I recently wrote a story for Lawyers.com detailing a Chicago-area woman's bitter dispute with her deceased partner's parents over the rightful beneficiary of the deceased's death benefits. Click here to read the full story.

Although the facts of the case are somewhat complex, the lawsuit basically...

I recently became a dog person. My chiweenie -- that's a chihuahua/dachshund mix -- came into my life a little over a month ago when my boyfriend adopted him from PAWS. Since then, we've learned that being doggie dads requires more work than gentle petting and a few...

Chicago's start-up darling Groupon just can't get a break. The granddaddy of daily deals has been getting slapped around by the media ever since it announced its IPO intentions. It hasn't helped that the company, including its very public CEO Andrew Mason, have faced quite a few PR disasters, such...

If you could take a class from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, what would you want him to teach?

That's the question that Chicago start-up Dabble has posed to the F-bomb-dropping mayor's constituents. The online-based company provides a digital marketplace where everyday experts can set up workshops and pass along...

From Mustache Day to "floor crawls" -- think a white-collar version of the pub crawl -- several of Chicago's top technology companies trumpeted their unique corporate cultures at the recent Entrepreneurs Unpluggd event, which took place Oct. 12 at the Chopin Theater. Presenters included Jellyvision Lab's CEO Amanda...

Chicago's 2011 Pride Parade was certainly one to remember, but not necessarily for the right reasons. Yes, the massive event's attendance topped 800,000, which is more than the entire population of Indianapolis. But the crowd proved to be unruly, and the narrow streets of Northalsted could hardly accommodate everyone comfortably....

Wherever there are tech start-ups, there are cheesy nicknames.

The premier hotspot for North American nerds is nestled in the Bay Area in a region famously known as Silicon Valley. The term originally denoted the business district's silicon chip manufacturers. But over time, the name became watered down and...

For Chicago bike riders, there is one rule of the road: bikers are always right. At least that's the impression you get from many in the cyclist community.

A heated debate has been brewing on the Chicago EveryBlock forums regarding Chicago's biking laws. The original poster, Jay,...