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Industry Coverage: Michael Graham Joins Thompson Coburn
Partner Michael Graham recently joined Thompson Coburn’s labor and employment practice and is based in the Chicago office. -
Michael Parks Speaks to Bloomberg Law on News Outlets and AI
Thompson Coburn partner Michael Parks weighed in on the evolving relationships between news organizations and AI companies in a recent Bloomberg Law article. -
Thompson Coburn Welcomes Employee Benefits Litigator Michael Graham as Partner in Chicago
Experienced employee benefits and ERISA attorney Michael Graham has joined Thompson Coburn as a partner in Chicago, adding depth to the firm’s strong bench of labor and employment litigators. -
Rob Lang, Scott Goldschmidt Cover Key Impacts of College Athletics Case
Thompson Coburn partners Rob Lang and Scott Goldschmidt wrote for Sports Litigation Alert on the case of NCAA athlete Terrence Shannon, their client who successfully challenged his university's suspension from the basketball team while facing criminal charges. -
Nathan Viehl Shares Insights into NAV loans
Thompson Coburn partner Nathan Viehl wrote a new article in Middle Market Growth, offering insights into how net asset value (NAV) loans benefit sponsors, plus important considerations for portfolio company managers. -
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 -
Kayla Siam Encourages students to “borrow lessons” as Governors State University Convocation Keynote Speaker
Kayla Siam, an attorney in Thompson Coburn’s corporate and higher ed practice groups, gave the keynote address at Governors State University’s Annual Convocation on September 7, 2023. Kayla, a GovState Alumna, was joined by faculty and trustees at the event which welcomed new and returning students to the academic school year. -
Judge shuts off Cicero's bid to flush BNSF claims $1M yearly sewer bill hike broke federal law protecting railroads
BNSF said the town of Cicero's efforts in 2021 to force the railroad to pay $1 million more in sewer bills amounted to an illegal effort to force BNSF to help the town close a budget hole, and violated federal laws prohibiting local taxes on interstate railroads -
Judge slaps restraining order on Cicero's try to force BNSF to pay steep sewer rate hike, says BNSF likely to win
A federal judge said it appeared BNSF Railway was poised to prevail in its claims Cicero officials violated federal law in targeting it with a massive sewer rate increase for BNSF's Cicero railyard. -
Judge says road runoff could have polluted water at Aurora recycling yard; City says recycler to blame for contamination
A Chicago federal judge is allowing the owners of a scrap yard in Aurora to continue to fight the city's pollution claims against them, by arguing the city contributed to the alleged water contamination on the site, too. -
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. -
Cicero redirects sewage fight with BSNF to Cook County court, says isn't trying to shut down big BNSF rail yard anymore
The town of Cicero has filed suit against BNSF, saying the railroad's big railyard causes flooding throughout Cicero. BNSF had targeted Cicero for trying to jack up its sewer bills by 1,250% and then threatening to close the railyard unless BNSF paid up. -
BNSF sues Cicero, says town's massive sewer increase, threats, imperil operations at major rail hub
Cicero is demanding BNSF pay $359K sewer bill under 'discriminatory' targeted new ordinance, or risk shutdown of 'major' interstate railyard. -
Revenge porn not protected as free speech, Illinois Supreme Court rules
An Illinois state law that criminalizes revenge pornography, the non-consensual and intentional sending of sexual images, is constitutional and not protected by free speech, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. -
Construction Systems strikes out on malpractice claim vs Thompson Coburn over $1.3M condo project lien
A state appeals panel has determined a Cook County judge was right to end a legal malpractice claim in which a construction company said its lawyers caused them to lose $1 million by not perfecting their lien on a Chicago condominium development.