CBA Record May-June 2020

CBA RECORD CONTENTS

May/June 2020 • Volume 34, Number 3

4 Editor’s Briefcase The Other Pandemic 6 President’s Page

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 20 Reflections on the Pandemic 27 The Coronavirus Pandemic: History is Written by the Victors By Nina J. Fain and Clare McMahon 30 A Pandemic Walks into a Bar: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Business Interruption Insurance By Daniel A. Cotter

BeYour Own Periscope: Look Around and FindYour Silver Lining

8 CBANews 14 Chicago Bar Foundation Report 17 Murphy’s Law

33 Suspension of the Open Meetings Act During the Covid-19 Emergency

44 Legislative News 46 LPMT Bits & Bytes

By Peter Friedman, Jeffrey Monteleone, and Benjamin Schuster

WellnessWhileWorking During a Global Crisis

YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION

36 A Year in Review By Octavio Duran

49 Summary Judgments

Review of James M. Kramon’s The Art of Practicing Law

38 The Jury Problem: Why Courts Should Change the Way Juries Deliberate By Sami Azhari

50 Legal Ethics

Legal Services During and After the Pandemic

On the Cover Photo Credit: Justice Michael B. Hyman

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