Lincoln and Our History
Lincoln and Our History Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC Judge Ron Spears reminds us that...
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Interesting Facts, Checks & Balances and Taxes
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC In our continuing series of checks and balances, we review the...
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Bankruptcy: A Constitutional Right Not to Pay Debts?
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC Crain’s Chicago Business reported recently that creditors of...
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Some Claim Financial Ruin, Others Claim Necessity: Checks & Balances
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC The law represents our attempt, however imperfect and fumbling...
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Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC We successfully got the Sheriff of Cook County held in Contempt...
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Is There Anything Higher Than “Clear and Convincing?”
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC Believe it or not, we recently completed a trial. The trial had...
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Hamilton, Jay & Madison: Checks + Balances
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC In past articles of In the Loop, we have written about the...
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Recent Publications
Business Continuity Magazine publishes Stilp article on insuring your business for Covid. Click...
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The Madness – Disappearing Jury Trials
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC In 1841, Scottish writer Charles Mackay published...
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Crazy Productivity & Trillionaires
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC Jeff Bezos may become the World’s first trillionaire. As people...
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Checks & Balances: It Is Not Only What is Done, But How It is Done That Has Lasting Consequences
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC The law represents our attempt, however imperfect and fumbling...
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“So Why, Then, Are People Panicking?”
Tom Stilp, JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC “So why, then, are people panicking?” This question was asked...
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