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Shia Kapos had an interesting article in this week’s Crain’s Chicago Business on the “collaborative divorce”. Collaborative divorce started in Minnesota about 20 years ago. The objective of a collaborative divorce is to expedite the divorce process, while minimizing the drama and dollars associated with the traditional divorce. Here is… Read More

As reported by Steve Daniels in the May 3, 2010 issue of Crain’s Chicago Business, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is unhappy with Nicor. Madigan is claiming that Nicor’s gas pipe repair service insurance is a rip-off. The insurance plan, officially known as ComfortGuard, covers the cost of repairing gas pipes in customer homes. According to… Read More

Scary story in the Chicago Sun-Times last week involving about a toy flashlight. Midlothian resident Brandi Pavoni had purchased the flashlight at Target for Emily, her three year old daughter. The flashlight included Halloween-themed stencils that could slip over the bulb and be projected onto a wall. The flashlights are depicted below. Emily went down for a… Read More

Toyota was recently hit with a couple of lawsuits that could spell VERY BIG TROUBLE for the company. First, former Toyota attorney, Dimitrios Biller recently filed a racketeering lawsuit against Toyota, alleging that his former employer concealed and destroyed evidence that should have been produced to lawyers representing people injured in rollover accidents.… Read More

Teddy Kennedy lost his battle with cancer late Tueday night. The dissection and meaning of his life by the talking heads is now underway. Most of the coverage is fairly even-handed, and doesn’t omit the details of an occasionally troubled personal life. On Twitter, Carol Marin shared a great tribute she saw on the failed talkers blog. Certainly worth a r… Read More

Back from vacation, stumbled across an interesting blurb at Law.Com’s Legal Blog Watch. According to an admittedly unscientific poll, 50% of law blogs fail in the first year. The explanation? According to the article, because lawyers simply don’t have the time to dedicate to providing content on a regular basis. We lawyers are apparently very busy.… Read More

Good day today. It appears that I am finally wrapping up a retaliatory discharge case that has seemingly been going on forever. Plaintiff agreed to accept a settlement and the releases are finally signed, sealed and delivered. Would love to provide additional details, but the settlement is confidential. And, Mark Buerhle of the White Sox throws a perfect game… Read More

Got wind of this recall from the good folks at Kids In Danger, who work hard to keep kids safe and keep a close eye on this kind of stuff… Seems like yet another problem has surfaced with Simplicity Cribs. On July 2, 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Commission[CPSC] announced a voluntary recall of Simplicity Drop Side Cribs. The cribs were distributed b… Read More