News from January 2022
IL Supreme Court to decide if IL 'transportation lockbox' amendment applies to Cook County, as well as state govt
A coalition of road and transportation contractors have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that Cook County has violated the so-called Safe Roads Amendment by refusing to spend $250 million more annually on transportation projects, rather than county operations.
IL high school sports lawsuit vs Pritzker revised to now seek order barring potential high school COVID vax mandates
A legal challenge to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers over high school athletics now has been amended to ask a Springfield judge to block Pritzker and others from requiring Illinois high school athletes and students to receive COVID vaccines
'Illegal strikes... must be stopped': Parents to continue lawsuit vs CTU, despite deal to reopen Chicago Public Schools
The lawsuit vs the Chicago Teachers Union called the union's 'remote work action' an illegal strike that harmed children and families in Chicago
Jones Day welcomes Kristina Hendricks to Chicago Office as partner in Intellectual Property Practice
Jones Day welcomes Kristina Hendricks to Chicago Office as partner in Intellectual Property Practice.
Judge nixes rail unions' request to halt Metra's COVID vax mandate; Workers aren't left with no choice, judge says
Metra contends mandate, incentives are 'minor disputes' under federal railroad law, meaning they need to be arbitrated, not negotiated.
Reading the Privacy Tea Leaves—how to Prepare for the Unexpected on January 11, 2022
Reading the Privacy Tea Leaves—how to Prepare for the Unexpected on January 11, 2022.
Moch and Chancellor Secure Favorable Defense Verdict
Moch and Chancellor Secure Favorable Defense Verdict.
Holland & Knight Announces 36 New Partners
Holland & Knight Announces 36 New Partners.
Barack Ferrazzano Congratulates Six Newly Elected Partners
Barack Ferrazzano Congratulates Six Newly Elected Partners.
'Gerrymandering of the judiciary': New judicial maps drawn in Cook, collar counties, downstate
Democrats say the changes are needed to boost diversity on the bench. Republican critics say the changes are simply efforts by Democrats to boost their hold on power in the state's courts
Parents sue Chicago Teachers Union, ask judge to rule union's COVID 'remote work action' actually illegal strike
The parents of Chicago Public Schools students assert the union has violated state labor law and their contract by refusing to come to schools, even though CPS has declared school can be carried out safely amid the COVID surge
Amazon can't stop biometrics class action over worker facial scans as part of COVID symptom screens at warehouses
Former worker alleged company required employees submit to scans for wellness screening
Lawsuit: Chicago vax passport mandate violated constitutional rights, illegally interferes with contracts
A federal judge has refused to grant an emergency order sought to block Chicago from enforcing its vaccine passport mandates, which require all people over the age of 5 to prove they've been vaccinated against COVID before being allowed into restaurants, theaters, sports arenas and an array of other indoor facilities.
City can't end federal lawsuit from man who claims mistaken ID led cops to stop him 60 times since 2006
Chicago man says continuous police questioning and detention because he had the same name as a different wanted man violated his Fourth Amendment rights
Pritzker can't toss FoxFire lawsuit over COVID restaurant closure orders
A Springfield judge has again refused Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to quickly end a lawsuit brought by the owner of Geneva restaurant FoxFire, asserting Pritzker violated the law when he issued indoor dining shutdown orders in 2020
Appeals panel: Architects can't be sued under Chicago ordinance allowing 'self-certification' of building code compliance
The appeals court tossed a $1.5 million judgment in favor of a condo association, finding the Chicago ordinance doesn't give homeowners a cause of action against architects, engineers or builders with whom they had no direct business relationship
Arguments in cases brought by parents, teachers, against COVID mandates continue
A Springfield judge refused to step away from the lawsuit brought by hundreds of parents challenging mask and exclusion mandates imposed by Gov. JB Pritzker and enforced by nearly two dozen school districts, indicating she believed the defendants may be using a tactic to push back a ruling on the plaintiffs' request for a restraining order against the mandates
American Airlines workers lawsuit says vax mandate without testing doesn't stop COVID spread
A group of American Airlines workers say the company broke its CBA by requiring workers to get vaccinated, without also requiring regular COVID testing.
The Freeborn Women’s Leadership Council 2021 Pro Bono Report
The Freeborn Women’s Leadership Council 2021 Pro Bono Report.
DOL PTE 2020-02 Disclosures and Policies — Common Mistakes: An RIA Guide to Readiness Part 2 on January 6, 2022
DOL PTE 2020-02 Disclosures and Policies — Common Mistakes: An RIA Guide to Readiness Part 2 on January 6, 2022.