A recent appellate court decision upheld an award granting attorney fees and costs despite no signed retainer agreement between Janet Bedin and O'Connor Law Group in relation to a medical malpractice suit involving her late mother’s estate.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied petitions from Illinois gun owners to review a Chicago federal appeals court's decision allowing Illinois' controversial gun ban law to take effect. Justice Clarence Thomas, however, called that decision 'nonsensical,' and warned the Illinois law will ultimately face a difficult reception at the high court
A coalition of feminist and LGBTQ+ organizations will march on historic Michigan Avenue starting at 5 pm, Sunday, August 18th on the eve of the Democratic Convention as delegates, media and their entourages gather in the downtown area.
Second Amendment rights advocates urged the Seventh Circuit Appeals Court to strike down Cook County's "assault weapons" ban ordinance and overrule their colleagues, saying the ordinance and the decision violate the Constitution and clash with two Supreme Court rulings
A widow has successfully appealed a court ruling regarding her husband's death due to alleged medical negligence by Lincoln Park Family Physicians and two healthcare providers under their employ. The appellate court has ordered a new trial citing errors in jury instruction and expert testimony handling during initial proceedings.
A bicyclist who suffered severe injuries after hitting a pothole while avoiding an obstacle sued the City of Chicago for negligence but lost his case as courts ruled no duty was owed under tort immunity laws.
A new lawsuit filed by convenience store giant accuses a video rental company of failing to pay commissions and refusing to remove kiosks after contract termination. The case seeks specific performance and damages exceeding $270k.
The settlement will end legal actions launched by 43 states accusing Johnson & Johnson of allegedly misleading consumers about the safety of its talc baby powder and body powder products. The company has denied its products cause cancer, as other plaintiffs have claimed in thousands of other lawsuits
Cook County's courts leadership has asked the state's Judicial Inquiry Board to examine potential disciplinary action against Cook County Circuit Judge Kathy Flanagan for her conduct amid a dispute with a lawyer in her courtroom which resulted in the lawyer being handcuffed to a chair. Flanagan denied wrongdoing
In the case of Delfina Marcano vs. Retirement Board of Trustees of the City of Harvey Police Pension Board, filed in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District (case ID: 1-23-0579), a ruling was made on March 29, 2024.
Kimberley Charles (JD-MBA ’24) and Kiyan Savar (JD-MBA ’24), students in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Kellogg School of Management’s JD-MBA Program, will have something special to toast with when they graduate this spring: an early batch of Cane Cutter’s rum, results of the startup the pair launched while students in the program.
Gina Maisto Smith will present at the SCCE 22nd Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute. Gina will be joined by Catherine Suvari, assistant attorney general for New York.
Journalist Steven Dahlman had accused his ex-landlord of illegally refusing to renew his lease for a condo in Marina City because he had written articles critical of the business dealings of the husband of Marina City's condo association board president
A new lawsuit asserts Elite Medical Transportation wrongly deducted workers' pay for moving violations they received while on duty answering medical assistance calls
Cozen O’Connor welcomed Melissa A. Siebert and Erin Bolan Hines — data privacy litigators with renowned track records of successfully defending employers and technology enterprises entangled in major data privacy class actions and appellate cases — to its award-winning Commercial Litigation Practice Group
