CBA Record November 2017

CONTENTS

CBA RECORD

November 2017 • Volume 31, Number 7

8 Editor's Briefcase

No Ordinary Silver Tray

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

10 President’s Page What is Our Future? 12 CBANews 18 Chicago Bar Foundation Report 20 Murphy’s Law 44 Legal Ethics

24 The Three Rules of Trip and Fall Cases–Open and Obvious, De Minimus, and Goldilocks By Richard Lee Stavins 28 The New Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Project–Leading the

Future of Litigation in the Federal Courts By Jennifer W. Sprengel and Anthony F. Fata

ABA Formal Opinion 477R and Client Data By John Levin

YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION 32 Be Better. Be a Mentor By Jonathan B. Amarilio 34 The Benefits of Having an Incident Response Plan for a Law Firm By Brian C. Eaton 38 Highlights from the ABA YLD Affiliate Showcase– CBA YLS in Denver By Emily Roschek 42 CBA Abroad: An Unforgettable Experience with Fellow Members By Nicholas D. Standiford

45 Ethics Extra

LocatingYour Client: the Benefit of Due Diligence and the Price of Oversight By KasimCarbide Be Encrypting Documents and Communications: Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe By Catherine Sanders Reach

46 LPMT Bits & Bytes

48 Summary Judgments

Rosemary Simota Thompson reviews A Ruff RoadHome: the Court Case Dogs of Chicago

NOVEMBER2017 CBA

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