Supreme Court of Illinois Weighs in On Bars with BYOB Policies and Its Common Law Liability
Did you know that pursuant to the Illinois Dramshop Act that each bar, liquor store, or liquor establishment who contributed to the intoxication of someone who later causes personal injury to another might be liable to reimburse the injured party or their loved ones for losses they may have incurred?
School Speed Zones and Phone Usage in School and Construction Zones
As many of you may already be aware (hopefully not because you have already been ticketed for violating this new statute), the Illinois Legislature passed a new law that took effect on January 1, 2010, limiting the usage of cellular phones in school and construction zones.
The Illinois Legislature Is Considering Making “sexting” a Crime. What Is It “Sexting” You Ask?
“Sexting” as the act has been termed is teens sending other teens pornographic or lewd pictures of themselves to one another.
Taking Defendant’s Corvette for Driving While Suspended an Overreach?
Alright, I had to blog about this one. It just didn’t sit well at all with me, mainly because it seemed like a complete overreach by governmental authorities.
Illinois Eavesdropping Law Was Basically Declared Unconstitutional
As some of you may be aware, this past week, the 7th Circuit of the U.S. Appellate Court more or less declared that the Illinois Eavesdropping Law was Unconstitutional in its present form. As an Illinois Attorney, the decision came as no shock to me at all.
People of The State of Illinois V. Mcpeak (DUI_Drugs)
In March 2005, Samuel McPeak was stopped by a Police Officer in Lee County who noticed him not wearing his seat belt. When McPeak exited the vehicle at the Officer’s request so that he could give Mr. McPeak his ticket for the seat belt violation, the Officer noticed an odor of cannabis, which the officer testified he noticed coming from McPeak’s person.