Faegre Drinker invites you to an in-depth discussion of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), how courts are interpreting the PREP Act, and the kinds of litigation emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, led by Partners Jessica Cox and Molly Flynn and Associate Blake Angelino.
Caitlin Cahow, an associate in Jones Day's Chicago Office, is included in The National LGBT Bar Association's "40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 - Class of 2021."
A Chicago federal judge said he believed Illinois' high court will reject attempts by employers to limit the onslaught of class actions brought under Illinois' biometric privacy law.
A new lawsuit from an attorney who has repeatedly challenged Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers against the COVID pandemic has returned to court, with a claim that the law Pritzker has relied upon to justify his executive actions is unconstitutional.
A Cook County judge refused to consider objections from activists opposed to a plan to bring $100M warehouse and distribution hub to a defunct south suburban country club.
Developers say the Homewood Village Board's decision to OK an ordinance disconnecting the Calumet Country Club from the village should allow them to dismiss their lawsuit. Activists opposing the development say dismissing the case would violate their rights.
7th Circuit says reform advocates have identified potentially corrupt hiring practices, but four-decades-old federal oversight of county hiring practices needs to move toward conclusion
Jena M. Valdetero, co-chair of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s U.S. Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, has been named to Cybersecurity Docket’s 2021 Incident Response 40 list, which “recognizes the 40 best data breach response attorneys in the business.”
The following cases categorized as "personal injury(motor vehicle)" were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on April 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
An attorney for the late former state Sen. Martin Sandoval says the convicted politician should be dropped from a corruption class action over suburban red light cameras, saying the plaintiffs didn't swap Sandoval's estate for the deceased senator soon enough.
A coalition of associations representing road and transportation construction contractors have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to overrule lower courts who determined the Illinois state constitution's transportation lockbox amendment doesn't apply to Cook County and other local home rule governments.
'The governor cannot rely on emergency powers indefinitely,' wrote Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow, in denying Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the owner of Geneva restaurant, FoxFire.
