From tax compliance developments affecting nonmedical cannabis purchasers and retailers to high-stakes evidentiary and due-process issues playing out on appeal, the March edition of FLASHPOINTS highlights practical takeaways and timely guidance across multiple practice areas. This edition includes a look at Nazi-stolen art restitution and the HEAR Act through the lens of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in civil litigation, an analysis of an appellate reversal in a teacher-student battery case that underscores the limits of uncharged-offense convictions in criminal law, and a review of three recent decisions touching on parenting time, private investigators, and child support in family law. This issue also highlights an update on Winfield’s “de-TIF, re-TIF” court win in government law and a workers’ compensation deep dive into proving medical bills after group health payments. Stay in the know and subscribe to receive legal updates from the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.

From courtroom credibility in the opening moments of trial to the real‑world consequences of what lawyers, parties, and witnesses post online, the February edition of FLASHPOINTS spotlights practical risks and evolving guidance across multiple practice areas. This edition includes coverage of social media pitfalls that can reverberate after an opening statement, a condominium dispute springing from a renovation that underscores how fiduciary obligations and basic due‑process protections can drive an appellate outcome, and an evidentiary deep dive clarifying when character proof and post‑incident conduct may properly come into play in criminal law, and much more.

From emerging developments regarding the disclosure of AI use in recruitment and employment efforts to renewed clarity on the rights of service members returning to the workforce, the January edition of FLASHPOINTS offers essential updates for Illinois practitioners. Readers will gain insight from an appellate decision affirming dismissal of developer claims tied to an association’s design review committee and an analysis of three recent family law cases. Readers will also find guidance on governmental immunity in school districts and a discussion addressing landlord tenant penalties underscoring the consequences of mishandling attorneys’ fees in Chicago. The issue concludes with an analysis on how refusal of light duty work can reduce total temporary disability and vocational rehabilitation benefits for injured employees.