Practice resources

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Commercial and professional liability insurance
Guide to commercial and professional liability insurance: coverage, claims-made issues, forms overview, liability and occurrence issues, duty to defend, exclusion by risk, and more. 2023 edition.
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Commercial landlord-tenant practice
About retail, industrial leases, subleases, mortgages, eminent domain, mechanics liens, and tenant and landlord duties. 2023 edition
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Commercial Real Estate: Financing and Transactional Issues
Manual on issues related to commercial real estate transactions. 2021 Edition
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Commercial Real Estate: Property-Related Issues
Explains best-practices in commercial real estate property-related issues. 2021 Edition
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Condominium law: governance, authority, and controlling documents
Manual on tax considerations, development, management, financing, condominium associations, ordinances, etc. 2021 edition
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Conducting the Employment Practices Audit
Manual on how to hire, manage, and terminate employees. 2023 edition
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Construction law: Transactional considerations
Guide to transactional issues in construction law. Includes: bidding contracts, negotiating contracts, insurance, LEED and green construction, industrial and EPC projects, and more. 2021 edition.
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Consumer bankruptcy practice 2022 edition
This resource is an essential guide in helping any attorney with clients involved in the challenging and complex process of filing for consumer bankruptcy. 2022 edition
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Consumer protection law 2023 edition.
Manual on the Consumer Fraud Act including unlawful practices, deceptive practices, and exemptions and inclusions. 2023 edition
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Contract law
Explains contract law for attorneys including performance, modification and breach of contract. 2023 edition
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Creditors' rights 2022 edition
Creditor's rights such as collection judgments, enforcing security interests and liens, equitable remedies, etc. 2022 edition
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Criminal records: Expungement and other relief
Manual on expungement and sealing including the Criminal Identification Act. 2021 edition
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Defending Criminal Cases: Pretrial Issues, Guilty Pleas, and Defenses
Essential guide covering criminal defense cases in Illinois, including arrest, early representation, pretrial discovery and motions, defenses, plea and sentencing bargaining, and trial prep. 2021 Ed.
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Defending Criminal Cases: Trials, Sentencing, Appeals, and Post trial Issues
Essential guide covering defending criminal cases in Illinois. 2022 Edition
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Defending DUI: practice and procedure
Information on DUIs and examples of proper investigatory stops, probable cause, and common DUI Defenses. 2021 edition
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Discovery Considerations in Specific Civil Cases
Guide to discovery with state and federal rules for civil actions: medical negligence, construction injury, Federal Employers' Liability Act, class actions, wrongful death, and more. 2021 edition
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