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Chapter 11, Health Care and Real Estate Distress Indices Reach Highest Levels in Years
In the newest Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report, levels of distress continue to increase, hitting new, multi-year highs for all three tracked indices in Q3, including record-breaking distress levels in the health care sector.
IFLR1000 2023 ranks Mayer Brown in six jurisdictions and recognizes 186 individual lawyers
Mayer Brown is ranked in 26 practice areas across six jurisdictions in the 2023 edition of IFLR1000’s guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers.
Thousands of hair relaxer lawsuits OK to continue vs L'Oreal, Revlon, other cosmetic companies
The lawsuits assert the companies knew or should have known their products allegedly caused uterine and ovarian cancer in the Black women who used them since the 1970s to "conform to Eurocentric beauty standards"
Clausen Miller Featured on 2024 Best Law Firms List for its Litigation – Insurance Practice in Chicago
Clausen Miller has been named to Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms list for Litigation – Insurance in Chicago.
Four Alumni Promoted to Partnership at Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has elected 35 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2024.
Foley Advises Novacap in Strategic Partnership with Lewis & Ellis
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Novacap, one of North America’s leading private equity firms, in its strategic partnership with Lewis & Ellis, a leading full-service actuarial consulting firm.
Woman seeks damages for severe injuries in lawsuit against driver who allegedly rear-ended her in Oak Lawn
CHICAGO – A driver has filed a negligence lawsuit, claiming that she was severely injured by another driver in a rear-end collision in Oak Lawn.
Chicago mother files negligence lawsuit after driver allegedly injures her and three children running a red light
CHICAGO – A mother has filed a negligence lawsuit against a driver, claiming that she and her three children were injured in a car accident when the driver ran a red light at the intersection of 115th Street and South Wentworth in Chicago.
Woman claims that she was injured in Chicago car accident when a driver struck her vehicle doing a U-turn
CHICAGO – A woman has filed a negligence lawsuit against a driver, alleging that she was seriously injured in a vehicle accident in Chicago when the driver attempted to perform an illegal U-turn and struck her vehicle.
Driver sues S & L Cartage after head-on collision with company employee
CHICAGO – A driver has filed a negligence lawsuit against S & L Cartage, claiming that he was injured in a head-on collision with one of the company's drivers.
IL appeals court says class action can resume vs court clerks over foreclosure filing fees
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul had argued people who had paid the unconstitutional court fees needed to bring their claims to the Illinois state Court of Claims. Judges, though, said since the law was unconstitutional, the plaintiffs' demands for refunds can remain in circuit court
Adriana Bosco Joins Tressler’s General Defense Litigation Practice Group
Tressler is proud to welcome Adriana Bosco as an associate in our General Defense Litigation Practice Group in Chicago, Illinois.
Big money biometrics privacy class actions enriching handful of lawyers at expense of IL economy, new report claims
A report from the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Illinois says seven plaintiffs' class action firms account for nearly 70% of all class actions active in Chicago area courts under the stringent Biometric Information Privacy Act, commonly known as BIPA
Class action: Debt collection firm didn't include options for debtors to 'opt out' from getting emails
A class action lawsuit accuses debt collector Cawley & Bergman of violating a debt collection law by sending emails to people who owed past due debts that did not include instructions on how to opt out of receiving future collection emails from the firm.
Ethos Seafood accused under IL genetics privacy law for asking workers about medical histories
A class action lawsuit accuses Hodgkins-based seafood seller Ethos of violating an Illinois genetic information privacy law by allegedly asking workers about their family medical histories.
A midnight ride through time
Every campus community has their own unique traditions or experiences, but only one has Professor Timothy Gilfoyle’s Midnight Bike Ride.
Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy and Professional Ethics: The Rules That Every Partnership Tax Advisor Should Know on November 17, 2023
Tax attorney Brad Seltzer will join a panel titled "Balancing Tax Planning, Advocacy and Professional Ethics: The Rules That Every Partnership Tax Advisor Should Know" at the Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings conference.
OSF Healthcare hit by repeat plaintiff with class action over worker fingerprint scans to access medications
OSF Healthcare has become one of the latest big employers in Illinois targeted by a class action lawsuit over alleged violations of the Illinois biometrics law.
Radaris targeted by class action for allegedly selling people's information online
A class action lawsuit accuses people search site Radaris of violating Illinois' Right of Publicity Act by allegedly charging people for access to other people's identifying information.
Gun advocates seek preliminary injunction in Southern IL federal court from approaching firearm registration deadline
Gun advocates suing the state over its controversial Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA) filed a new request for injunctive relief, seeking to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of the firearm registration requirement due to insufficient notice, vagueness and Constitutional violations.