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- Immigration Status Not a Bar To Illegal Aliens Suing Employers For Civil Rights Actions
- Construction Contractor Employment Classifications
- Seniority Has Its Privileges
- Pet Trusts in Illnois
- Directors' Duty to Creditors
- Lawyer as Detective - Sexual Harassment Investigations
- Single Member LLC Better Than
Unincorporated Business
- Estate Planning
- Establishing Legal Residence
- Family Limited Liability
Entities
- Living Will Form
- Comments on the Preliminary Report of the ABA Task Force on Corporate Responsibility
- Benefits of LLCs over Restrictive Trusts for Vacation Home and Second Home Ownership
- The Joy of Being Disregarded
- Per Stirpes
- Construction, Land Use and Development Update
Public Work - No Bond Doesn't Mean No Pay
Mechanic's Lien Act - Amendments
Spoilation of Evidence - What Is Your Responsibility
Implied Warranty of Habitability - Expanded Again!
Perfecting Your Mechanics Lien Rights - It's Important
Unions - Contributions for Non-Bargaining Unit Work
An Unsigned Contract - Is It Binding?
Pay If Paid Clause - Alive and Well
Extras Revisited: Bizarre Trial Court Decision
Mechanic's Liens: Illinois Supreme Court Cypress Creek Decision
Up Front Waivers - Know The Consequences
Change Orders - Real Life
Change Orders - What You Need to Know!
What Is Your Liability If You Follow the Plans and Specs but the Installation Fails?
Shortening a Contract's Limitations Period - A New Concept for Insurance
What You Sign Does Matter
Bankruptcy Notice - Now What Do You Do
Home Repair Act-Follow Up
The Home Repair and Remodeling Act - The Illinois Supreme Court Speaks
Interest and Attorneys Fees - Settlement Leverage
Lienable Services - Architects and Engineers Dilemma
Dispute Resolution - Litigation v. Mediation/Arbitration
Good Corporate Governance; Liability to your Surety - How Long?
General Contractor Contract Review; Amendment to Mechanic's Lien Act; Zoning in a Home Rule Municipality - Rules and Procedures Need Not be Followed
Subcontractor Contract Review; Subcontractor Pre-Qualification Requests; Developers Beware-You May Have to Live with What You Agree To
- March, 2013 Newsletter
Losing a Battle, but Winning the War: How Evidence Triumphs Over Grandstanding
Over the Cliff
Julia Jensen Smolka Promoted to Partner
James J. Riebandt Joins DiMonte & Lizak
Ryan Van Osdol Receives Back-to-Back Honor
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- November, 2012 Newsletter
Window Closing On Gifting to Reduce Estate Taxes
Firing Due to Facebook Post Found Lawful
Inheritance
Construction Contract Extras: Bizarre Trial Court Decision Overturned
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- August, 2012 Newsletter
Surety Bonds: A Hidden Cost of Probate
Tips for Hiring a Nanny
Social Media, Your Business, and the Law
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- May, 2012 Newsletter
Business Owners Beware: Advertising Via Prerecorded Phone Messages, Mass Unsolicited Faxes or Mass Text Messages May Cost More Than Its Worth
Funeral Arrangements
Illinois Estate Tax Provision Hidden in Tax Relief Law Signed by Governor Quinn
Beware of Improper Classification of Workers
Linscott Hanson: Teacher, Mentor, Scholar
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- March, 2012 Newsletter
Reminiscence - Fifty Years
Van Osdol Named to Illinois Super Lawyers' Rising Stars List
One Hundred Years of Experience
Transfer on Death Instruments: The Good and the Bad
Timing is Everything When It Comes to Battling Your Creditors
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- November, 2011 Newsletter
Two Leading Park Ridge Law Firms to Combine November 1
Di Monte & Lizak Adopts Strategic Plan for Future
EMPLOYMENT ALERT: Are You Covered for Claims Brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Or Other Administrative Agencies?
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- August, 2011 Newsletter
Business Divorce - What Is It and How Do I Get One?
Are Civil Unions the Same as Same-Sex Marriage in Disguise?
Using the Doctrine of Successor Liability to Stop Runaway Debtors
Wage and Hour News
New Power of Attorney Statutory Forms Take Effect
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- April, 2011 Newsletter
The New Presence of the Illinois Estate Tax
Wage and Hour Issues: Dine-In and Other Movie Theaters Targeted by DOL for Child Labor Violations
2011: The Year For Giving
Securing and Collecting an Asset Based Loan
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- January, 2011 Newsletter
Good and Bad News on Estate Taxes
Lizak Recognized As "Top 100" Trial Lawyer in Illinois by Trial Lawyers Association
Third Party Beneficiaries and Privity of Contract
Jensen Smolka Chairs Section of Illinois State Bar Association
Willful and Malicious Injuries Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
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- November, 2010 Newsletter
As If You Didn't Have Enough Problems - Digital Estate Planning
New Illinois Law Prohibits Use of Credit History in Hiring Decisions
Treat Your Signed Will with Care!
Collection From Bankrupt Purchaser: Potential For Recovery
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- August, 2010 Newsletter
Developers Beware: You May Have To Live With What You Agree To
Successor Liability
Bankruptcy: Keep your House, Car and Possessions... How?
An Introduction to Estate Planning
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- February, 2010 Newsletter
Texting While Driving - Not In Illinois
Practical Probate: Opening Safety Deposit Boxes Before Opening Estates
Employment Law Corner
Attorney Spotlight: Jeff McDonald Tests Culinary Skills
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- October, 2009 Newsletter
"War" Stories
- July, 2009 Newsletter
Jury Awards Thrift Store 1.3 Million Dollars For Loss Of Business
Grace to Mortgagors and Grief to Mortgagees: The Illinois Homeowner Protection Act
- April, 2009 Newsletter
- January, 2009 Newsletter
- October, 2008 Newsletter
- July, 2008 Newsletter
Ready, Set, Sell Your Business - It's a Process
- April, 2008 Newsletter
The Restrictive Covenant That Couldn't
- January, 2008 Newsletter
Real Estate Broker's Commissions
Favorable New Law for General and Subcontractors
Parents Who Host Lose the Most
- October, 2007 Newsletter
- July, 2007 Newsletter
Electronic Information Storage: Reducing the Risk of Sanctions During Discovery
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
- April, 2007 Newsletter
Negotiation - An "Art" or a "Science"?
- January, 2007 Newsletter
- October, 2006 Newsletter
Alternative Dispute Resolution: What is It? Do I Want It?
When Laws Collide
- July, 2006 Newsletter
Asset Protection: What Is It and Do I Need It?
Revocable Grantor Trusts An Estate Planning Tool, Not An Asset Protection Strategy
- April, 2006 Newsletter
Seller Beware
- January, 2006 Newsletter
- October, 2005 Newsletter
Changes in Bankruptcy Preference Defenses
Mechanics' Liens - Owner's Perspective
- July, 2005 Newsletter
Illinois Mechanics' Liens
- April, 2005 Newsletter
Tales From the Front - Six Degrees of Separation
- December, 2004 Newsletter
- July, 2004 Newsletter
- April, 2004 Newsletter
- January, 2004 Newsletter
Grandparents' Visitation Rights
Condo & Townhome Associations - Duties of Developers and Directors
