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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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Vedder Price Represents Crestone Air Partners in Significant Aircraft Portfolio Acquisition

By The Cook County Record |
Vedder Price is pleased to announce it represented Crestone Air Partners, a full-service aviation asset management platform, in the acquisition of 11 Boeing 757-300 aircraft.

Clinic Helps Secure US Supreme Court Win for Client Claiming Wrongful Placement on No Fly List

By The Cook County Record |
The Law School’s Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic, working alongside Jenner & Block attorneys and lawyers from the CAIR Legal Defense Fund, helped secure a legal victory before the US Supreme Court for an American citizen who alleged that he had been unconstitutionally put on the No Fly List and stranded overseas for four years.

Global leaders discuss "Time for Action: Rising Hate Crimes & Antisemitism" at Illinois Holocaust Museum

By The Cook County Record |
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (IHMEC) held a third program as part of its Jones Day Foundation Community Series, a special series of educational events focused on confronting antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.

What is Your Malfunction? Exploring Circumstantial Theories of Liability, Res Ipsa Loquitur, and Malfunctions on April 11, 2024

By The Cook County Record |
Jonathan Levy and Matthew F. Policastro will present a Cozen O'Connor webinar titled, "What is Your Malfunction? Exploring Circumstantial Theories of Liability, Res Ipsa Loquitur, and Malfunctions.

Biometrics class action: Centene allegedly improperly scanned workers' faces

By Cook County Record |
Centene Management, a Medicaid managed care organization, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law.

Class action accuses Unifin of improper debt collection texts

By Cook County Record |
Debt collector Unifin Inc. and Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC have been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing them of violating federal debt collection laws.

Truck drivers say Crown Point Logistics allegedly shorted pay, scanned driver faces

By Cook County Record |
Trucking firm Crown Point and affiliated companies accused of allegedly shorting truck driver pay, while also allegedly improperly using onboard cameras to scan drivers' faces while on the job.

Coalition seeks to let IL voters deliver message on parents' rights in November

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Thousands of volunteers aligned with conservative social policy groups across Illinois are seeking signatures to place an advisory referendum on the fall ballot asking voters if they believe Illinois law should require parents' consent before children receive non-emergency medical care or therapy

3 New Cook County Associate Judges Named

By The Cook County Record |
The names of three new associate judges, selected in a vote of Cook County Circuit Court judges, were announced today by Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.

IADC Corporate Counsel Training Academy: Work-Life Boundaries—Defining Your Well-Being on April 10, 2024

By Lene Caracas-Apuntar |
J.T. Wilson III, Member of the Firm, moderates a panel discussion, “Work-Life Boundaries: Defining Your Well-Being,” at the 2024 International Association of Defense Counsel’s Corporate Counsel Training Academy.

Attorney General Raoul Charges Will County Woman Over Fraudulent Facebook Marketplace Purchases

By The Cook County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that his office charged a suburban Will County woman for allegedly purchasing three vehicles via Facebook Marketplace using fake identification and fraudulent checks.

LACCA recognizes Reed Smith as a top law firm for Latin America's biggest companies

By The Cook County Record |
International law firm Reed Smith is featured in the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA)’s list of top law firms that represent Latin America's biggest companies.

Gun advocates seek summary judgment in constitutional challenge to state's "Carry Ban" for gun owners under age 21

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Gun advocates and their members under the age of 21 are asking the court to grant summary judgment in their constitutional challenge against Illinois’ “Carry Ban” for gun owners between the ages of 18 and 20.

Appeals court: Lawsuits vs Smith & Wesson over Highland Park massacre belong in Lake County court

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal appeals panel, led by a judge who has repeatedly upheld "assault weapons" bans, has ruled that gun makers can't use their regulatory relationship with the federal government to keep themselves from being sued in state court when criminals use their weapons to commit mass murder

Vedder Price Promotes Five to Shareholder

By The Cook County Record |
Vedder Price is pleased to announce that five attorneys were promoted to Shareholder/Partner in the firm, effective April 1, 2024.

Northwestern Pritzker Law Named #1 Go-To Law School: Big Law

By The Cook County Record |
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law has been ranked number one in Law.com’s Go-To Law Schools: Big Law report for 2024.

Felton T. Newell, ’98, Joins Newell Law Group Partnership as Co-Managing Partner

By The Cook County Record |
Newell Law Group is thrilled to announce that veteran litigator, Felton T. Newell, has joined the firm's partnership as co-managing partner and chair of the firm's Litigation practice.

Lightning-Induced CSST Fire Claims & Litigation on April 10, 2024

By The Cook County Record |
Anthony J. Morrone will present “Lightning-Induced CSST Fire Claims & Litigation” at the IAAI’s 75th Anniversary International Training Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fox Rothschild Announces 2024 Leadership Transitions

By The Cook County Record |
Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce it has appointed new leadership to several of its offices and practice groups, effective April 1.

Suppose they held an election and nobody showed up? In Illinois, we’re getting there

By Ted Dabrowski and Nick Binotti |
Turnout in the 2024 primary election reveals a state in which a large and growing number of Illinois voters believe their vote doesn't matter, says Wirepoints