Matthew R. Leisten, Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office, Rockford
815-319-4700 | E-mail Matthew R. Leisten
Franks Hearing Update
In People v. Williams, 2020 IL App (1st) 190418, the First District Appellate Court reversed a trial court’s ruling that an officer committed a Franks violation w...
Donald C. Schiller | Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, Chicago, Lake Forest & Wheaton
Michelle A. Lawless | Law Office of Michelle A. Lawless LLC, Chicago
312-641-5560 | E-mail Donald Schiller | 312-741-1092 | E-mail Michelle Lawless
Child Support True-Up Provisions in Marital Settlement Agreement St...
Michael J. Rooney | 312-401-3454 | E-mail Michael J. Rooney
Seventh Circuit and Illinois Commercial Real Estate Sales Contracts: Great Reading
As an old-fashioned (and, in fact, old) dirt lawyer, it does my heart good when a lawsuit is decided based on the substantive law and not some procedural q...
Joseph P. Basile | E-mail Joseph Basile
This month presents a summary of a Rule 23 order involving a petitioner who sustained two falls while taking walks during employer-approved breaks that occurred outside of the building where she worked. The Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (OD Act), 820 ILC...
Catherine R. Locallo, Robbins Schwartz, Chicago
312-332-7760 | E-mail Catherine R. Locallo
Superintendent’s Police Report Is Protected Speech
On August 3, 2020, the Seventh Circuit upheld a $400,000 jury award to former Harvey School District Superintendent Denean Adams and affirmed a finding that...
Matthew H. Bunn, Freeborn & Peters LLP, Chicago
312-360-6618 | E-mail Matthew H. Bunn
Making the Hardest Part of Litigation Even Harder: Depositions in the Age of COVID-19
While trial is the end-all, be-all of a lawsuit, most cases don’t reach trial. And so besides trial itself, most litigators wo...
Kenneth Michaels, Jr., Lakelaw, Chicago
312-588-5000 | E-Mail Kenneth Michaels, Jr.
Federal Best Practices and Illinois Legislation on Reasonable Accommodations of Service and Support Animals
Political divisions pale in comparison to the positions people hold on whether animals or pets should be ...
The Institute is pleased to announce Regina Fragale, J.D. Candidate for 2022 at Southern Illinois University School of Law, as a newly selected student ambassador. Before entering law school, Fragale earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Ashford University in San Diego.
At SIU, Fragale is ...
James W. Hitzeman & Ryan T. Court, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago
312-464-3183 | E-mail James W. Hitzeman | 312-464-3186 | E-mail Ryan T. Court
Below is an excerpt from §5.5 of LITIGATING DISPUTED ESTATES, TRUSTS, GUARDIANSHIPS, AND CHARITABLE BEQUESTS (IICLE®, 2020). Visit here to pre-order your copy of...