The new law could leave Illinois employers facing a choice between abiding by competing state and federal immigrant employment laws and requirements, and leave Illinois facing another day in court defending a law which could stand in defiance to federal laws governing immigrant work eligibility
Business advocacy groups warned of dire consequences for Chicago and its economy if City Hall is allowed to use "public health" to justify changing the rules midstream when evaluating industrial development permits, as it did when denying $80M Southside Recycling project
Matthew Glavin, a member in Cozen O’Connor’s Public Strategies Group, has been named to the Board of Youth Guidance, a Chicago-based organization specializing in social-emotional learning, counseling, and educational support for students in Chicago-area schools.
A January Illinois Supreme Court decision effectively ended employers' efforts to use Illinois' workers' comp law to beat biometrics class actions, and may have emboldened the plaintiff’s bar to seek even higher settlements
Matthew Glavin, a member in Cozen O’Connor’s Public Strategies Group, has been named to the Law Alumni Board of Governors at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. His three-year term is effective immediately.
Next Energy LLC had asserted an Illinois state moratorium on oil and gas fracking permits, coupled with a thicket of new drilling rules, amounted to an unconstitutional taking of lease and property rights, locking out drillers looking to invest potentially billions into an economically struggling part of the state.
Shook Partner Melissa Siebert spoke before Illinois lawmakers in favor of a bill that would assist Illinois employers hard hit by a surge in lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
A proposal to reform provisions in the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act used for years by lawyers to target employers over technical violations of the law, drew rare bipartisan support in an Illinois state House committee vote on March 9.
Those who represent businesses and employers in Illinois say they hope the switch from former Speaker Madigan to Speaker Chris Welch will help create opportunities for cooperation and reform, despite Welch's lockstep support for Madigan through his legislative career.
House Bill 3360, sponsored by Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Belleville) and Rep. Marcus Evans, Jr. (D-Chicago), would lengthen the pre-judgment interest accrual period to when an alleged wrongdoer has notice of the injury versus when a plaintiff files suit.
The Illinois Supreme Court has said expert witnesses may cite governmental recommendations and industry standards as reasons for their findings, but the reasons must first pass muster with the judge.
Public furor enveloped lawmakers over the new rule, which could have resulted in fines and jail time for business owners who opened 'nonessential' businesses earlier than Pritzker believed proper under his COVID rules.
Opposition demands state lawmakers block Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to amend public health rules to deem business owners who reopen sooner than the governor would like with a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fines and potential jail time.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened to use state resources to punish rogue businesses, communities, or just step back and let them be sued by politically allied trial lawyers, should any continue to resist his emergency orders.
Businesses had said the new rules were illegal, but Pritzker had said they're needed because employers should "pick up the tab" for COVID-19 illnesses among their workers
A judge has granted a temporary restraining order to business groups who accused the Pritzker administration of illegally enacting new workers' comp rules to leave employers to "pick up the tab" for COVID illness
