Q column archives - 3435 - Illinois Defense Counsel

Quarterly Column Archives - Volumes 34 and 35

Volume 34 | Published 2024

Volume 35 | Published 2025

Volume 34, Number 1

Volume 34, Number 2

Volume 34, Number 3

Volume 34, Number 4

Volume 35, Number 1

Volume 35, Number 2

Volume 35, Number 3

Volume 35 \| Published 2025
Volume 35, Number 3
35.3.M1	IDC Monograph: Amendments to Illinois Wrongful Death Act to Include Exemplary Damages: Are You Ready for the Change?
35.3.7	President's Message
35.3.8	Editor's Note
35.3.9	Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies the Legal Duty Rail Operators Owe to Trespassers on Train Tracks
35.3.12	Property Insurance Law: Recent Updates to Illinois Public Adjuster Regulations
35.3.15	Municipal Law: Seventh Circuit Holds That an Unduly Suggestive Identification Procedure, Without More, Does Not Constitute a Viable Constitutional Claim Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
35.3.17	Medical Malpractice/Healthcare Law: We’ve Got to Get Back to the Future: Johnson v Advocate Health and the Appellate Court’s Recognition of the Need to Get Back to 1995 for the Appropriate Sole Proximate Cause
35.3.21	Commercial Law: Illinois Appellate Court Rules Veil Piercing Claim Must Be Brought in Separate Action
35.3.22	Toxic Tort: Martin v. Goodrich: Tort Remedy Exists for Employees and Heirs with Latent Occupational Diseases Under the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act
35.3.24	Legislative Update
35.3.26	Feature article: Must We All Become Rico Attorneys?
35.3.30	Supreme Court Watch: How Tangible are the Computer Passwords We Use Everyday if Not Reduced to Paper: Illinois Conversion Claims?
35.3.32	Workers' Compensation Report: A Painful Precedent: Tazewell County and the Expanding Scope of Compensable Injuries
35.3.34	Practice Development: When Discovery Misconduct Backfires: Lessons for Defense Counsel from Mote v. Estate of McManus
35.3.36	Employment Law: Which Side Bears the Burden to Demonstrate that a Separation Agreement is Unenforceable When the Employer Allegedly Conceals and Misrepresents the Reason for Termination?
35.3.38	Diversity and Inclusion: Navigating the Crossroads: The State of DEI in Law Firms and the Path Forward
35.3.41	Appellate Practice Corner: Appellate Court Holds the Circuit Court Reacquired Jurisdiction Over the Case Despite a Clerk’s Failure to File the Mandate with the Circuit Court and Absence of a Formal Motion to Reinstate Upon Remand
35.3.43	Legal Ethics: Poor Timekeeping Practices Affect the Bottom Line
35.3.46	Evidence & Practice Tips/E-Discovery: Remote Testimony: The Necessary Factors to Support Remote Testimony
35.3.48	Construction Law: Contractual Assignment and Validity of Anti-Assignment Clauses in the Construction Context
35.3.50	Technology Law: State and Federal Notification Obligations that Businesses Should Be Aware Of
35.3.53	Civil Practice & Procedure: Updates on the Enforcement of Rule 191(a)
35.3.57	Association News
Volume 35, Number 2
35.2.M1	IDC Monograph: The Evolution of Secondary Exposure Claims in Toxic Tort Cases: The Genesis of Secondary Exposure Claims
35.2.2	President's Message
35.2.3	Editor's Note
35.2.4	Toxic Tort
35.2.6	Employment Law: Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies Overtime Pay Rules for Employers
35.2.9	Evidence and Practice Tips: How to Use a Bill of Particulars
35.2.11	Technology Law: Is a Business Required to Notify its Customers of a Data Breach?
35.2.13	Amicus Committee Report
35.2.14	Evidence and Practice Tips: Artificial Intelligence Platforms: The Horror Stories Should Inform, Not Deter, Your Use
35.2.16	Civil Practice and Procedure: Early Settlements are Useful but Tread Carefully
35.2.19	Municipal Law: Comparative Fault and the Tort Immunity Act—Can They Get Along?
35.2.22	Appellate Practice Corner: Appellate Court Shows Reluctance to Exercise Jurisdiction over Rule 304(a) Orders in FOIA and Domestic Relations Cases
35.2.25	Civil Rights Update: Perttu v. Richards and its impact on the Seventh Circuit
35.2.27	Association News
Volume 35, Number 1
35.1.M1	IDC Monograph: Recent Developments in Pollution Coverage Under Illinois Law
35.1.2	President's Message
35.1.3	Editor's Note
35.1.4	Feature Article: Timeliness of the Notice Requirement Under the UCC Works Both Ways
35.1.6	Amicus Committee Report
35.1.8	Workers' Compensation Report
35.1.10	Toxic Tort
35.1.12	Technology Law
35.1.14	Professional Liability
35.1.17	Appellate Practice Corner
35.1.20	Insurance Law Update
35.1.23	Municipal Law
35.1.26	Civil Practice and Procedure
35.1.29	Civil Rights Update
35.1.31	Legal Ethics
35.1.34	Medical Malpractice/Healthcare Law
35.1.37	Index of IDC Monograph and Feature Articles Volume 34
Volume 34 \| Published 2024
Volume 34, Number 4
34.4.M1	IDC Monograph: The Death of Chevron—What’s Next for Transportation and Trucking Entities Subject to Federal Agency Rules and Regulations?
34.4.2	President's Message
34.4.3	Editor's Note
34.4.4	Feature Article
34.4.6	Appellate Practice Corner
34.4.8	Professional Liability
34.4.11	Practice Development
34.4.12	Employment Law
34.4.16	Legislative Update
34.4.17	Insurance Law
34.4.20	Technology Law
34.4.22	Feature Article
34.4.26	Toxic Tort
34.4.2 8	Property Insurance Law
34.4.32	E-Discovery
34.4.33	Feature Article
34.4.35	Workers' Compensation Report
34.4.38	Municipal Law
34.4.40	Medical Malpractice / Healthcare Law
34.4.43	Civil Practice and Procedure
34.4.48	Association News
Volume 34, Number 3
34.3.M1	IDC Monograph:Illinois Supreme Court Determines Coverage for General Contractor Possible Under Expansive Definition of “Accident” in Acuity Decision
34.3.4	IDC Leadership 2024-2025
34.3.9	President's Message
34.3.10	Editor's Note
34.3.11	Feature Article
34.3.16	Commercial Law
34.3.1 8	Municipal Law
34.3.20	Professional Liability
34.3.23	Civil Practice and Procedure
34.3.27	Civil Rights Update
34.3.30	Feature Article
34.3.36	Technology Law
34.3.38	Evidence and Practice Tips
34.3.40	Medical Malpractice/Healthcare Law
34.3.42	Employment Law
34.3.45	Association News
Volume 34, Number 2
34.2.M1	IDC Monograph:Combatting Reptile Theory & Dodging Nuclear Verdicts
34.2.2	President's Message
34.2.3	Editor's Note
34.2.4	Insurance Law Update
34.2.7	Medical Malpractice / Healthcare Law
34.2.9	Evidence and Practice Tips
34.2.11	Trucking and Transportation
34.2.14	Technology Law
34.2.16	Employment Law
34.2.18	Civil Practice and Procedure
Volume 34, Number 1
34.1.M1	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Past, Present, and Future
34.1.2	President's Message
34.1.3	Editor's Note
34.1.4	Feature Article :Death By Subpoena— A Call for Updating Expert Witness Discovery
34.1.10	Insurance Law Update
34.1.12	Evidence and Practice Tips
34.1.13	Employment Law
34.1.15	Trucking and Transportation Law
34.1.18	Supreme Court Watch
34.1.19	Municipal Law
34.1.21	Medical Malpractice / Healthcare Law
34.1.26	Technology Law
34.1.28	Workers’ Compensation Report
34.1.31	Civil Practice and Procedure
34.1.34	Legal Ethics
34.1.37	Property Insurance Law
34.1.40	Index of IDC Monograph and Feature Articles Volume 33
34.1.42	Association News