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Appeals court: Pritzker 2020 biz closure orders, alone, not enough to allow biz owners to sue for illegal takings
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected yet another challenge to Pritzker's long-running use of emergency executive powers amid the Covid pandemic, saying plaintiffs didn't provide enough to back their sprawling claims that Pritzker trampled their rights -
Judge: COVID gathering limits not likely to return, so IL GOP can't sue Pritzker over earlier shutdowns
Republicans had argued Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID-related limits on the size of political gatherings were unconstitutional, because he selectively enforced them, allowing huge Black Lives Matter protests, while shutting down GOP gatherings in 2020. -
Reform advocates hope change in IL Speaker's office brings more than just new tone
Those who represent businesses and employers in Illinois say they hope the switch from former Speaker Madigan to Speaker Chris Welch will help create opportunities for cooperation and reform, despite Welch's lockstep support for Madigan through his legislative career. -
Appeals court: Pritzker OK to limit - or not limit - religious, political gatherings to combat COVID-19
Just because Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted greater leeway to religious gatherings, and marched in a massive Black Lives Matter protest, doesn't mean Pritzker's 50-person limit can't apply to Republican Party political events, the appeals panel ruled. -
Judge: Pritzker's orders can limit Republican gatherings, even if guv marched with thousands in anti-racism protest
A federal judge said "unique" constitutional protections for religious freedom also thwart GOP's attempt to compare political rallies to church services, which are generally exempted from Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID limits on assembly sizes. -
Pritzker: GOP challenge to COVID powers just 'talking points': GOP: Pritzker's orders 'content discrimination'
Gov. JB Pritzker and GOP lawyers traded barbs and briefs in federal court over the governor's COVID-19 gathering limits, which Republicans said discriminated against them. -
IL GOP: Pritzker's support for anti-racism protests undercuts COVID power to limit other political gatherings
The Illinois Republican Party has sued Gov. JB Pritzker, arguing the governor violated their constitutional right to campaign, while violating his own rules to get photo op with racism protesters. -
CLARK HILL PLC: Clark Hill Adds Prominent Political Law Attorney John G. Fogarty, Jr. as Senior Counsel in Chicago
Clark Hill PLC announced the addition of John G. Fogarty, Jr. to the firm as Senior Counsel in its Chicago office, where he is a member of the Government and Public Affairs Practice Group. -
Federal appeals judges: 'Politics in politics' did not violate rights of GOP state senator who challenged Rauner
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined Illinois Senate Republican leaders didn’t violate a caucus member’s rights by stripping him of duties after he mounted a third-party gubernatorial challenge. -
Lawsuit tossed vs IL GOP over use of photo in satirical ad which mistakenly identified wrong man as incumbent lawmaker
The Illinois Republican Party and several related political action organizations were within the law to lift a photograph and satirize it for use in a political advertisement against a Democratic state legislator, despite not first securing the photographer’s permission, a federal judge ruled in tossing a legal action brought against the political organizations by the photographer and the unwitting subject of the photo at the heart of the controversy. -
Ill. GOP hit with lawsuit over use of altered photo in campaign flier
A photograph used in a campaign mailer in a suburban legislative race is now an exhibit in a lawsuit that was lodged late last month against the Illinois Republican Party, a prosecutor and others. -
Plaintiff attorneys seeking $7 billion from State Farm in RICO suit make case for Karmeier subpoena
CliffordIllinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier should have to submit to a subpoena in a $7 billion racketeering suit against State Farm because he associated with the alleged racketeers, according to Chicago lawyer Robert Clifford.“The amount in controversy is staggering,” Clifford wrote in a May 8 motion to compel Karmeier’s production of documents about his 2004 election to the state high