Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Partner Jeffery S. Becker recently served as a panelist at the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC) 2025 Conference, held on March 20, 2025.
Morgan Cole has filed a class action lawsuit against Sapphire USA PTY for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by maintaining an inaccessible website for visually-impaired users.
Last year, pro-Palestinian “liberation zones” popped up all over American campuses, demanding that universities divest from Israel and advocating for an end to the war in Gaza.
Adriena Turner has filed a lawsuit against her former employer alleging religious discrimination after they failed to accommodate her Jehovah's Witness practices.
David Navetta, a highly accomplished leader in privacy, information security, and technology law, has joined Troutman Pepper Locke as a partner in the firm’s esteemed Privacy and Cyber Practice Group.
The Cook County Public Defender's Office has represented 150+ immigrants facing deportation in Chicago Immigration Court since 2022. IL lawmakers are poised to allow the office to expand that mission to immigration courts elsewhere. Critics worry the program will only balloon from here, conflict with feds under Trump
Patricia Adams has filed a lawsuit against Johnson’s Lighthouse BP alleging sexual harassment by a supervisor shortly after starting work there in late October 2024.
In a compelling legal battle unfolding in Illinois, Kentrayle Adams has filed a lawsuit against his former employer alleging sexual harassment by a colleague and subsequent retaliation after reporting it.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul responded to the Trump administration's lawsuit vs Illinois' 'Sanctuary' laws, arguing the U.S. Constitution and past court decisions allow the state to pass laws forbidding police from cooperating with nearly all federal immigration enforcement 'schemes'
A visually-impaired plaintiff has filed a class action lawsuit against Schuler Shoes for allegedly failing to make its website accessible under the ADA.
Plaintiffs have filed to appeal the ruling of a Cook County judge, who said a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision all but demolishes a class action lawsuit claiming the city has for more than a decade wrongly prosecuted distracted driving tickets through city administrative hearings, rather than in court
A visually impaired plaintiff has taken legal action against Creative Manufacturing LLC over allegations that its website is not accessible to blind users as required by ADA regulations.
A new class action lawsuit accuses a major food company of violating privacy laws by soliciting genetic information from job applicants without consent—a breach that could impact hundreds who applied for positions over recent years.
Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, an affiliate of the law firm Cozen O’Connor, is pleased to announce Sydney Corryn Holman — who has served as Chicago’s deputy mayor of Intergovernmental Affairs and, prior to that, deputy director of Legislative Affairs for Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker — has returned to its highly esteemed government relations practice.
Durrell Haynes has filed a lawsuit against GRG TFG Wacker LLC alleging racial discrimination during his employment as a line chef at Bar Mar in Chicago.
