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SCOTUS refuses school workers' claims unions unconstitutionally took dues after they tried to leave
Two Chicago teachers and a Moline custodian claimed their unions ignored the Supreme Court and the Constitution by limiting their ability to leave the union only to one "escape period" each year.
Attorney accuses Pritzker of 'judge shopping' in try to move mask mandate suits to Cook County, Springfield courts
Attorney Tom Devore, who is representing many people suing Gov. JB Pritzker and school districts over student mask mandates, says the governor broke a deal and is "judge shopping"
Vending machine operator Compass Group to pay $6.8M to settle fingerprint scan class action
Lawyers who brought the consequential class action under the Illinois biometrics law will seek at least $2.2M from the deal.
Legalign Global Cyber Webinar on November 3, 2021
Legalign Global Cyber Webinar on November 3, 2021.
Jim Shreve talks cybersecurity and higher education with University Business
Jim Shreve talks cybersecurity and higher education with University Business.
Bankruptcy from a Governmental Perspective
Bankruptcy from a Governmental Perspective.
Judge blocks NorthShore from firing workers seeking religious exemption from COVID vax mandate
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against NorthShore University Health System, preventing the hospital system from firing dozens of workers seeking religious exemptions under federal and state law from NorthShore's rule requiring them to get the COVID vaccine, or face termination.
Judge: Police union contract, IL labor law blocks Chicago from simply firing cops for not getting COVID vax
A Cook County judge has stayed enforcement of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's COVID vaccine mandate against the city's police officers, saying the cops have been denied "meaningful" arbitration over the rules.
Jack Carriglio Appointed to the Judiciary Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Jack Carriglio Appointed to the Judiciary Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Foley Named a Compass Award Winner by Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Foley Named a Compass Award Winner by Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.
Lawyers ask judge to OK $68M fees for work landing $181M chicken price class action settlement
It remains unclear how much consumers might get as a share of $111 million remaining in the settlement funds after lawyers and settlement administrators are paid.
Pritzker asks IL Supreme Court to send all school mask lawsuits to Cook County or Sangamon court
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, on behalf of Gov. JB Pritzker, filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court to consolidate and transfer several different cases, including a massive class action involving hundreds of parents and students vs 145 school districts, over Pritzker's school mask orders.
Illinois Supreme Court halts school districts' request for billions of extra state dollars into public education
Panel said granting request would violate separation of powers clause
IL Dems revise Conscience Act, but say they're not, in 'implicit recognition' law protected vax mandate objectors
Courts will ultimately be left to unravel whether the Democrats' "declaration of existing law" should now allow the state and employers to enforce vaccine mandates against religious objectors, when courts have been skeptical, at best.
Reed Smith adds partner and counsel to growing powerhouse advertising, brand, data protection, and privacy practice in Chicago
Reed Smith adds partner and counsel to growing powerhouse advertising, brand, data protection, and privacy practice in Chicago.
'Trying to thread a needle': Changes to IL Right of Conscience law intended to 'provide cover' for Pritzker administration, lawyer says
Downstate attorney Tom Devore, who is behind a barrage of lawsuits vs Gov. JB Pritzker and others, says proposed changes to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act are an 'absurd' attempt to legally justify past actions by Pritzker related to COVID vaccine mandates and COVID-related restrictions.
Lawsuit claims NorthShore Health System using vax mandate to "purge" unvaccinated religious objectors from payroll
A class action lawsuit in federal court claims NorthShore is illegally discriminating against religious employees who object to COVID vaccines, violating their rights to religious exemptions under state and federal law.
2021 Construction Law Summit on October 28, 2021
2021 Construction Law Summit on October 28, 2021.
Metra says judge was off track in ruling Union Pacific can cease northwest suburban Chicago commuter trains
Metra wants to derail a judge's ruling that Union Pacific does not have to run commuter lines in northwest Chicago, arguing the judge committed a "manifest injustice" in refusing to consider the railroad was contractually obligated to keep operating the service.
IL Dems to strip any potential for vax mandate protection from IL Health Care Right of Conscience law
Gov. JB Pritzker and others have argued the law was never intended to protect anyone other than doctors, and certainly not people objecting to being forced to take COVID vaccines