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By Joseph G. Bisceglia

IMidterm Report
Where we are with CLE, UPL and more.

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FOR NEW LAWYERS:
ASKED AND ANSWERED

By Karen Erger

Get it One Piece at a Time
If you take away one small skill from the workplace every day, you can build a useful, satisfying career.

ESTATE\PLANNING

By David A. Berek

New Preparer Standards For Estate, Gift Returns
The standards and penalties long app-licable to income tax returns now apply to estate and gift tax filings.

By Hon. Ron Spears

Diogenes and the Testimonial Whopper
What can we do to improve the accuracy and honesty of witness testimony? Not enough.

PRACTICE NEWS

Are e-mail disclaimers really necessary? supreme court ruling on tax sales; no psych-record access for "garden variety" employee emotional distress claims; and more.

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ILLINOIS LAW UPDATE

Time between voluntary dismissal and refiling - its impact on due diligence; Missing Persons Identification Act; food prep rules require disclosure of compliance with Islamic laws; and more.

REAL ESTATE LAW | By Helen W. Gunnarsson

Helping Clients Who Face Foreclosure
Notice of foreclosure creates a personal crisis for your home-borrower clients. Here's how to counsel them.

LINCOLN AWARD WINNER
CIVIL PRACTICE | By Nathan T. Kipp

Pleading in the Seventh Circuit after Bell Atlantic: "Fact," "Notice," or Otherwise?
In Bell Atlantic, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a new federal pleading standard. But its impact on federal pleading practice in Illinois is unclear.

The "Kotecki" Gap: No Insurance Coverage for Assumed Liability
Lawyers who represent manufacturers, insurers and others need to understand the Kotecki gap and the supreme court's ruling that most insurance policies don't cover it.

DUI/CRIMINAL | By Eric R. Waltmire

How to Admit or Exclude PBT Results
Police sometimes administer preliminary breath tests to drivers stopped on suspicion of DUI. When and how are the results admissible in a hearing? Here's a look at the cases.