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Articles in Jan, 2009 issue of Illinois Bar Journal

• Nominate yourself for an ISBA Committee or section
  by John G. O'Brien
• 1099s for deadbeat clients? A law-office management expert puts forth the option of sending a nonpaying client a 1099 for the value of your services. Is it really OK to do so?
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• Attorney censured for not disclosing "controlled business arrangement": the ARDC Hearing Board found that a Mundelein lawyer/title agent didn't make disclosures to clients required by the Title Insurance Act
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• No five-o'clock world for e-filing: unless the rules specify otherwise, parties may electronically file up to midnight on deadline day with administrative agencies that permit e-filing, the Supreme Court holds
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• Disagreement among appellate divisions creates split of authority: when one division within an appellate district disagrees with another, it creates an intradistrict split of authority - so sayeth the Supreme Court
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• Real estate lawyers fear "law related services" definition: defining "law related services" in Illinois' ethics rules could encourage UPL, pose malpractice risks, and cause other problems, real estate lawyers tell the Supreme Court
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• Taking down your shingle: selling or otherwise closing your private practice? Don't forget to take care of this important business as you prepare to say goodbye to yours
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• Electronic discovery: dealing with disclosure of metadata: typically, the question isn't whether confidential client information will be inadvertently disclosed during electronic discovery but what to do when it inevitably happens. This reviews the danger
  by Joseph R. Marconi
• Member-to-member referral directory
• Child support: the price of not paying: tools for enforcing child-support collection: Illinois child-support obligors who refuse to pay risk losing driving privileges, professional licenses, the right to hunt or fish, and other serious penalties. This art
  by Sara L. Busche
• The business attorney's guide to opyright law: as copyright interests grow increasingly valuable, businesses that fail to protect their creative works - or be mindful of the issues affecting their rights - run high legal risks. You can provide a key servi
  by J. Joseph McCoy
• Objections during voir dire examination of prospective jurors: the legal community has adopted a common set of evidentiary objections used when witnesses testify during trials or hearings. Most law students take a class on evidence. Early in their practic
  by Marc B. Stahl
• Illinois statutory and legislative resources - beyond the basics: the statutes are online, of course. But here are other free resources to aid your statutory and legislative research
  by Tom Gaylord
• Live-in partners and the "no impact" rule: thankfully, courts no longer impose a blanket prohibition against live-in partners for unmarried custodial parents. But, the author opines, they shouldn't neglect to consider the impact of these relatio
  by Joseph Gitlin
• New RESPA regulation finally arrives: HUD has finally pushed out its RESPA regs - six years in the making - as President Bush prepares to leave office. Here's an at-a-glance review of the changes
  by James K. Weston