Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 3
CLE
Live Programs: 1
Discussions
Posts: 4
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 33
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2020–21 bar year, the Section sponsored or co-sponsored the following programs:
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Sponsor LIVE WEB - 60 Virtual Tips in 60 Minutes plus Hot Topic Breakout Sessions (06/24/2021)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2020–21 bar year.
Law Office Management and Economics
- Community members: 346
- Total discussion posts: 4
Transactional
- Community members: 25,879
- Total discussion posts: 958
Litigation
- Community members: 25,867
- Total discussion posts: 1,739
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 33 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- Senate Bill 2176 creates the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
- Senate Bill 56 makes limitations on the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
- House Bill 3453 creates the Geolocation Privacy Protection Act to provide that a private entity that owns, operates, or controls a location-based application on a user’s device may not disclose geolocation information from a location-based application to a third party without the user’s affirmative express consent.