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“U Can’t Touch This” Fog Line: The Improper Use of a Fog Line Violation as a Pretext for Initiating an Unlawful Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2015-09)Fog line litigation is happening all across the country. For years, law enforcement officers across the country have been initiating traffic stops of cars on our roadways, based on allegations that the drivers crossed onto ... -
The U.C.C. and Perfection Issues Relating to Farm Products
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2014-09)The Uniform Commercial Code (the U.C.C.), first proposed in 1952, is designed to harmonize the various state laws dealing with commercial transactions. To date, the U.C.C. has been adopted in all fifty states. Article 9 ... -
U.S. Higher Education Financing Has Significantly Changed, So Too Should Seventh Circuit Student Loan Discharge Law
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2018-04)Every year in the U.S., millions of students use public and private student loans to finance a portion of their post-secondary education. Inevitably, many student borrowers find themselves in the financial doldrums in the ... -
Understanding the Ethics of Empowerment: An Elder Law Lawyer’s Challenge or Obligation?
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2017-11)This Article considers the concept of empowerment and the obligation lawyers have as they advise and counsel their clients, especially the elderly, in the use of estate planning documents which empower others to undertake ... -
Unilateral Executive Power ENSHRINED in Law: The Zivotofsky Court Stays the Course
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2017-04)Zivotofsky v. Kerry (2015) is the most recent challenge to presidential prerogatives, and while the Supreme Court addresses the erroneous mistake espoused by Justice Sutherland in 1936, the Court ultimately fails to harness ... -
Unmaking a Murderer: The Prosecutor’s Duty to Remedy Wrongful Convictions
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2017-06)This Article will discuss the obligations and duties of a prosecutor in reviewing post-conviction claims of actual innocence in the context of the DeKalb County case of People v. Jack McCullough. In my role as State’s ... -
Unnatural Voluntary Parentage Acknowledgments Under the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act
(2018-10)The 2017 Uniform Parentage Act expands the opportunities for formal parentage establishments via voluntary acknowledgements (VAPs) by intended parents with no natural ties to their acknowledged children. This constitutes ... -
Unnaturally Stubborn: Illinois’ Reluctance in Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority to Do Away with the Natural Accumulation Rule, and the Resulting Impact upon the Duty of Common Carriers
(Northern Illinois University Law Review, 2011-06)The Natural Accumulation Rule is a legal doctrine that has been interpreted and applied by the Illinois courts to mean that a landowner may escape liability for injuries to a third party on his or her land that occur as a ... -
Unsettling Questions Regarding Lawyer Civil Claim Settlement Authority
(1999)While often presumed or declared to be quite settled, many of the guidelines on lawyer civil claim settlement authority are unsettled, leaving unresolved questions for lawyers, clients, and the courts. The upcoming publication ... -
Vol 34, no. 2, Spring 2014: Table of Contents
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Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; Current Trends in Inequitable Conduct are Adverse to Patent Policy as Seen Through the Exemplary Case of Big Pharma
(2009-12)This Comment explores the rather difficult and rapidly changing field of patent law, discussing specifically the doctrine of inequitable conduct, a defense raised by the infringing party by which a patent can be rendered ... -
Vol. 1 No. 1, Fall 2009; TOY STORY: Being Right for the Wrong Reasons in the Search for a "Greater Freedom"—A Critical Analysis of the Dissenting En Banc Opinions in Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle
(2009-12)This Note analyzes how the landmark United States Supreme Court case of Lawrence v. Texas has been used by the Fifth Circuit in Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle to extend “sexual privacy interests” into the commercial ... -
Vol. 1 No. 2, Spring 2010; Illinois Does Not Care About Caregivers as Evidenced by the Ineffective and Exclusionary Custodial Claims Statute of the Probate Act
(2010-05)Family members taking on the responsibility of caring for sick or disabled relatives is on the rise, and it is only trending upward in the future due to a multitude of factors. Illinois appeared to be on the edge of this ... -
Vol. 1 No. 2, Spring 2010; Iraq Veterans’ War with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims Under a Procedural Due Process Analysis
(2010-05)This Comment explores the Department of Veterans Affairs and its current disability compensation and medical care systems for soldiers who have returned from the War on Terror with mental health disabilities, such as post ... -
Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 2011; Nolan & Ready—“Settling” for Less than Perfect in Illinois when Determining the Role Defendants Play in the Litigation After They Settle
(2011-05)This Note examines the interplay of two decisions made by the Illinois Supreme Court during their 2008 – 2009 term—Ready v. United/Goedecke Services, Inc. and Nolan v. WEIL-McLain. Interpreting the statutory wording of the ... -
Vol. 2 No. 1, Spring 2011; The Times They Are a Changin’: Enactment of Historic Civil Union Act Is the Right Step for Illinois
(2011-05)This Comment analyzes the recent passage of Senate Bill 1716, the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which extends the “same [state] legal obligations, responsibilities, protections, and benefits” ...
