Life-Care Planning Evidence in Illinois Courts
How Illinois proves future-care costs in catastrophic cases: the life-care plan, the Frye methodology gate reaffirmed in In re Commitment of Simons (213 Ill. 2d 523), and Rule 702.
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Owner Agreements That Survive a Falling-Out
An operating agreement should answer the hard questions while the owners still trust one another: who decides, who gets paid, what happens when someone stops working, how ownership can move, and how the company exits a deadlock without destroying the business.
The AI Inventory as a Legal and Evidence Record
An AI inventory should let counsel answer what a system did, who approved it, which law applied, what changed, and what evidence exists. A software list cannot do that.
The Proposed HIPAA Security Rule: What It Would Change, Where It Stands, and How to Plan
Where the proposed HIPAA Security Rule overhaul (90 Fed. Reg. 898) stands in 2026, what it would require, how compliance dates would work, OCR risk-analysis enforcement, and which controls to fund before a final rule.
The Data Terms Stack: DPA, BAA, and Security Exhibits
A master agreement rarely answers the data-risk questions by itself. The DPA, BAA, security exhibit, order form, and product documentation must allocate the same data, security, incident, subcontractor, deletion, and liability obligations without contradicting one another.
Title Commitments Decoded: Reading Schedule B Before You Close
How to read an Illinois title commitment (215 ILCS 155, ALTA structure): Schedule A vs. Schedule B, requirements vs. exceptions, and the endorsements that add real coverage.
Unlawful Presence and the I-601A Provisional Waiver: Who Qualifies, What It Covers, and What It Does Not
How the I-601A provisional unlawful presence waiver works: the three- and ten-year bars, eligibility under 8 C.F.R. 212.7(e), extreme hardship under Cervantes-Gonzalez, what the waiver does not cover, common denials, and 2026 consular timing.
Good Moral Character for Naturalization: The Bars, the Catch-All, and the 2025 Guidance
How good moral character works in naturalization: permanent bars, conditional bars under INA 101(f), false testimony under Kungys, the regulatory catch-all, the August 2025 totality-of-the-circumstances guidance, convictions under immigration law, and timing.
The AI Law Tracker as a Compliance Change-Control System
A useful AI-law tracker tells the business what changed, when it becomes operative, which systems are affected, who owns implementation, and what evidence proves the change was completed. It is a legal change-control system, not a feed of bills and headlines.
Who Can Adjust Status: Inspection, Parole, and the Section 245(c) Bars
The legal framework for adjustment of status: inspected and admitted or paroled under Matter of Quilantan, TPS under Sanchez v. Mayorkas, visa availability, the 245(c) bars and immediate relative exemption, 245(k), 245(i) grandfathering, and when departure is unsafe.