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Using Pronouns: IL courts may need to balance person's rights to respect, 'proper pronouns' vs free speech, religious rights of others
A special Illinois Supreme Court subcommittee is exploring potential recommendations for future rules governing how to use pronouns and gendered terminology in court. No challenges against such rules have yet been brought, but future challenges may yet arise under the First Amendment or civil rights laws -
Using Pronouns: Illinois courts consider changing rules to govern how judges, attorneys must handle people's pronouns
New court rules building on the work of a special subcommittee could create more risk of repercussions for those working in Illinois' courts for referring to people using pronouns other than those they have chosen -
Pomerantz Elevates Omar Jafri to Partner
Pomerantz is proud to announce that attorney Omar Jafri has been promoted to Partner. -
SAFE-T Act boosts uncertainty around trespassing enforcement, could raise lawsuit risk for cops, property owners
Police will generally still be able to forcibly remove trespassers from homes and businesses, under Illinois' sweeping criminal justice reform law, but unclear language makes it more likely the law will be enforced inconsistently -
Holder White appointed to upcoming Garman vacancy; First Black woman Illinois Supreme Court justice
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Fourth District Appellate Justice Lisa Holder White to fill the seat of Justice Rita Garman, who announced on Monday that she would retire. -
Cozen O’Connor’s Brian Shaw named to the American College of Bankruptcy Board of Regents
Cozen O'Connor has issued the following press release:CHICAGO, April 29, 2022 — The American College of Bankruptcy (ACB) has named to its Board ofRegents Chicago attorney Brian Shaw, a member of Cozen O’Connor’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency &Restructuring practice.The ACB Board of Regents is responsible for the nomination and selection of qualified candidates tofellowship in the college. -
Benesch Adds Partner to Litigation Team in Chicago
Benesch Adds Partner to Litigation Team in Chicago. -
'Perception of fairness': Cook County Dems ask judge candidates to sign ethically questionable pledge to get endorsed
Candidates, including judges, who sign the pledge are required to acknowledge that one of the “explicitly stated purposes” of the party is that it “advances the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party.” -
Greenberg Traurig Adds Tax Attorney Jeffrey Ekeberg in Chicago as M&A Transactions Surge
Greenberg Traurig Adds Tax Attorney Jeffrey Ekeberg in Chicago as M&A Transactions Surge. -
Challenges incoming to Dems' COVID vax-related changes to IL Right of Conscience Law?
Unusual bid by the current Democratic majority in Springfield to not only strip away conscience protections from COVID vaccine mandate objectors, but declare what lawmakers meant decades earlier when the IL Conscience Act was approved, may open those changes to the law up to legal challenges. -
Reed Smith adds partner and counsel to growing powerhouse advertising, brand, data protection, and privacy practice in Chicago
Reed Smith adds partner and counsel to growing powerhouse advertising, brand, data protection, and privacy practice in Chicago. -
Melissa Gold Selected to the Young Leadership Division of the Jewish United Fund
Melissa Gold Selected to the Young Leadership Division of the Jewish United Fund. -
OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWARD PC: Ogletree Deakins Deepens Employment Litigation Practice, Welcomes Marlén Cortez Morris as Shareholder
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, welcomes Marlén Cortez Morris to its Chicago office as shareholder. -
Pritzker extends stay at home order til May 30, but how long will the law allow him to do so?
A lawsuit from a downstate Republican state representative demands the courts block Pritzker, until and unless the General Assembly takes action to grant him more emergency powers. -
‘Why do these guys get to get off?’: Judge's ruling to let Lincoln Towing keep license unpopular, but ICC misstepped
Judge Neil Cohen lets infamous towing outfit keep going, but state regulators still able to appeal or try to revoke Lincoln Towing's license again -
How much should schools pay for students' bigotry? Wilmington discrimination suit could define standard, set pattern
School officials in Wilmington have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of ignoring a student's repeated pleas to stop racially-motivated bullying. The lawsuit has a difficult path ahead, but could have far-reaching implications, observers say -
What's ahead for Smollett? Next steps could include civil lawsuits, questions over Foxx recusal
In the wake of the dismissal of charges vs actor Jussie Smollett, the city could have various cards left to play to recover the costs of the investigation or even reopen the case. -
Could Pritzker order Sterigenics Willowbrook closed? Perhaps, but powers may be limited
As Illinois' attorney general spars in federal court with a company accused of emitting too much of an alleged cancer-causing chemical into the atmosphere in Chicago's western suburbs, others are calling on Illinois' new governor to do more, and immediately order the facility to close. -
BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFF: Mark Silberman Named Chair of Benesch White Collar Practice
Benesch is pleased to announce that partner Mark J. Silberman has been named as the Chair of the firm’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group. -
BENESCH FRIEDLANDER COPLAN & ARONOFF: Benesch’s Chicago Office Keeps Growing with Four New Attorneys
As Benesch continues to add to its roster of top-notch legal talent, the firm is pleased to announce that four new attorneys—Michael E. Bloom, Lowell D. Jacobson, Suzanne M. Alton de Eraso, and Kate Watson Moss—have joined the firm’s Chicago office.