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ITLA president: ATRA's 'Hellhole' report cruelly seizes on deadly pandemic as opportunity to shield funders from accountability for wrongdoing
Even as the number of Illinoisans sickened by the coronavirus rises, and the state’s hospitals and ICUs fill with COVID-19 patients, a corporate front group is trying to capitalize on the crisis by disseminating misinformation intended to help its benefactors evade legal accountability for harm done to innocent people. -
IL High Court: Expert witnesses can cite regulatory, industry standards in court; Data must still be filtered through judges
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. -
IL Supreme Court: Employees who work from home in Cook County not enough to keep lawsuit in Cook County court vs out-of-county biz
The Illinois High Court has dealt a blow to lawyers, who lodge personal injury suits in Cook County because of the county's reputation for favoring plaintiffs. -
IL High Court says workers' comp can apply to everyday acts done on boss' behalf, in support of coworkers on the job
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission was wrong to deny benefits to a man, who tore his knee on the job, saying that kneeling, although a common movement, was required by his job. -
POWER ROGERS LLP: Larry R. Rogers, Jr. Becomes President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
On Friday, June 5, 2020, Power Rogers, LLP Partner Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was installed as the 67th President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). -
ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN: David A. Neiman Named to Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Board of Managers
Nationally respected personal injury law firm Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, announced that Attorney David A. Neiman was named to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Board of Managers. He has been involved as a member of the organization on the Board of Advocates since 2016. -
'A real mess': IL businesses, cities, counties mull dilemma of resisting Pritzker COVID orders
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. -
'Unprecedented' COVID crisis sparks new Pritzker order, shielding doctors, hospitals from 'plague' of post-crisis lawsuits
Illinois' governor signed the order on April 1 to provide legal protection badly needed by hospitals and health care pros to fight COVID, the Illinois Hospital Association said. -
Personal injury lawyer Romanucci named new president of Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
A personal injury lawyer who specializes in suing police departments over alleged brutality and suing medical providers and others in cases involving traumatic brain injuries has been named the new president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, a lobbying group that represents the interests of the lawyers who represent plaintiffs suing businesses and others in the state. -
Workers' comp bill on Pritzker's desk will expose more companies to asbestos lawsuits, attorney says
Some companies may be exposed to more asbestos lawsuits under proposed legislation now on Illinois Gov. J.B Pritzker's desk. -
IL Supreme Court: No actual harm needed to sue businesses for scanning fingerprints, other biometric IDs
The Illinois Supreme Court says an Illinois privacy law doesn’t require plaintiffs to prove they were actually harmed before suing businesses and others who scan and store their fingerprints or other so-called biometric identifiers. And the decision will give a green light to dozens of class action lawsuits already pending against businesses of all sizes in the state’s courts, with even more likely to follow. -
SALVI SCHOSTOK & PRITCHARD: Patrick A. Salvi Listed Among Top 10 Illinois Super Lawyers For Sixth Consecutive Year
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard is pleased to announce the firm’s founder and Managing Equity Partner Patrick A. Salvi has been listed among the Top 10 Illinois Super Lawyers for the sixth consecutive year. -
MEYERS & FLOWERS: Meyers & Flowers Partner Ryan Theriault Appointed To The Illinois Bar Foundation’s Board Of Directors
Ryan P. Theriault, Partner at Meyers & Flowers, LLC, in St. Charles, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Bar Foundation (IBF) as a Presidential Appointment, where he will serve a 3-year term. -
ROMANUCCI & BLANDIN LLC: Romanucci & Blandin, LLC Promotes Bruno Marasso and Bhavani Raveendran to Senior Associates
Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, a leading personal injury and civil trial practice law firm in Chicago, has proudly appointed Bruno R. Marasso and Bhavani K. Raveendran to Senior Associates. -
Appeal judges mull 'troubling' questions on potential fallout from $3M verdict vs GSK over lawyer's suicide
With one judge saying he found “troubling” the potential harm to patients from decreased incentives for drug makers to develop new breakthrough medications, a federal appellate panel in Chicago hashed out some of the legal questions surrounding the appeal of jury’s verdict ordering GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide, and whose family has accused the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn that a generic version of its drug Paxil could raise a patient’s risk of suicide. -
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IL high court says Chicago Park District off the hook for bicyclist's injuries on Lakefront Trail
The Illinois Supreme Court has tossed an appellate court decision in a suit, which claimed the Chicago Park District was liable for a bicyclist's injury on the city's Lakefront Trail, saying a Cook County judge was right to declare the district immune from liability, because the trail is a recreational pathway. -
Cook County again lands prime spot on legal reform group's 'Judicial Hellholes' list
Cook County’s courts have again landed a top billing among America’s worst “judicial hellholes,” sharing the designation with downstate Madison County on the annual list calling attention to some of the country’s most litigious local court systems. -
'The way due process is supposed to work': IL Sup Ct decision reshapes Cook County's legal landscape
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court moved to significantly limit general personal jurisdiction over corporations, the Illinois Supreme Court at last has used that precedent to perhaps achieve legal venue reforms long sought by business groups and reform proponents - and long ignored by state lawmakers. -
Illinois' legal climate among nation's worst, survey says
Cook County's increasingly bad reputation for attracting lawsuits from across the nation has contributed significantly to helping the state rank again among the worst legal climates in the nation in a recent national survey. -
Operators of Dotty's, Stella's, Shelby's gambling cafes sue state over revenue rules
The owners of two groups operating many of the video gambling establishments in strip malls and other locations across Illinois have sued the Illinois Gaming Board, arguing one board policy and two provisions of the state’s 2009 Video Gaming Act are unconstitutionally depriving them of the chance to negotiate better business deals for a larger share of the revenue they generate.