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Articles in June, 2009 issue of Illinois Bar Journal

• Reflections: a look back at the presidential year
  by Jack C. Carey
• Sexual harassment and the chain of command: under state law, employers are liable for sexual harassment by supervisors whether or not the employer knew about it and even though the employee-victim doesn't work under the supervisor
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Victory for defendants in asbestos case: the Illinois Supreme Court allows defendants in asbestos cases to introduce evidence that someone else's negligence was the sole proximate cause of a plaintiff's injuries
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Social networking 1.0: despite the newfangled options, blogs and e-mail discussion groups are still excellent ways to connect with other lawyers
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Making evidence meaningful: a veteran lawyer and trial judge tells litigators how to present evidence in a way that engages and wins over jurors
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Faster resolution urged for custody, SLAPP suits: at a recent hearing, the Supreme Court rules committee was asked to speed disposition of child custody proceedings and SLAPP suits
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• Amendments to DUI statute should be harmonized
• Evidence is insufelent to prove negligence if the conclusion its merely possible
• Illinois redeploy program amended. PA 095-1050:
• New lead and mercury labeling requirements. PA 095-1019:
• Changes made to the rules implementing the Medical Practice Act of 1987 regarding the use of lasers
• Twitter and LinkedIn and Facebook, oh my! Facebooking?
  by Helen W. Gunnarsson
• The ready answer: settling defendants' dault can't be used to determine joint liability: the Illinois Supreme court held in Ready v United/Goedecke Services that settling defendants are excluded from the joint-and-several-liability equation under section
  by David B. Mueller; Jennifer L. Wolfe
• Does the 51 percent rule apply to legal malpractice actions?
  by James W. Davidson
• Claimants beware: strict deadline limit federal employment discrimination suits: claimants must adhere to strict time limits both when they initially file an employment-discrimination charge with the EEOC and when they act on a right-to-sue letter. This a
  by Kevin Bennardo
• Two corporate communications your client may be getting: one should be ignored. The other must be reviewed and answered carefully. Find out which is which and how to help your client respond
  by Stephen Proctor
• Postjudgment sanctions: do trial courts have too little power? Illinois trial judges should be able to impose sanctions for civil litigation misconduct after final judgment and on behalf of nonparties if the facts warrant. But a recent case from the first
  by Jeffrey A. Parness; Badea v Phillips
• A spy in the house of law: don your trenchcoats, young lawyers - it turns out the tenets of spycraft make pretty good rules for recent admittees
  by Karen Erger
• Rules implementing the Illinois Community Care Program revised
• Jordan v Knafel: a troubling take on mutual mistake: the first district found in favor of Michael Jordan against his former mistress in an opinion that, while interesting, includes a troubling analysis of the mutual-mistake-of-fact doctrine. This article
  by Joseph Siprut