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by Tom Stilp JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC, DBA, February 26th, 2026

It has never been easier to steal from a bank customer because, surprisingly, the bank helps the thief.

The law of negotiable instruments (one form of which are commonly known as “checks”) requires that only a lawful direction to pay be honored by the bank.  810 ILCS 5/3-403.  A check is an “o...


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by Tom Stilp JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC, DBA, February 5th, 2026

Physicist Leonard Mlodinow retells a story of a man who won the Spanish lottery. The key number was “48” on the lottery ticket. Denying it was luck, the man explained how he dreamed of the number seven (7) for seven (7) nights in a row, and came up with “7 x 7 = 48” (Mlodinow, 2008).

Apart from ...


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by Tom Stilp JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC, DBA, January 21, 2026

There is evidence that humans systematically depart from rational behavior (Posner, 2011).  That is to say, humans are predictably unpredictable.  Most humans have difficulty dealing with what Judge Posner called “low-probability events” (Posner, 2011 at p. 22).  Based on our ancestral development,...


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by Tom Stilp JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC, DBA, January 6th, 2026

After taking over 150 cases to trial, and handling hundreds of business matters, I have developed a short list of sayings.  I have liberally borrowed from others, but where I recollect, I’ve given credit or some attribution.

Experience is random and inconsistent, as are my 40 tips.  Yet, the fol...


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by Tom Stilp JD, MBA/MM, LLM, MSC, DBA, December 10, 2025

In the Netflix series, Black Mirror, the episode entitled, “Joan is Awful,” Netflix pokes fun at itself as the entertainment platform, “Streamberry,” capturing the real-life events, including embarrassing moments and dark-secrets, of its customers which provide the grist for the real-time AI generated content.


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