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Articles in May, 2007 issue of Illinois Bar Journal

• A day for justice: with civic education on the wane, raising awareness about judicial independence is more difficult - and more important - than ever
  by Irene F. Bahr
• Pleading guilty online: new Supreme Court standards allow defendants in small traffic cases to plead guilty and pay up without a trip to the courthouse
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Oppositional depositions - telling your client not to answer: a recent federal case sheds light about when and how lawyers can counsel their clients to refuse to answer questions in a deposition
• A new, stricter test for independent contractor status? Has the Illinois Supreme Court embraced a test that makes it harder for employers to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees and thus avoid employee-related taxes and other
• A trio of Illinois Supreme Court Rule amendments: the court amended rules governing the format of appellate briefs, appeals from circuit court rulings, and voir dire examinations in criminal cases
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Hire laterally, think ethically: like those who toil in other occupations, lawyers hire, merge, move, and otherwise change practice settings from time to time looking for opportunities. Here are some things Illinois lawyers and law firms should think abou
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Health plans' claims for reimbursement from personal injury recovery: recent ERISA rulings, unanswered questions: healthcare plan reimbursement has been a contentious issue for plaintiffs' personal injury lawyers and plan counsel alike. The United States
  by James T. Nyeste
• Commentary: do the Supreme Court's ERISA cases sound the death knell for small-to-middle value p.i. claims?
  by David A. Bryant
• Litigating noncompetition agreements: the employee's perspective: your client's former employer goes to court seeking a TRO to enforce a noncompete agreement against him. What do you do? Here are tips
  by Patrick M. Kinnally
• Liquidated damages: the forgotten remedy in noncompete disputes: damages are often difficult to prove in unfair competition cases. Attorneys who draft restrictive covenant agreements can provide their clients with a more effective - and efficient - remedy
  by Kenneth J. Vanko
• Ethical challenges when lawyers sell non-legal services
  by Jennifer E. Smiley
• Challenging summary suspension: when a defendant's license is suspended, revoked, or expired: do DUI defendants with suspended, revoked, or expired drivers' licenses have standing to petition to rescind a statutory summary suspension? What about out-of-st
  by Charles P. Burns
• Can a disbarred lawyer be paralegal?
• New legislative history resources at the Illinois General Assembly's web site: debate transcripts and other information have been added to the site, which will save researchers from logging time at the microfiche reader
  by Tom Gaylord
• Anna Nicole Smith's will: a tragedy in many acts: it may be years before we know what becomes of Anna Nicole's vast estate. In the meantime, here is some informed speculation
  by Katarinna McBride
• Attorney independence? Remember the Alamo! As we struggle to preserve judicial independence, let's not forget to champion attorney independence - lawyers' sworn duty to defend the disenfranchised and despised
  by Ron Spears