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.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP partner Travis W. Life was once again recognized by Chambers and Partners in its annual survey, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2021.
Ian C. Ballon and Amy L. Kramer, Intellectual Property & Technology shareholders at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will speak at the 19th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property and Technology Law Institute, taking place virtually June 3-4.
Ruling holds a Cook County judge wrongly denied Palos Community Hospital's request for a new judge, and voids all orders entered since 2017 in hospital's lawsuit vs Humana.
A Springfield judge has rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to kill off the lawsuit, which now demands Pritzker prove he didn't abuse his COVID emergency power by singling out restaurants with indoor dining bans
Illinois voters will decide in 2022 whether to enshrine 'unimagined' union power as a right, similar to that granted public worker pensions, in the state constitution, perhaps forever, says Wirepoints founder Mark Glennon
A state appeals court and a Cook County judge have denied attempts by road contractors to use the Safe Roads Amendment to force Cook County to spend $250 million in transportation-related taxes on actual transportation projects, not operations.
Rental property owners won't get any immediate relief from COVID-related executive orders issued by Gov. JB Pritzker blocking them from using the courts to evict tenants who refuse to pay rent.
Wirepoints president Mark Glennon says the Illinois Supreme Court should have engaged on the merits of the claims in a taxpayer lawsuit vs the state over borrowing, particularly since the court did not dismiss the lawsuit as "frivolous," as state officials have characterized the suit.
General Iron affiliate has asked a federal judge to order the city to pay it more than $100 million and issue a permit that it cannot legally deny, for a new metal recycling facility on Chicago's Southeast side.
The lawsuit centers on claims PNC allegedly refused to accept proof that an Evanston woman was her mother's power of attorney, leading to foreclosure action
An appeals court has tossed out the window a lawsuit by the would-be developers of a Loop hotel, who alleged their attorneys improperly advised another client how to thwart the project, saying the developers waited too long to lodge their malpractice action.
On October 30, 2020, the CFPB released its long-awaited final collections rule, which restated and clarified certain prohibitions on harassment and abuse, false or misleading representations, and unfair practices by debt collectors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”).
The woman claims the village has steered truck exhaust and other "noxious fumes," dust and loud noises onto her property, because she rejected the village's "lowball" offers for her home, which neighbors the public works yard.
Conservative group Judicial Watch says Evanston needs to provide more information about how and why it established a "reparations" program that doles out money solely on basis of race, which they said likely violates the Constitution.
