Year: 2011
What if you could predict who would live the longest?
Here is an interesting book (and book review at the blog Caring Right at Home) on the concept of predictors in the aging process - The Longevity Project. A lot of the habits and attitudes that seem to lead to a long and healthy life may not do so. And some of those...
United States Supreme Court Defines “Fair Notice” – Will This Impact All Federal Anti-Retaliation Cases?
Lisa Milam-Perez posted a thoughtful article on the impact of the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., decided March 22, 2011. See article here. The Kasten Court over-ruled the District Court's grant...
Do You Remember Marcia Clark? OJ Trial? Johnnie Cochran?
She's back! This time as a novelist. Fifteen years after facing the "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit defense," she's using her experience in courtrooms and crime as a mystery writer. Her first novel, Guilt by Association, comes out this week. Are you going...
Dukes et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. – gender discrimination case is serious tilting at windmills – part II
I wanted to share this follow up to the earlier posts on the Dukes et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. case. In case you didn't see it or haven't heard about it, this case involves a class action claim by women employees of Wal-Mart who contend that they have been...
What Is The Price For 18 Years In Prison For Crime One Didn’t Commit?
This month's ABA Journal has an article about the United States Supreme Court decision last week over-ruling a jury verdict in favor of an inmate who was exonerated after serving 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. See - Supreme Court Rules Against...
Can a class-action lawsuit be too sprawling to deliver old-fashioned justice?
The New York Times has a thoughtful piece on the Dukes v. WalMart Stores, Inc. case following oral argument in the United States Supreme Court - see article here. I wrote about some of the issues and players in this case earlier in my tilting at windmills post. The...
Ever Wonder What A Collaborative Divorce Is?
The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals ("IACP") has released the following public education video that follows the process. Here is the post and the video, for your review - you can play the video by clicking on the play button. Please contact us...
Can You Invalidate A Prenuptial Agreement In Illinois?
I was at a gathering earlier this week where I walked in on a conversation about prenuptial agreements. There was some debate in the group over whether one could get out of such an agreement. Almost any contract contains language that provides for termination. And...
Good News For Illinois Senior Citizen Property Owners? Property Tax Exemption Rules May Be Changing
According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, there may be changes in store for the Illinois law requiring senior citizen property owners to apply for senior tax and senior freeze exemptions to property taxes. And those changes may become retroactive, allowing...