The lawsuit, led in part by the Brady Center for Gun Violence, alleged failure to use existing policy causing PTSD in children of Black city neighborhoods with elevated violence rates
A Chicago federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $92 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses TikTok of breaking privacy laws, overriding objections the payout falls short and users are still not fully protected.
Patrick Martin, Principal and Midwest Director of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, has been named to the Board of Directors of Rainbows for All Children, a national non-profit organization based in suburban Chicago, focused on providing support for children navigating trauma or loss.
The new president has asked for the resignation of U.S. Attorney John Lausch, along with nearly all other Trump-appointed federal prosecutors, but Lausch supporters plead to allow him to complete his political corruption investigations that have swept up some of Illinois' most powerful political figures.
Illinois courts figure to be at the fore of a renewed litigation push in coming years, as an incoming Biden administration figures to also ratchet up regulatory action against businesses, according to an annual litigation report from law firm Seyfarth Shaw.
Patrick Martin, Principal and Midwest Director of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies, has been named to the 2020 Crain’s Chicago Business “40 under 40” list.
The following cases categorized as "joint action" were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on July 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
Employers should seek to boost good employment practices, including improving techniques for fielding complaints and taking suggestions from employees, to help ward off an uptick in so-called "serial discrimination" lawsuits, such as those being waged against Walmart across the country and soon in Illinois.
While stressing the ruling has nothing to do with the question of which side will ultimately win the fight over whether the Obama Presidential Center will be built in Jackson Park, a federal judge will allow that fight to continue to play out in court.
