News from January 2022
Appeals court says Pritzker's eviction moratorium didn't apply to case in which tenant allegedly threatened landlord
An appeals panel has ruled a Chicago judge was right to grant an eviction, despite Gov. JB Pritzker's former moratorium on evictions in Illinois, because of alleged threats a tenant directed at a landlord.
UIC law prof sues administrators over efforts to railroad him over allegedly racially insensitive test question
UIC School of Law Professor Jason Kilborn says UIC administrators violated his constitutional and legal rights in the way they handled student complaints about an exam question that included an example redacted anti-Black slur
2022 PLUS Cyber University on February 1-3, 2022
2022 PLUS Cyber University on February 1-3, 2022.
Condo owner class action targets RealManage, HomeWiseDocs for 'unconscionable fees' charged for owner documents
The new lawsuit takes aim under the Illinois Condo Act at RealManage, which manages properties throughout the Chicago area, and HomeWiseDocs, which allegedly serves 1,300 condo associations in Illinois
Appeals panel agrees negative online reviews aren't enough to allow libel lawsuits
Posts to Facebook, Google, Yelp are opinion, not factual assertions, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
Insurer says it shouldn't pay to defend Medline vs ethylene oxide lawsuits
Evanston Insurance says its policies exclude coverage for the kinds of EtO emissions Medline is accused of discharging in 90 personal injury lawsuits in Cook County court
IL High Court: Cities can't exclude certain disabled firefighters from enhanced lifetime benefits by redefining 'catastrophic injury'
The Illinois Supreme Court shot down the Peoria City Council's attempt to redefine the term "catastrophic injury" to narrow the range of employees who could qualify
Judge says Chicago residents can't sue private firm over 75-year Chicago parking meter lease
A federal judge said the plaintiffs legal injuries are apparent, but the city contract has immunity from antitrust lawsuits
Cook County judge tosses class actions vs ComEd over bribes to Madigan; Appeal coming
A Cook County judge ruled courts can't make ComEd repay potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in allegedly ill-gotten electricity rate increases, because to do so would require the courts to unconstitutionally question how Illinois state lawmakers approved the laws authorizing the higher rates
Ex-sports radio reporter Rodewald sues Niles West H.S. teacher, District 219 for defamation, harassment
The lawsuit claims a Niles high school teacher and her husband launched an online and phone harassment campaign against him, torpedoing certain career opportunities, and enabled another person to call him a "defender of racism"
IL High Court: Actual damages trigger time limits for legal malpractice suits, not date of actual alleged mistakes
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Jan. 21 in a Cook County case, that the statute of limitations in a legal malpractice matter did not begin running until the client actually suffered damages as a result of the alleged malpractice, not years before when the alleged malpractice occurred.
SCOTUS gives Northwestern retirees another crack at lawsuit vs university over handling of retirement plans
Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court says Seventh Circuit got the law wrong, sends case back for a new look
Review of Significant D&O Cases for the Second Half of 2021 on January 26, 2022
Review of Significant D&O Cases for the Second Half of 2021 on January 26, 2022.
Ogletree Deakins Reveals Its 2022 Shareholder Class
Ogletree Deakins Reveals Its 2022 Shareholder Class.
Thomas D. Donofrio Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Insurance Practice Group
Thomas D. Donofrio Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Insurance Practice Group.
Stacked costs reach critical mass in Illinois
Illinois businesses are under stress from lawmakers and lawyers, and the damage could go beyond repair, if Illinois voters don't reject a ballot measure to rewrite the state constitution to give unions broad new powers, says Tim Simeone, of the Technology and Manufacturing Assocation
Federal judge: 'Breakthrough cases' of COVID don't legally undermine Chicago vax passport orders
A federal judge said the seeming inability of COVID vaccines to prevent people from becoming infected with COVID doesn't mean the city of Chicago's COVID vaccine passport orders are 'irrational or arbitrary'
IL Supreme Court says injured workers can sue third-party contractors, even if contractors pay workers' compensation
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a third-party general contractor from Chicago is not shielded from a lawsuit by an injured worker, even though the contractor paid workers' compensation benefits to the worker, because only direct employers who cover workers' compensation are insulated from liability.
Supreme Court Mental Health Task Force Leading Change
Supreme Court Mental Health Task Force Leading Change.
Jennifer L. Smith Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Litigation Practice Group
Jennifer L. Smith Promoted to Partner in Tressler's Litigation Practice Group.