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Appeals court upholds $15M fees for lawyers in 20-year-old case, including $1M+ for Cook County judge
A state appeals panel said a Cook County judge didn't make a mistake in awarding the fees to the lawyers, despite defendants' claims that the lawyers will benefit the most. The panel also said the lawyers can potentially go after the defendants' lawyers to collect on the judgment and fees -
Appeals panel: Road builders can keep up lawsuit accusing Cook County of misusing transportation tax dollars
The appeals panel says a Cook County judge wrongly shut down the lawsuit from contractors who say the county has budgeted transportation money to fund other county departments, allegedly in violation of the 2016 Safe Roads Amendment to the Illinois state constitution. -
Investment firm accuses Perkins Coie of helping money manager allegedly siphon $12M
Investment company S-R Investments alleges lawyers from the Perkins Coie firm allegedly aided money management firm Stevard's allegedly improper withdrawal of disputed funds, allegedly without proper authorization -
Judge says MeTV users aren't 'subscribers,' can't bring class action under video privacy law
Class action accused network of improperly sharing viewer data with Facebook through Meta Pixel technology -
IL lawmakers OK law to force Illinoisans who wish to challenge state laws, official actions to only file suit in Chicago or Springfield
The law would restrict lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of state laws and actions by Gov. JB Pritzker and other state officers to courts in Cook County and Sangamon County. It could yet, in turn, also be challenged as unconstitutional, critics say -
'Serious risk of bias?' Pritzker bristles, but legal community has long sought new rules for judge recusal over campaign cash
Gov. JB Pritzker said it was "ridiculous" to ask if two Illinois Supreme Court justices should step aside from hearing constitutional challenges over cash bail and 'assault weapons' bans. But a never-enacted rule change recommended by the Illinois State Bar Association may have called for precisely that, because of Pritzker's campaign donations to the justices -
Appeals panel: Courts don't have power to tell county board how to spend transportation funds before passing budget
Road contractors said Cook County will improperly divert transportation funds in violation of Safe Roads Amendment and a Supreme Court ruling, and asked for a court order requiring the county to follow the constitution before the county board passed a new budget. -
Cook County can't use $250M transportation taxes, fees, to fund county operations: IL Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the Illinois state constitution's transportation lockbox amendment applies to local governments, just as to the state -
IL Supreme Court to decide if IL 'transportation lockbox' amendment applies to Cook County, as well as state govt
A coalition of road and transportation contractors have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that Cook County has violated the so-called Safe Roads Amendment by refusing to spend $250 million more annually on transportation projects, rather than county operations. -
New filings: $80M judgment, $15M legal fees should be axed, because settlement cost plaintiffs standing in 20-year-old case
The settlement effectively means the named, individual plaintiffs will gain nothing from the so-called derivative action on behalf of investment partnerships, so there is no longer any justification for a judgment that would net a group of lawyers, which could include a sitting Cook County judge, $15 million in fees, the defendants argue. -
IL Supreme Court to decide if Cook County largely exempt from transportation spending lockbox amendment
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. -
Road builders ask IL Supreme Court to force Cook County to spend $250M transportation taxes on transportation projects
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. -
Appeals panel tosses overboard remaining challenges to $76M settlement in cruise line telemarketing class action
A federal appeals panel in Chicago has upheld a federal judge's ruling tying up loose ends holding up a $76 million payout under the largest TCPA class action settlement ever -
Cook County transportation taxes not subject to IL transportation lockbox amendment: Appeals court
A three-justice panel of the Illinois First District Appellate Court ruled the Safe Roads Amendment's limits on how transportation dollars can be spent doesn't apply to Cook County and other units of home rule local government in Illinois. -
TABET DIVITO & ROTHSTEIN LLC: TDR Successfully Defeats Putative Class Action Lawsuit
TDR partner Tim Hudson successfully obtained dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit on behalf of a technology company that facilitates the sale of health insurance policies. -
Appeals court wrings out Whirlpool's lawsuit vs ex-lawyer over bad advice on Chinese aluminum imports
Appliance giant Whirlpool sued its former attorney and the firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath after it says its lawyer gave bad advice that subjected it to government duties on Chinese appliance handles. -
TABET DIVITO & ROTHSTEIN: Patent Trial Attorney Brad Lyerla Jumps to Litigation Boutique Tabet DiVito & Rothstein
Nationally recognized intellectual property trial attorney Brad Lyerla, who specializes in patent litigation and trial work, has moved to Chicago-based litigation boutique Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, where he is a partner. -
Judge sinks cruise line's 'frivolous' defense in telemarketing class action, says evidence shows 'pattern' of 'illegal conduct'
A Chicago federal judge has ruled a cruise ship line is liable in a class action, which alleged the cruise line let telemarketers make unsolicited calls on its behalf, describing as "frivolous" the cruise line's defense argument that late physicist Stephen Hawking's computer-assisted voice could have violated anti-telemarketing law. -
Palm v. Holocker: A Study in Legislative Inactivity
The Illinois Supreme Court specifically asked Illinois lawmakers to clear up a problem in a state law governing when litigants' medical conditions can be raised as "an issue" in a civil lawsuit. The General Assembly has not even acknowledged the request. -
Appellate arguments: Cook County wants transportation funding rules reduced to 'mere suggestion'
Cook County wants to 'rewrite' the Illinois state constitution's transportation funding rules, a new appellate brief says.