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		<title>Advise to Clients Enforceability of Restrictive Covenants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued its opinion in Reliable Fire Equip. Co. v. Arredondo, 2011 Ill. LEXIS 1836 (Ill. Dec. 1, 2011). The opinion enforced prior precedent that an employer’s legitimate business interest should be considered in deciding whether a restrictive covenant should be enforced, but it rejected the previously set “tests” and “formulas” ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/adviceonforceabilityofrestrictivecovenants/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT CAN YOU COUNT ON THESE DAYS?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph R. Marconi[1] Does a statutory limitations period stated in calendar years end on the anniversary date or the day before the anniversary date? Two recent cases, one withdrawn and one with an Illinois Supreme Court Justice’s pointed dissent, indicate that the answer you have been counting on may be subject to challenge. Lawyers understand ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/statutorylimits/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>In &#8220;Eligible&#8221; IOLTAs We Trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph R. Marconi[1] &#160; Effective September 1, 2011, the Illinois Supreme Court has amended Rule 1.15 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct respecting the safekeeping of client funds deposited in trust accounts. As professional fiduciaries, attorneys have long been required to keep their clients’ funds separate from their own. Now, the Supreme Court has ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/clienttrustaccounts/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers Are Increasingly The Targets Of Email/Fraudulent Check Schemes That May Easily Be Avoided Through Simple Measures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lawyers are increasingly receiving emails from alleged potential foreign clients looking to collect debts from customers.  More likely than not, the email is the first step in a fraudulent scheme which involves a deposit and withdrawal from your special client fund account.  A basic knowledge of Article 4 of the UCC and simple precautions can ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/fraudulentchecks/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>SNYDER v. HEIDELBERGER : THE PLAINTIFF REPOSES…THE COURT DISPOSES</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph R. Marconi[1] Defense counsel engaged by ISBA Mutual Insurance Company (ISBAMIC)[2] recently obtained a highly favorable interpretation of the repose provision contained within Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, §735 ILCS 5/13-214.3 (legal malpractice) on behalf of one of its insureds.  In Snyder v. Heidelberger, 2011 Ill. LEXIS 1097 (Ill. June 16, 2011), the ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/snydervheidelberger/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Are A Client’s Communications With An Attorney On A Work Computer Using A Web-Based Email Account Privileged?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Joseph R. Marconi and Victor J. Pioli Attorneys routinely communicate with clients using email and assume that such communications are privileged.  Most prudent lawyers advise their individual clients to not use work email accounts when communicating with them in order to preserve the privileged nature of their communications.  But what if an individual client ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/client-communication-on-web-based-email/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>The Curious Case of the Arbitrators Who Did Not Arbitrate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph R. Marconi[1] For companies and attorneys who view arbitration as the solution to the costs and time expenditure of litigation, the Illinois Appellate Court puts you on notice that mandatory arbitration clauses are only effectual if the designated arbitrators agree to accept the matter when referred.  In other words, a party is not obligated ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/arbitrators/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>ILLINOIS E-DISCOVERY: LOOKING FOR HIGHWAY SIGNS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joseph R. Marconi[1] In 1995, Illinois was one of the first states out of the starting gate to recognize the impending flood of electronic data discovery (“e-discovery”), by amending Illinois Supreme Court Rules 201 and 214 to acknowledge “electronically stored” materials. However, in the intervening decade and a half, virtually nothing further has been codified ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/illinois-e-discovery/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/illinois-e-discovery/</link>
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		<title>Website Clients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Law firms have increasingly turned to the use of websites as a means of locating potential clients and witnesses in the course of their work.  Can their website postings potentially subject law firms to claims for defamation or are their website postings protected by the absolute litigation privilege? Can A Law Firm’s Use Of A ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/website-clients/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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		<title>Unauthorized Practice of Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The modern practice of law often dictates that an attorney travel to different states, represent clients in foreign jurisdictions, and counsel clients regarding the laws of foreign jurisdictions.  Most times, these are innocuous undertakings.  However, depending on the law of the foreign jurisdiction, these activities may constitute the unauthorized practice of law. Lawyers Risk Engaging ... <strong><a href="http://www.isbamutual.com/practice-update-articles/unauthorized-practice-of-law/">Read More</a></strong>]]></description>
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