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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3979 Introduced 3/4/2021, by Rep. Ann M. Williams SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 705 ILCS 210/1 | from Ch. 13, par. 15 |
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Amends the Legal Business Solicitation Act. Provides that it is unlawful (a Class B misdemeanor) for an attorney, or person acting on behalf of the attorney, to make a false or deceptive statement concerning the existence of a settlement fund to a resident of the State or regarding a legal matter pending now or in the future before a court if such a statement was made for the purpose of inducing a person to enter into a contract of employment with an attorney to represent the person in the legal matter. Provides that if a contract of employment with an attorney was obtained before the effective date of the Act, the legal matter has not been resolved, and the contract was entered into in violation of the Act, the attorney shall: inform the client that the attorney had previously made a false or deceptive statement regarding the existence of a settlement fund or payments to a resident of the State or regarding a legal matter pending now or in the future before a court in the State; and obtain the written consent of the client to allow the attorney to continue to represent the client in the pending legal matter.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Legal Business Solicitation Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | | (705 ILCS 210/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 15)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1. Prohibition.
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| 8 | | (a) It shall be unlawful for any person not an attorney at |
| 9 | | law to solicit
for money, fee, commission, or other |
| 10 | | remuneration directly or indirectly in
any manner whatsoever, |
| 11 | | any demand or claim for personal injuries or for
death for the |
| 12 | | purpose of having an action brought thereon, or for the
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| 13 | | purpose of settling the same.
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| 14 | | (b) It shall be unlawful for an attorney, or person acting |
| 15 | | on behalf of the attorney, to make a false or deceptive |
| 16 | | statement concerning the existence of a settlement fund to a |
| 17 | | resident of this State or regarding a legal matter pending now |
| 18 | | or in the future before a court in this State, if such a |
| 19 | | statement was made, in part, for the purpose of inducing a |
| 20 | | person to enter into a contract of employment with an attorney |
| 21 | | to represent the person in the legal matter. Such statements |
| 22 | | include, but are not limited to, untrue claims suggesting: (i) |
| 23 | | that a limited pot of money has been made available to |