Joseph P. Basile | E-mail Joseph Basile
The Workers’ Compensation Division of the Illinois Appellate Court issued a Rule 23 order on the question whether payments made under an employer’s profit-sharing plan were wages or a bonus under §10 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 820 ILCS 305/1, et seq. A...
Michael L. Weissman, Levin Ginsburg, Chicago
312-368-0100 | E-mail Michael L. Weissman
True Lease or Secured Transaction?
In In re Roberts, 620 B.R. 336 (Bankr. D.N.M. 2020), the issue was one that arises frequently in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) world: Was a particular commercial arrangemen...
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 Award Reversed for Failure To Follow Statutory Guidel...
Terrence P. McAvoy & Katherine G. Schnake
Lawyers for the Profession, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
312-704-3000 | E-mail Terrence P. McAvoy | E-mail Katherine G. Schnake
Failure To Prove Judgment in Underlying Case Was Collectible
In 2006, the defendants were retained to pursue medical neglig...
Elizabeth A. Garlovsky & Jennifer J. Thurswell, Harrison & Held, LLP, Chicago
312-753-6185 | E-mail Elizabeth A. Garlovsky | 312-753-6126 | E-mail Jennifer J. Thurswell
Decedent’s Brother Unable To Dispose of Farmland Property After His Death
In In re Estate of White, 2020 IL App (4th) 190385, 157...
Catherine R. Locallo & Thomas C. Garretson, Robbins Schwartz, Chicago
312-332-7760 | E-Mail Catherine R. Locallo | E-Mail Thomas C. Garretson
Recent Department of Labor Opinion Letters: Pay for Training and Travel
In November 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued back-to-back opinion let...
Matthew R. Leisten, Ogle County State’s Attorney’s Office, Oregon
815-732-1170 | E-mail Matthew R. Leisten
Appellate Court Affirms Cell Phone Search Warrant
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373, 189 L.Ed.2d 430, 134 S.Ct. 2473 (2014), that police need a search warrant t...
Kenneth Michaels, Jr., Bauch & Michaels, LLC, Chicago
312-588-5000 | E-Mail Kenneth Michaels, Jr.
New Rules, Orders, and Mandates Impact on Association Collections
Condominium associations are empowered to obtain possession of units through eviction proceedings, a device they regularly use as a co...
Gizem Tunca, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago
312-902-5434 | E-mail Gizem Tunca
Retroactive Application of Overruling Precedent in Illinois
In Tzakis v. Maine Township, 2020 IL 125017, the Illinois Supreme Court addressed the circumstances under which overruled precedent applies retroactively. ...
We begin 2021 with our FLASHPOINTS Author Spotlight focused on Peter Tsantilis of Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., in Chicago, contributing author to the upcoming COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: PROPERTY-RELATED ISSUES (IICLE®, 2021). Tsantilis has been a volunteer author since 2011, first writing for COMMERCIAL R...