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Troutman Pepper and Dominion Energy Pro Bono Team Turn to Nation’s Highest Court as Fight Continues for Full Educational Benefits for Military Veterans
In their fight to secure full educational benefits potentially worth billions of dollars for about 1.7 million post-9/11-era veterans and counting, attorneys from Troutman Pepper and Dominion Energy today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, asking the Supreme Court to review the lower court ruling.
'We can't do this anymore:' Business groups warn of economic fallout from IL biometrics lawsuits, call for reform
A coalition of business groups say potentially massive class action lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, unbridled by the Illinois Supreme Court, are threatening the ability of Illinois to attract new business and new tech, and may lead to closures of nursing homes and other key businesses
EEOC IT manager OK to sue federal non-discrimination watchdog for race discrimination
Black female IT professional said she's been doing work of her white male predecessor without being paid his salary
Illinois Supreme Court to Host Law School for Legislators at Supreme Court Building
Illinois Supreme Court Justices and other members of the Illinois Judicial Branch will speak to the leadership and new members of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate.
Mark Hebbeln and Susan Poll Klaessy Author Chapter in 2023 Edition of Environmental Law in Corporate and Real Estate Transactions
Foley & Lardner LLP Partners Mark Hebbeln and Susan Poll Klaessy co-authored the chapter Treatment of Environmental Obligations in Bankruptcy in the 2023 edition of “Environmental Law in Corporate and Real Estate Transactions,” by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
More class actions scanned into Cook County Circuit Court seeking big money from employers over worker fingerprint scans
New lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act have targeted grocery stores, hotels, restaurants and manufacturers in Chicago and the suburbs.
Wendella again beats back City Hall's attempts to levy amusment tax on popular sightseeing tours
Federal maritime law pre-empts city's ability to charge vessels operating on Chicago River, Lake Michigan, a state appeals court panel says
Administrative Director Declares Two Illinois Associate Judges Appointed in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Ruth H. Lofthouse and James R. M. Newman as associate judges of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.
Lawsuit: Village of Hillside illegally boosting political operations of longtime mayor, as well as IL House Speaker Welch
The lawsuit accuses the village of Hillside, at the direction of Mayor Joseph Tamburino, of violating Illinois election law by using taxpayer-funded resources, including village staff, to aid the campaigns of Tamburino and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, and the judicial campaign of Welch's wife
Lawsuit: City Hall, Michael Reese developer conspired to use city power to smash value of coveted property
Lawsuit claims Ald. Sophia King, Chicago Planning department and Michael Reese Hospital redevelopment group GRIT used the city's zoning and permitting authority to block any efforts to improve or sell a property neighboring the former Michael Reese Hospital site, because the city and GRIT wanted to buy it "cheap"
Illinois bill would criminalize routine discipline as 'parental bullying'
While the bill likely will go nowhere, it’s unfathomable that it could even be proposed: In the relevant part, a bill now pending in the Illinois legislature would criminalize, as “parental bullying,” any parent who knowingly, with intent to discipline or alter the behavior of a child, says or messages anything that would coerce the child.
Attorney General Raoul Files Brief Opposing Ongoing Effort to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 22 attorneys general, today filed a brief in opposition to the ongoing, misguided effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Judge says Walgreens can't fully escape class action over 'maximum strength' lidocaine patches
Lawsuit alleges similar pain-relief products contain higher amounts of lidocaine
Judge tosses boneless wings class action vs Buffalo Wild Wings, for now; Class action asserts 'boneless wings' just nuggs
The suit was tossed on procedural grounds, because the plaintiffs failed to properly identify the parties. The plaintiffs have until March 27 to try again
Attorney General Raoul Asks Court to Require Tiktok to Comply With Investigation
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief on Monday asking a court to order social media company TikTok, Inc. to fully comply with an ongoing national investigation into whether the company violated consumer protection laws.
Judge says white ex-Lurie employee can't sue Chicago children's hospital over alleged harassment, retaliation
Claims against specific coworkers didn't establish corporate liability: Lefkow
IL Supreme Court justices hear arguments over cash bail abolition
The justices will decide if state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker had the authority to simply abolish cash bail, despite constitiutional language and past constitutional amendments appearing to assume the existence of the system
Potentially big class actions vs employers over worker fingerprint scans continue to stream into Cook County court
Just from Feb. 27- March 1, at least 10 new class actions from just two law firms landed in Cook County court under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
Pritzker's contemptuous answer to a reasonable question on judicial recusal
Should judges who received a million dollars each from Gov. JB Pritzker for their campaigns recuse themselves from decisions on the constitutionality of two of his pet pieces of legislation — the SAFE-T Act and the assault weapons ban?
Chicago Owner & Developer Panel on March 15, 2023
Construction attorney and Chicago Building Congress (CBC) Board Secretary Gregory Meeder will moderate CBC's "Chicago Owner & Developer Panel."