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Lawsuit says CPS mandatory Covid testing for unvaccinated student athletes discriminatory, illegal
The lawsuit was filed by the mother of a women's soccer team member at Whitney Young High School, who has been barred from playing since late April over objections to CPS' rule requiring only unvaccinated athletes to test exclusively through CPS' Covid testing vendor -
FoxFire: Pritzker admin engaged in legal 'gymnastics' in bid to close out challenge to last year's indoor dining ban
Gov. JB Pritzker continues to fight in court against a Geneva restaurant owner, who is seeking a court order declaring Pritzker violated the law in issuing a pandemic-related indoor dining ban last fall -
Teutopolis parents granted TRO in fight over school mask mandate
Fourth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Judge Douglas Jarman on Wednesday ruled against Teutopolis Unit 50 School District and its superintendent Matthew Sturgeon over the Effingham County school district's mask requirement. -
Schools buckling under Pritzker threats to yank funds, invalidate student diplomas, but challenges may be brewing
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker facing renewed challenges to his pandemic authority, as school officials and others question his power under Illinois law to override local control and use legally questionable threats against schools and students to compel compliance with public health mandates. -
Landlords' federal lawsuit: CDC has no authority to ban evictions
A group of Illinois landlords and the Illinois Rental Property Owners Association have become the latest plaintiffs to argue the Centers for Disease Control overstepped its authority in prohibiting most evictions nationwide, in the name of fighting COVID-19. -
Pritzker, Foxfire restaurant continue tussle over limits of guv's COVID powers to shut down restaurants
In new filings in a Springfield court, Gov. JB Pritzker argued the constitution is no impediment to his public health emergency powers. Foxfire restaurant argues the governor can't just trample their rights and wave away their claims, 16 months into a "temporary" public health emergency. -
TRESSLER LLP: Tressler LLP Promotes Elizabeth Wagman to Partner
Tressler LLP has promoted attorney Elizabeth F. Wagman to partner. Elizabeth joined Tressler as senior counsel in 2020 and is a member of our Government and Education Practice Groups. -
IL Supreme Court: Courthouses statewide can lift masking rules for vaccinated visitors, workers; Temp checks gone, too
The Illinois Supreme Court has revised its masking rules, now allowing local courthouses to determine whether they wish to allow fully vaccinated people to visit and work at courthouses mask free. -
Eviction ban extended another month, marking a full year in IL; Property owners look to courts for relief
Gov. JB Pritzker slapped another 30 day order prohibiting nearly all evictions in Illinois, as landlords wait on action from a state appeals court. A Texas judge's ruling, however, will likely have no impact in the Illinois court fight. -
Federal court finds CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Order unconstitutional, ruling already on appeal
EAST TEXAS – Keeping property owners from booting tenants who don’t pay their rent out of fear of spreading COVID-19 is not enough a reason to sidestep the U.S. Constitution, a federal court recently opined. -
Where are Chicago parents at the bargaining table?
Illinois law gives parents no place in negotiations that decide the future of their children's schools. -
LITTLER MENDELSON PC: The COVID-19 Vaccine – Legal and Practical Implications
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) meets several times a year at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review scientific data and vote on vaccine recommendations. -
Seven facts that tell us Illinoisans can and must get back to work
On March 20, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order requiring residents to stay at home in response to COVID-19. -
MEYERS & FLOWERS: Meyers & Flowers Protects Illinois Residents, Files First Suit Over McDonald's Cyclospora Outbreak
Meyers & Flowers has joined with the national food safety law firm of Ron Simon & Associates to file the first lawsuit stemming from cyclospora-contaminated salads sold in Illinois and neighboring states. -
Cook County jumps into legal fray vs pharmaceutical makers, hires Simmons, Meyers & Flowers to sue over 'opioids'
Cook County, the second largest county in the U.S., has added its name to the ever-growing list of local governments demanding the makers of some of the most prescribed opioid painkillers pay out, saying the companies owe big money for costs the county has incurred in treating painkiller addiction and dealing with its aftermath at the county’s hospitals and other institutions. -
Daniels Sharpsmart again jabs competitor Becton Dickinson with suit over 'debunked' infection study
A medical waste disposal container company is taking a second shot at asking a Chicago federal judge to stem the spread of a medical study on hospital bacterial infection rates, which the company has alleged is specious, yet is being used by a competitor to infect the reputation of the company’s products. -
Use of C.diff infection study 'clearly' targeted rival medical sharps disposal company, judge says
A Chicago federal judge has refused to toss a lawsuit brought by a medical waste disposal container company against a competitor it accused of funding and spreading an allegedly specious study on hospital bacterial infection rates, not out of a concern for public safety, but merely to infect their rival’s reputation and suppress its business. -
Daniels Sharpsmart sticks competitor Becton Dickinson with lawsuit over allegedly specious C.diff infection study
Medical waste disposal container company Daniels Sharpsmart has asked a Chicago federal judge to stem the spread of a medical study on hospital bacterial infection rates, which the company has alleged is specious, yet is being used by a competitor to infect the reputation of the company’s products. -
Attorney General seeks to increase federal regulations of e-cigarette products
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is joining the Indiana and New York attorneys general in petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to tighten regulations of electronic cigarettes and other under-regulated tobacco products. -
ITLA: The big money campaign to deny taxpayers’ constitutional right to seek justice from our courts
Recent headlines depict just a few examples of American citizens unknowingly put in harm’s way, seriously injured or killed due to defective products and unsafe food: “Death toll from GM ignition switches rises to 42,” “Takata airbag victims looked like they had been shot or stabbed,” and “Packaged caramel apples linked to five deaths, CDC says.”