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Appeals panel: Cook County judge wrong to deny trust a chance to continue malpractice suit vs lawyers after plaintiff's death
A state appeals panel says the dispute over lawyers' work over the sale of a Barrington Hills property should have been allowed to continue with a substitution of plaintiffs
Attorneys: Appeals court still must rule on Springfield judge's ruling, despite JCAR rejection of Pritzker's COVID school rules
Tuesday, a committee of Illinois lawmakers refused to allow Gov. JB Pritzker to renew his "emergency" COVID school rules. But a key legal question concerning the limits of Pritzker's powers should be addressed by a state appeals court, said attorneys for Pritzker and those for students and parents
Bite-Sized Legal Food Webinar Series on February 17, 2022
Bite-Sized Legal Food Webinar Series on February 17, 2022.
Banasek and Boeckman to Present to Chicago Dental Society
Banasek and Boeckman to Present to Chicago Dental Society.
Clearview mostly whiffs on try to toss massive biometrics class action over online 'face scraping'
Chicago federal judge rejects arguments tech firm's data scraping, facial database didn't break privacy laws
School mask mandate suspended following vote of state's rulemaking body
The Joint Committee of Administrative Rules (JCAR) voted today to stop Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to reissue emergency rules that would have required school districts to enforce masking for K-12 public and private schools.
Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update
Russian Sanctions/Export Controls Update.
So, You Think You Are Ready for Global Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. What Now? on February 16, 2022
So, You Think You Are Ready for Global Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. What Now? on February 16, 2022.
Judge forecloses Cook County's long running lawsuit vs Bank of America over alleged discriminatory mortgage lending
Bucklo rules county can't prove BOA intended to discriminate, finds no evidence increased foreclosures hurt public budget
Chicago Public Schools should be held in contempt for continuning to enforce mask mandate, says students' lawyer
Attorney Tom DeVore has asked a Springfield judge to require CPS and its CEO Pedro Martinez to explain why they shouldn't held in contempt for essentially ignoring the judge's order blocking enforcement of school mask mandates
Bti Consulting Names 7 Morgan Lewis Partners as 2022 ‘Client Service All-stars’
Bti Consulting Names 7 Morgan Lewis Partners as 2022 ‘Client Service All-stars’.
Timeclock vendor Kronos agrees to pay $15M to end fingerprint scan class action; Lawyers to get $5M
According to settlement documents, nearly 172,000 class members - people who used Kronos fingerprint scanning timeclocks to punch in and out of work shifts - could be in line for payments of $290-$580 each
Lawsuit: Chicago, Cook County vax passports do nothing vs omicron, 'patently irrational,' unconstitutional
A group of Chicago and Cook County residents have sued the city and county, saying the vaccine passport orders deprive people of their rights without coming close to achieving their stated goals of reducing the spread of the omicron COVID variant
DeVore: Pritzker engaged in 'mental gymnastics' to justify appeal of Grischow TRO vs guv's school COVID orders
Attorney Tom DeVore urged a Springfield appeals court to reject Pritzker's attempt to block enforcement of a restraining order issued by a Springfield judge against his school COVID orders, noting 6 other judges already sided with Judge Grischow's reasoning
Gardiner can't end lawsuit from 45th Ward residents who say the alderman illegally blocked them on Facebook
Judge says Gardiner's Facebook page could be considered a protected public forum
Appeals panel: Japanese billionaire owes law firm Bartlit Beck $54M in fees from $2.6B settlement
7th Circuit agrees Okada pulled himself from arbitration hearing, can't cry foul after the fact
Ex-Morton College inspector gen drops racketeering claims vs college over his firing; Faces suit over alleged bid rigging
The former inspector general at Morton College has asserted he was wrongly fired in retaliation for uncovering alleged misconduct by college leaders. The college, though, claims he helped rig a bid for a contractor to land a $2 million deal.
The Future of Noncompetes and What It Means for the Protection of Your Workforce and Trade Secrets: Part 3 on February 10, 2022
The Future of Noncompetes and What It Means for the Protection of Your Workforce and Trade Secrets: Part 3 on February 10, 2022.
Pritzker asks appeals court to slap mask mandates, other COVID restrictions, back onto schools
Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul asked a state appeals court to move quickly to block a Springfield judge's temporary restraining order that voided emergency rules two state agencies used to impose mask mandates and other COVID-related restrictions on schools and students statewide.
Appeals panel says city not liable for Chicago paramedic accused of private sexual assault
Allegations involve incident at private home, while city worker was on call, but off duty