The past month has yielded three decisions that are certain to impact future asbestos personal injury litigation in Illinois. Smith v. Crane Co. et al., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Folta v. Ferro Engineering, in the Illinois First District Court of Appeals, and Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific, in the […]
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Back to Basics – Estate Planning Part III
Recently we discussed four reasons most families will benefit from estate planning. This post concludes this topic with two more ways an estate plan can help carry out your goals for your family. With the federal estate tax exemption amount now set at $5.25 million for 2013 and $5.34 million for 2014, and increasing annually […]
Back to Basics – Estate Planning Part II
View the previous post in this series – Back to Basics – Estate Planning Part I Recently we discussed two reasons most families will benefit from estate planning. This post continues with two more ways an estate plan can help carry out your goals for your family. With the federal estate tax exemption amount now […]
Back To Basics – Estate Planning Part I
With the federal estate tax exemption amount now set at $5.25 million for 2013 and $5.34 million for 2014, and increasing annually with inflation, it may seem like estate planning is no longer important. While it is true that most estates will escape this tax, (the estate tax will affect less than 0.2% of decedents […]
Defense Attorneys Express Concern About New Settlement Payment Law
Public Act 98-548, which will take effect January 1, sets requirements for the payment of settlements. Defense attorneys have questioned the necessity of this law, and generally hold the opinion that the law will have an adverse effect on the settlement process. Conversely, plaintiffs’ attorneys believe the new law is necessary to ensure the prompt […]
Justice Department Not So Friendly to the Friendly Skies
After recent airline mergers of Delta and Northwest (2008), Continental and United (2010), and Southwest and AirTran (2011), the Feds say not so fast to American Airlines and US Air. Full Article
Google Tells Gmail Users to Expect No Privacy
Gmail users should not expect any privacy when they use Gmail to send messages.