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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

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99-414 for more details and suggestions on drafting the notice to clients. Be sure to examine your own jurisdiction’s rules, ethics opinions, and case law, and look for any templates that may help you draft your notice. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Again, see ABA Formal Op.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

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The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Model Rule 1.5(a)(1)-(8) For an example, see Illinois State Bar Association Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion No. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.

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Ethics Reminders for Lawyers Texting Clients

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Client communication and information-sharing (documents, pleadings, contract drafts and the like) must be protected, and our ethics rules require “reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to the representation of a client” ( ABA Model Rule 1.6(c)

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The High Court’s ‘Self-Inflicted Wounds’: A Backward Look

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The decision has been described by many scholars as the most egregious example in the history of the Court of applying a judicial solution to achieve a desired political result. Dred Scott was a slave, whose owner took him to Illinois where slavery was illegal. Sound familiar? The owner later took Scott back to Missouri, a slave state.

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My Clear Add-On Winner for Workplace Efficiency

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For example, say I’m drafting a motion for summary judgment. I might have a primary drafting Word document open on my main horizontal screen with a wide, two-page view. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. 1-2-3 Dual Monitors Setup.

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Federal Judge Enjoins Illinois’ Assault Weapon Ban

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District Judge Stephen McGlynn has granted a preliminary injunction of Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines. The decision comes after two other district courts ruled in favor of the law — sending this issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and potentially the Supreme Court.

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Palin v. NYT: New Evidence Suggests the New York Times Ignored Internal Objections to Palin Editorial

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Hodgkinson, of Illinois, 66, a liberal activist and Sanders supporter. According to the Daily Mail , Palin’s counsel questioned Times’ reporter Elizabeth Williamson , who wrote the first draft of the article. At the time, many objected to the column as a transparent effort to shift attention from the shooting of GOP Rep.

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