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Intellectual Property Group Welcomes New Associate
Intellectual Property Group Welcomes New Associate.
Black, Latino Chicago residents win chance to press class action vs CPD past stop-and-frisk policy
Reworked complaint targets police policy, training rather than quotas and paper trail
Lawsuit: Ex-wife owes $1M for using forgotten iPad to monitor texts, emails between CEO ex-husband and new girlfriend
A woman has filed suit against the ex-wife of her corporate CEO boyfriend, saying she used an iPad that was left at her home and still logged into her ex-husband's account to monitor their texts and emails.
Taking the Shot: As COVID vax mandate momentum builds, employers risk lawsuits, labor shortage
More than half of employers could require worker vaccinations by the end of 2021, potentially setting the stage for a surge of lawsuits, should requests for exemptions be ignored or denied.
Evanston school district: White teacher's discrimination suit over anti-racism programs 'blatant' misuse of court
Evanston-Skokie District 65 said the teacher wasn't actually discriminated against, so she can't sue over the school's alleged race-based training programs and curriculum.
Unvaccinated mom's child custody fight vs Cook County judge may be only the start of new vax battles in family law courts
A Cook County judge stepped back from his order stripping parental rights from an unvaccinated mom without a hearing, but the judge's actions could signal brutal court fights ahead for other unvaccinated parents, a leading Illinois family law attorney says.
Maune Raichle leveled $402K sanction in Bestwall bankruptcy for pursuing 'egregious' Illinois lawsuit
CHARLOTTE - U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laura Beyer laid a $402,817.70 penalty on St. Louis asbestos firm Maune Raichle on Aug. 31, to reimburse a Georgia Pacific entity for defending an Illinois lawsuit the firm filed in violation of an order she entered.
Appeals panel says no evidence of political retaliation vs hookah bar in Worth
Hookah lounge owners alleged their political support of an opponent of the village's mayor led to a campaign of police and village harassment, and a stream of citations not issued to other businesses over similar alleged offenses.
Illinois Supreme Court Names Leadership For Statewide Pretrial Services
Illinois Supreme Court Names Leadership For Statewide Pretrial Services.
IL High Court: New state law means federal rap doesn't keep Markham mayor from office
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the mayor of suburban Markham may hold office, despite a '99 conviction for mail fraud
Cook County judge who ordered mom stripped of parenting rights over COVID vax backs off decision, for now
A Cook County judge has restored parenting rights to an unvaccinated woman from whom he had earlier stripped parental rights, solely because she had not received the COVID vaccine.
A Look Back at Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assoc. v. Thomas + Current & Future Litigation
A Look Back at Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assoc. v. Thomas + Current & Future Litigation.
A Year of Transition - The Workplace Changes That Keep General Counsels Up At Night on September 1, 2021
A Year of Transition - The Workplace Changes That Keep General Counsels Up At Night on September 1, 2021.
Attorney General Raoul Applauds Governor Pritzker for Signing Legislation That Protects Student Loan Borrowers
Attorney General Raoul Applauds Governor Pritzker for Signing Legislation That Protects Student Loan Borrowers.
Brigid Ndege Appointed to Northern Illinois Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee
Brigid Ndege Appointed to Northern Illinois Bankruptcy Court Liaison Committee.
Cook County assault weapons ban unconstitutionally strips residents of right to own weapons for self-defense, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit brought by three Chicago residents asserts Cook County's ban on so-called "assault weapons," in place since 2006, is unconstitutional.
Sterigenics says insurer wrongly used emissions claims to deny coverage for lawsuits over emissions
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics has sued National Union Fire Insurance in Chicago federal court, saying all of its emissions were discharged legally under an Illinois state environmental permit.
Appeals panel: Woman couldn't have known about faulty pelvic mesh, so she didn't wait too long to sue J&J
7th Circuit judges said a federal judge was wrong to find the woman's lawsuit vs Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Ethicon over the failure of her pelvic mesh implantation fell outside a two-year limit on filing suit.
Schools buckling under Pritzker threats to yank funds, invalidate student diplomas, but challenges may be brewing
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker facing renewed challenges to his pandemic authority, as school officials and others question his power under Illinois law to override local control and use legally questionable threats against schools and students to compel compliance with public health mandates.
Class action: Magazine publisher Meredith Corp broke IL privacy law by selling subscribers' info
A class action lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court says the publisher of People, Better Homes and Gardens, InStyle and more popular titles violated an Illinois law by selling subscriber mailing lists to anyone willing to pay.