Benjamin Franklin said: “it takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” To establish and maintain their reputations, practitioners should do their best in representing their client, drafting pleadings, making representations to the court, and participating in pro bono and community activities. In an attorney’s eagerness…
Monthly Archives: July 2012
New Rules for Citations to Discover Assets
Governor Quinn just signed into law the amendment to 5/2-1402 which deals with supplemental proceedings and in particular, citations to discover assets. See: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=097-0848 . The effective date is July 25, 2012. The amendments apply to any Citation and subsequent actions initiated AFTER that date. Members of the Illinois Creditors Bar Association and the Creditors…
South Park Parody is Fair Use
Oh, the indignities to which our judiciary is sometimes subjected! Judge Richard Cudahy — West Point grad, Army Air Corps, Yale Law – has sat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for 33 years. My suspicion is that he is not a frequent viewer of the animated television show “South Park.” My firm conviction…
Davis McGrath to Participate in Race Judicata 2012
Davis McGrath will be sending a team to race in the 2012 Race Judicata, held to support Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, on September 13, 2012. Here are pictures of our teams from past races:
New Top Level Domains Webinar
Here is the recording of our July 11, 2012 webinar on “The New Top Level Internet Domains.” On June 13, 2012, ICANN announced that 1,930 applications were filed for new top-level Internet domain names. These custom domains will be whatever the applicant desires to the right of the dot – .GOOGLE, .NEWS, or even .LOL….
IP Lawyer Unlocks the Mystery of Cubs’ Curse
Recently we suffered the bitter disappointment of the Bulls loss to Philadelphia in the final seconds of game six of the first round of the NBA playoffs. This was supposed to be the year for the Bulls to take down the Miami Heat on their way to the NBA title. Though this wound is still…
The Internet As We Know It Is About To Change
On June 13, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that there were 1,930 applications filed by companies and organizations for new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) names. ICANN is the nonprofit organization tasked with overseeing a number of Internet management areas. This spring, for the first time, any entity could apply…