AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal PracticeBy Damien RiehlMay 2024Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
Become an Illinois Bar Foundation ChampionBy Jessica R. DurkinNovember 2024At least twice a year at ISBA Annual and Midyear Meetings, we are pitched by colleagues and the Illinois Bar Foundation to become a “Champion.” But what is a Champion really, and what’s in it for us?
Case Names and HoldingsMay 2024A list of the cases in this issue, arranged alphabetically, and their holdings.
Case SummariesMay 2024Summaries of the cases in this issue.
E-Clips SummariesNovember 2024Summaries of written case decisions of interest to insurance law practitioners that were issued from August 1, 2024, to October 31, 2024.
E-Clips SummariesOctober 2024Summaries of written decisions issued in cases of interest to insurance law practitioners.
Featured CasesNovember 2024Summaries of the Illinois Supreme Court case, Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Infrastructure Engineering, Inc., and the First District Illinois Appellate Court case, Stonegate Ins. Co. v. All City Towing, Inc.
From the EditorBy James T. NyesteNovember 2024A note from the editor.
From the EditorBy James NyesteOctober 2024An introduction to the issue from the editor.
From the EditorsBy David M. Kroeger & James T. NyesteMay 2024An introduction to the issue from the editors.
Is an Insured-versus-Insured Exclusion in a D&O Policy an Illegal Ipso Facto Clause?By John M. FitzgeraldNovember 2024While Section 541(c)’s ban on ipso facto clauses should be broadly construed to prevent debtors and creditors from circumventing the Bankruptcy Code, the conclusion from In re Ford City Condo. Ass’n., 653 B.R. 420 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2023) seems to reach the correct result.
Tips For Demand DraftingBy Michael J. ZywicaOctober 2024Tips to help you save money while also producing a demand that will not only leave the adjuster or opposing attorney thanking you for distilling voluminous information but also serve your client’s best interests.