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Getting an Illinois Speeding Ticket Just Got More Expensive, September 15, 2010
How to Arbitrate a Dispute, September 1, 2010
Start for a Personal Injury Lawsuit, August 16, 2010
Limited Liability Company in Illinois, August 5, 2010
How to Choose a Lawyer for You, July 24, 2010
Start a Small Business, July 13, 2010
I am Going Freelance. What do I do?, June 8, 2010
Pro-Se: Why Risk It?, May 27, 2010

Identity Theft is at the Curb, March 8, 2010
Business: I'm Going Freelance. What do I do? March 4,2010
Constitutional Law: Eight Amendment Cruel and Unusual (March 3, 2010)
E-Discovery Tips in Litigation March 1, 2010)
Constitutional Law: Constitutional Law: Miranda Warnings Confirmed in Powell (February 25, 2010)
Illinois New Freedom of Information Act 2010 (February 12, 2010)
Constitutional Law: Tort Reform and Non Economic Damages (February 4, 2010)
Fraud and Deceit: Identity Theft is on the Rise (February 3, 2010)
How to Organize Your Small Claims Testimony (January 21, 2010)
Aviation: Possible FAA takeoff clearance ATC Instruction (January 15, 2010)
Pro Se: Why Risk It! (January 12, 2010)
Illinois' No Cell Phones in School Zones Law (January 9, 2010)
Texting While Driving and Punitive Damages (January 6, 2010)
Business: The Limited Liability Company (January 4, 2010)
Don't Text While Driving Your Car (December 28, 2009)
FAA Maintains Percentage Rates for Random Drug Testing of Safety Sensitive Employees (December 23, 2009)
Fourth Amendment: Ohio Requires Warrant to Search Cell Phones (December 17, 2009)
Ninth Circuit Rules Punitive or Compensatory Damage Not Available in ADA Retaliation (December 11, 2009)
Tips to Mediate a Dispute (December 7, 2009)
Municipal and Local Law: A Sample Land Use Public Hearing (December 1, 2009)
First Circuit Court of Appeals: Employment Discrimination Time Limitations (November 24, 2009)
Seventh Circuit Court Rules on Title VII Retaliation and Discrimination Appeal (November 18, 2009)
Fifth Circuit: Ibarra Reveals the Limits of Witness Preparation (November 5, 2009)
Tenth Circuit: Fourth Amendment violation did not invoke Heck (October 2009)
No Age Discrimination Judgment Affirmed by Seventh Circuit Court (Vol. 1 Ed. 8 (August 23, 2009)
Excessive Force: Seventh Circuit Upholds Ruling against Police (Vol. 1 Ed. 8 (August 6, 2009)
Class Action: 7th Circuit Upholds Non-Removal Ruling In Spite of Proposed Class Change
(Vol. 1 Ed. 8, August 3, 2009)
Seventh Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity for Police Officers (Vol. 1 Ed. 7, July 23, 2009)
Private Right of Action in Title IX Does Encompass Retaliation (Vol. 1 Ed. 7, July 17, 2009)
Illinois Defamation Claims Can Be Excluded From (Vol. 1 Ed. 7, July 9, 2009)
Apportionment of Damages: Illinois Supreme Court Rules that Apportionment Applies Only to Non-Settling Defendants (Vol. 1 Ed. 11, June 25, 2009)
"Illinois' Restrictive Approach to Insurer's Recovering the Cost of Defending Insured's,"
Illinois Bar Journal, Vol. 95, January, 2007
"Private Right of Action in Title IX Does Encompass Retaliation Claims" www.merlowlaw.com 'Resource Materials' Vol. 3 Ed. 1, March 29.2005
"Municipal Law: Supreme Court Upholds Tort Immunity Act One-Year Limitation Period" "www.merlolaw.com 'Resource Materials' Vol. 2 Ed. 1, February 26.2005
"Damages: "A Few More Stitches for the Deep Pocket?"
The Brief of the DuPage County Bar Association November 2003
"A Defense Perspective: Expert Cross-Examination and Sole Proximate Cause Defense," The Brief of the DuPage County Bar Association, Vol. 13, No. 10, p. 14, June 2001
"Insurance Law: Illinois' New "Actual Notice" and "Deactivation of Tender" Rules"
IDC Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 2, p.16, Spring 2001
"Damages: Apportionment Among Joint Tortfeasors," The Brief of the DuPage County Bar Association,
Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 31, October, 1997
"Be 'FORE' warned. Golf Course Liability is Just a Stroke Away," Park District Risk Management Agency Institute, p.2, March 24, 1995
"Government Immunity: A Summer of Planting Seeds," The Brief of the DuPage County Bar Association, Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 21, December 1994
"Give Up The Defense? - Not In Illinois," Declarations, p. 8, Winter, 1993
"Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses From Discovery to Trial," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Course Handbook, p. 87, May 2, 1992
"Admissibility of NTSB Aircraft Accident Reports in Civil Litigation," Aviation Litigation Reporter, p.15748, September 24, 1991
"Conditions of the Land: Relationship of the Dangerous Condition Rule and the Open Danger Defense,"
The Brief of the DuPage County Bar Association, Vol. 2, No. 6, p. 9, February, 1991
"Hague Convention: Commentary,” Aviation Litigation Reporter, p. 12682, December, 1990
"Hague Convention: Service of Documents In Japan,” Automotive Litigation Reporter, p. 14439, December, 1990
"The Duty to Warn," Illinois Parks and Recreation Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 3, p. 9, May/June, 1990
"The Question of X-Ray Ownership," Chicago Bar Association Record, Vol. 4, No. 5, p. 31, May,1990

Contributing Author

"Family Awarded $10.45 Million In Crash Case” Aviation Litigation Reporter, p.5 May 27, 2003
"Rudman v. United Airlines Class Certification Granted With Settlement or Litigated Judgment"
Class Action Reports Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 767, Nov/Dec. 2000
"IL App. Ct. Affirms Plaintiff's Lack of Standing as 'Next of Kin"
Aviation Litigation Reporter, p. 9, October 26, 1999;
"Cabin Door: Alumni v Tracor Aviation, Inc. Refurbisher Granted Summary Judgment in DC-10 Suit"
Aviation Litigation Reporter, p.12023, July, 1992;
"Forum Non Conveniens: Sponagle v. USAir/Piedmont Airlines Dismissal" Aviation Litigation Reporter,
p. 11,536, March, 1990

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