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Judge won't yet give appeals court chance to weigh in on class action over BNSF rail yard entry fingerprint scans

By Scott Holland |
Judge Matthew Kennelly had refused to grant summary judgment to BNSF in the BIPA class action brought by a truck driver in 2019

Yarbrough: Time for feds oversight of Cook Clerk's office to end; Court monitors focusing on details to keep getting paid

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Yarbrough says compliance administrators appointed by the court to ensure she obeys federal court decrees are trying to find reasons to keep those decrees in place to ensure they continue to get paid

Appeals panel: Family can sue Abbott over birth defects from drug, despite seeming contradictory claims vs doctors

By Scott Holland |
Couple now suing Abbott Laboratories already won $18.5M jury verdict against doctors who prescribed the anticonvulsant Depakote

HeplerBroom to Host International Conference

By Press release submission |
HeplerBroom to Host International Conference.

Class action: T-Mobile, Sprint owe money to customers of AT&T, Verizon because merger raised cell phone costs

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit asserted the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint violated antitrust laws and led only to higher prices for all telecom customers amid a less competitive marketplace.

IL Dems seek to defend vote by mail law; Dem voters will be 'disenfranchised' if votes not counted 2 weeks after Election Day

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A group of Republicans have sued the state, saying a state law requiring mail-in votes to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, conflicts with federal law.

Greenberg Traurig Honored at Euromoney ‘Women in Business Law Awards Americas’ 2022

By Press release submission |
Greenberg Traurig Honored at Euromoney ‘Women in Business Law Awards Americas’ 2022.

Judicial Inquiry Board moves ahead with complaints against three judges, including Cook County judges Raines, Ghouse

By Scott Holland |
One Cook County judge accused of improperly besmirching attorneys, while another pleaded guilty to DUI

Sterigenics plaintiffs to ask IL Supreme Court to step into dispute over how looming trial will proceed

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Hundreds of lawsuits are pending, claiming EtO emissions from Sterigenics caused cancer in Willowbrook. The first trial is scheduled to begin next month

Lawsuit: Cook County sheriff, chief judge liable for woman's death at hand of man on electronic monitoring

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit accuses Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans of placing accused violent criminal Dominiko Johnson on electronic home monitoring, but allowing him to travel to the home of girlfriend Shanate Guy, who he allegedly shot to death

4th Annual Chicago Diversity, Equity & Inclusion CLE Event on June 23, 2022

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4th Annual Chicago Diversity, Equity & Inclusion CLE Event on June 23, 2022.

IL Supreme Court again passes on whether FOID Act is constitutional, drawing sharp rebuke in dissent

By Scott Holland |
Majority opinion holds White County judge was wrong to reconsider an order it directed in 2020. Dissent says the court is trying to avoid ruling on whether Illinois' firearms owner registration program is unconstitutional

Seventh Circuit upholds judgment for J&J in pelvic mesh case over contradictions in doc’s deposition, affidavits

By Steve Korris |
CHICAGO – U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle properly struck an affidavit of Effingham urologist Pernankel Nayak and granted judgment to Johnson & Johnson in a pelvic mesh suit, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on June 15.

Morgan Lewis Partners Ami Wynne, Pulina Whitaker Named in Iel Women Leaders Survey

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Morgan Lewis Partners Ami Wynne, Pulina Whitaker Named in Iel Women Leaders Survey.

Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Kanne dies; Served on federal appeals court for 35 years

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Kanne, regarded as a conservative originalist, was appointed to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan

Cook County still collecting unconstitutional gun, ammo sales taxes; Refunds owed, class action says

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A new class action lawsuit is asking the courts to step in again and declare, once and for all, that Cook County has unconstitutionally levied taxes on the sale of firearms and ammunition, and give gun and ammo buyers refunds for taxes they've paid for nearly a decade

IL Supreme Court says kayaks, upstream land ownership don't let people float past property rights on IL rivers

By Scott Holland |
Supreme Court judges call on Illinois lawmakers to change state rules to grant public access on waterways, even if they're considered "non-navigable"

Legal 500 U.S. 2022 Ranks Dykema Among Nation’s Best in Four Categories

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Legal 500 U.S. 2022 Ranks Dykema Among Nation’s Best in Four Categories.

Laborer who fell through roof at former Cineplex Odeon reaches $4.8M deal to settle lawsuit

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The settlement was announced by the laborer's attorneys with the firm of Salvi Schostok & Pritchard

Chicago City Hall cleared to continue pursuing lawsuit seeking $300K+ fines vs vape sellers

By Scott Holland |
City alleged companies broke city rules on marketing to minors and liquid tobacco ban