urges lawyers to use Gandhi's and Lincoln's examples of nobility and honor as a personal guide.
Chair’s column: The challenges of family law practice By Lane Harvey Family Law, September 2016 Section Chair Lane Harvey shares his thoughts on the profession.
Child abuse: Is it a removable offense? By Patrick M. Kinnally International and Immigration Law, April 2016 Condoning excessive corporal punishment is not acceptable. The problem is, how do our laws—and which ones, federal or state statutes—tell us when such discipline or abuse abrogates the line in the area of immigration law?
Choice of ADR method By Robert E. Wells, Jr. Alternative Dispute Resolution, October 2016 The following checklist was prepared by Robert E. Wells, Jr. and was included in his presentation – “Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Alternative to Litigation” at the Elder Law Bootcamp presented in April, 2016.
CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) and the emergency response to a crisis that involves the police By Dara M. Bass Mental Health Law, December 2016 The ISBA Mental Health Law Section Council recently welcomed Alexa James, the Executive Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago, to speak about the emergency crisis responses by the police.
Clarifying “the amount due from the owner to the contractor” under Section 30 of the Mechanics Lien Act: GX Chicago, LLC v. Galaxy Environmental, Inc. By Steve Mroczkowski & Thomas A. Christensen Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, March 2016 Are sub-subcontractors entitled to access the pool of funds owed to a general contractor by an owner? Are they limited in their recovery to funds available to their immediate contractor?
Clarifying “the amount due from the owner to the contractor” under Section 30 of the Mechanics Lien Act: GX Chicago, LLC v. Galaxy Environmental, Inc. By Steve Mroczkowski & Thomas A. Christensen Construction Law, January 2016 Are sub-subcontractors entitled to access the pool of funds owed to a general contractor by an owner? Are they limited in their recovery to funds available to their immediate contractor?
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Class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements unenforceable: Seventh Circuit decision creates Circuit split By Jon D. Hoag Labor and Employment Law, September 2016 In its decision in Lewis v. Epic Systems Corporation, provides clear guidance to employers within the Seventh Circuit’s jurisdiction that employment arbitration agreements with class action waivers are no longer enforceable. However, this issue of law will remain uncertain in other jurisdictions until the Supreme Court addresses the split, or until the NLRB Board changes members and overturns the position taken in D.R. Horton.
The Clean Water Rule: Waters Rage By Kristine A. Tidgren Agricultural Law, April 2016 Although some opponents of the Rule had hoped that the recent omnibus package, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, would withhold funding from enforcement of the Rule, it did not.
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Clear and convincing burden of proof required for joint owner to claim ownership of garnished funds By Kevin J. Stine Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, August 2016 In Gataric v. Colak,, the Illinois Appellate Court held that a joint owner of a bank account seized in a supplementary proceeding must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the non-debtor joint owner is in fact the owner of the funds in the account.
Collections State and Local Taxation, November 2016 Answers to common questions regarding the Collections Bureau.
Commentary on Blumenthal v. Brewer By Kathryn E. Eisenhart Human and Civil Rights, September 2016 Newsletter Editor Kathryn Eisenhart shares her opinion on the court's decision.
Comments from the Chair By Shannon Shepherd Human and Civil Rights, December 2016 Section Chair Shannon Shepherd shares her thoughts on the post-election impact on human rights.
Comments from the Chair By Shannon Shepherd Human and Civil Rights, October 2016 A message from Human Rights Section Chair Shannon Shepherd.
Comments from the editor By Craig R. Hedin Mineral Law, June 2016 News and updates of interest to mineral law practitioners.
Comments from the editor By Craig R. Hedin Mineral Law, March 2016 News and updates from Editor Craig Hedin.
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Comments from the incoming Chair By Sharon L. Eiseman Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, June 2016 A message from Sharon Eiseman, who will take her place as Chair of this Committee at the ISBA's Annual Meeting later this month.