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Articles in Feb, 2009 issue of Illinois Bar Journal

• Plaintiffs win big in Ready: the Supreme Court holds that good-faith settling tortfeasors can't be included in apportioning fault after verdicts to determine joint and several liability
  by Helen Gunnarsson
• Committee studies codification of evidence rules: a new Supreme Court special committee is charged with devising a more convenient organizational scheme for the Illinois rules of evidence
• There's no day like today to pay your ARDC registration fee; the cost of bringing yourself into compliance goes up the longer you wait
• The Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law 20 years later; one of the drafters of the statute describes how it improved the procedure process and what loose ends remain
• Defending politicians, getting paid: how do lawyers in the land of Lincoln make sure they get paid when defending politicians charged with corruption?
• Lawyer Lincoln: what did Abraham Lincoln's law practice look like in antebellum Illinois? A pair of Lincoln scholars offer this overview
  by Daniel W. Stowell
• Illinois estate tax planning in 2009 and beyond: for persons dying in 2009 and later, the Illinois estate tax is further decoupled from the federal estate tax. Estate plans should now provide the flexibility to deal with this dilemma. This article discus
  by Gary R. Gehlbach
• Illinois zoning law six years after Klaeren: important changes have occurred in zoning law since the Illinois Supreme Court's landmark decision in Klaeren v. Village of Lisle. This article discusses how legislation and subsequent cases have resolved some
  by George L. Schoenbeck
• The Illinois Whistleblower Act's impact on common law claims; this article looks at the various ways Illinois state and federal courts have interpreted the Illinois Whistleblower Act, including whether it preempts common law claims. The authors also offer
  by Sang-Yul Lee
• Cross-examination of experts: saving the best for trial; a veteran litigator advises trial lawyers not to reveal so much during discovery that they limit their ability to effectively cross-examine experts at trial
  by Keith L. Davidson
• Weathering the storm: don't let bad economic times lure you into risky practice-management decisions
  by Karen Erger
• Lincoln's teams of legal rivals: it wasn't just Lincoln the politician who drew on the strength of rivals. Lawyer Lincoln did the same
  by Ron Spears
• Waiver of minimum required distributions for 2009 and other developments; a new law lessens the impact of the market downturn on retirement accounts
  by David A. Berek