Archive for August 2012
Retainer Moneys May Be Diverted to Opponent In Marriage Dissolution Actions, Court Holds
An attorney may be forced to turn over to the opponent retainer moneys received in a dissolution-of-marriage action, regardless of the fee structure arranged with the client, a panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled last
month.
Defendant Must Raise “Standing” Challenge Early or It Is Waived
Defendants in mortgage foreclosure cases must raise challenges to the plaintiff’s standing early in the
litigation or those challenges are waived, a panel in the Illinois Appellate Court has reiterated. Rejecting challenges to Mortgage Elec. Reg. Systems, Inc. v. Barnes, 406 Ill.App.3d 1 (2010),