April/May 2016 • Volume 30, Number 3
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6 President’s Page
AYear in Review
12 CBANews
20 Chicago Bar Foundation
Report
22 Murphy’s Law
52 Legal Ethics
By John Levin
54 LPMT Bits & Bytes
By Catherine Sanders Reach
56 Summary Judgments
Steven Rakowski
reviews
The NewLove Deal
CBA
RECORD
CONTENTS
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
30 Extent of Client Access to Lawyer’s File
By Shelby L. Drury
34 Substituting Judges After
Bowman v. Ottney
–Bridge Over
Tested Waters
By Blake Shuart
38 Just Saying “No” to Confidentiality Clauses
By Dmitry N. Feofenov
YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION
42 Finishing Strong
By Matthew A. Passen
44 Maintaining Professional and Ethical Balance in the
Tripartite Relationship–Stuck in the Middle With You
By Phillip Skaggs
48 Pro
Files
–Patricia Brown Holmes
By Shawna S. Boothe
On the Cover
Cover Art Courtesy of ThinkStock.
APRIL/MAY2016
CBA
SAYING NO TO A
CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE
Substituting Judges After
Bowman v. Ottney
Professional and
Ethical Balance in a
Tripartite Relationship
The New
Love Deal