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Opening Statement

Seizing the moment
DEPARTMENTS
  • Firm Life
    News and notes from the legal community.
  • Rooting out bad actors
    When old college acquaintances reconnect, it usually ends with a splitting of the restaurant check and a friendly “Hey, let’s do this again sometime.” And that sometime never happens.
  • Creating a new formula
    Office renovations provide an opportunity to refresh and update. For many firms it has been a chance to pivot to the new environment where online court calls and hybrid work schedules represent the new norm.
  • Running the gamut
    White & Case Chicago office executive partner Matthew Devine came to the legal world a little later than usual. But when he arrived on the scene, he went full throttle.
IN THIS ISSUE
  • Guidance on AI
    Last December, the Illinois Supreme Court announced that the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Code of Judicial Conduct apply to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). It said courts “will be vigilant against AI technologies that jeopardize due process, equal protection, or access to justice.”
  • Creating a new formula
    Office renovations provide an opportunity to refresh and update. For many firms it has been a chance to pivot to the new environment where online court calls and hybrid work schedules represent the new norm.
  • Running the gamut
    White & Case Chicago office executive partner Matthew Devine came to the legal world a little later than usual. But when he arrived on the scene, he went full throttle.
  • Drug testing options
    In Illinois, courts have the authority to order drug testing for parents involved in divorce proceedings when there are issues with child custody and/or parental responsibilities.
  • Changing the landscape
    Talk about stripping agency power, the U.S. Supreme Court did it this summer … with a vengeance. In my last column, I wrote about the Loper Bright decision, which eliminated 40 years of substantial deference paid to administrative agency decisions. Now another case has the potential to blow up the entire regulatory process of enforcement against all types of health care providers.