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Amundsen Davis LLC announces Saphe-Allah Falaneh Joins Amundsen Davis's Health Care Service Group
Our firm is happy to announce that Saphe-Allah Falaneh has joined as an Associate on our Health Care Service Group in our Chicago office.
Dad appeals ruling he has no fundamental right to forbid Villa Park school from helping child change genders
A new Biden-appointed federal judge declared a Florida man's constitutional rights as a parent may end at the school house door, so he can't sue the school district for allegedly conspiring with his ex-wife to speed along his child's gender transition
State Farm accused of holding out on interest allegedly owed to Illinois claimants from awards and judgements
The lawsuit is the latest example of lawsuits accusing the insurance giant of allegedly attempting to not pay interest on awards to claimants.
Filing: Cook County sheriff, chief judge should not be immune from lawsuit blaming woman's death on electronic monitoring shortcomings
Family members of Shanate Guy seek to defeat motion to dismiss their complaint, asserting Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans and Sheriff Tom Dart should be held responsible for allowing Guy's boyfriend to kill her, even though he was in the county's electronic monitoring program
Locke Lord LLP announces Locke Lord Chicago Partner Nicholas O'Conner Selected as 2023 Cook County Bar Association Next Generation Honoree
Nicholas O'Conner, a Partner in Locke Lord’s Chicago office, has been selected as a 2023 Cook County Bar Association Next Generation honoree.
Appeals panel says @properties didn't commit defamation in public statment about Jan. 6 rally attendee
Real estate company terminated relationship with agent who posted about "storming the capital" on Jan. 6, 2021
Reed Smith announces Reed Smith adds partner-counsel duo to Life Sciences Health Industry practice
Reed Smith announced that Brian Bewley is joining the firm as a partner and Kaitlyn Dunn as counsel in its Life Sciences Health Industry Group.
Federal judge ends 40 years of federal oversight of Teamsters pension funds
The decrees had been put in place to address links to organized crime within the unions. But Judge Durkin said concerns about organized crime influence have passed
Reed Smith announces Legal 500 USA ranks 46 Reed Smith practices and recognizes 16 lawyers
Global law firm Reed Smith ranked in 46 practice categories and 16 of its lawyers were recognized in 18 categories, in 2023 Legal 500 USA rankings issued.
Wood River attorney files FOID card challenge in Madison County ‘in express and intentional violation’ of new jurisdiction law
Wood River attorney Thomas Maag filed a lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of the state’s Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) card statute, and he urged the court not to transfer the case in accordance with a new law signed last month by Gov. J.B. Pritzker which now requires such cases to be litigated in either Chicago or Springfield.
Vimeo en route to pay $2.25M to settle IL biometrics class action over Magisto face scans
Attorneys in line to collect $787,500 before class members get paid
Appeals panel: Illinois prejudgment interest law constitutional, doesn't unfairly hamper defendants' rights to defend themselves in court
Other courts have found differently, but the ruling marks the first time a state appeals court has directly answered the question of whether Illinois' law allowing plaintiffs to demand huge interest payments on top of potentially draconian verdicts, violates Illinois' state constitution
Cozen O'Connor hosts SEC Update: What's Happened, What’s Ahead on June 14, 2023
The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has undertaken an ambitious agenda over the last 18 months in its effort to protect corporate investors and ensure that the capital markets are strong and efficient.
Biometrics class action vs company that operates dating apps Tinder, OKCupid shifted from Chicago to Texas court
The lawsuits accuse app maker and operator Match Group of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law by scanning the faces of users of Tinder and OKCupid without proper notice and consent, as allegedly required by the law
Family of student suing Latin School over son's death by suicide say school is blocking access to student's records
New lawsuit alleges elite private school improperly withholding kinds of documents released to other families
Judge refuses to OK class action vs city of Chicago from Black water department workers alleging racist work environments
Kennelly said the plaintiffs haven't yet presented enough evidence that their work experiences and workplaces were common or similar enough within the massive Chicago city water department
Appeals panel: Northwest Community Hospital not liable for alleged mistakes by doctors who worked as independent contractors
The lawsuit was linked to complications from a 2013 open heart surgery
Webb fires back on Smollett's attempt to toss out his conviction for lying about attack, says court did not abuse the process
Actor Jussie Smollett is still fighting the outcome of his trial linked to lying to Chicago Police about his alleged assault hoax, which special prosecutor Dan Webb says was shown at trial to have faked for Smollett's "own personal gain"
Livestock feed maker Prestige says Mount Prospect illegally trying to strip business license over odor complaints
The company has filed suit in Cook County court, seeking an order blocking the village from taking action against them, which they claim is in violation of an agreement under which the village gave the company time to address the odor concerns
Google Photos settlement payments sliced again, now down to $95 per person; Lawyers still getting $35M
A renewed screening and claim review process resulted in the addition of nearly 167,000 new claimants to the settlement class, dropping the per person payment, which had initially been estimated at $200-$400, from $154 to $95 per person