News from September 2022
Best Practices and Considerations for Employee Demand Letters, Charges and Early-Stage Lawsuits on September 28, 2022
Best Practices and Considerations for Employee Demand Letters, Charges and Early-Stage Lawsuits on September 28, 2022.
Appeals court says ex-partners of Chicago's McNabola Law Group didn't lure clients and staff to new firm
An appeals panel has ruled attorneys Cogan and Power, the former partners of McNabola Law Group in Chicago, didn't improperly steal away McNabola clients and employees when they started their own firm
Supreme Court says lawmakers who voted to cut their own salary can't sue for back pay, because they waited too long
6-0 ruling vacates lower court order to pay out at least $175,000, but state high court shies away from ruling whether the Illinois constitution allows lawmakers to cut their pay
'No laughing matter:' Kane County officials ask for fix to 'dangerous' provisions of SAFE-T Act
Kane County's state's attorney and sheriff - both Democrats - call on voters to pressure Illinois lawmakers to fix provisions in the SAFE-T Act that will all but prohibit police and prosecutors from keeping "dangers to our community" in jail as they await trial
Freeborn Expands Litigation Practice with Addition of Associate Alexander A. Pabon in Chicago
Freeborn Expands Litigation Practice with Addition of Associate Alexander A. Pabon in Chicago.
Cook County courts mask mandate to remain in place, potentially through winter
A memo from Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans indicates the county will continue to be the only county circuit court system in the region to require masks for everyone entering the county's courthouses
Cook County Judge Carl Boyd suspended from hearing cases after charged with domestic battery
Cook County Circuit Judge Carl Boyd was charged with domestic battery in an incident Chicago Police say left a woman with a cut on her cheek from broken glass. Boyd has served on the Cook County bench since 2012
Judge won't toss class action vs Grifols Biomat blood plasma collectors over donor fingerprint scans
A Chicago federal judge ruled plasma collection companies can't claim health care exemptions or use lawsuit time limits to nix class actions under Illinois' biometrics privacy law
Legal scholar: Defamation case surrounding 40-year-old Chicago double murder of “national importance”
The search for the real killer of teenagers Jerry Hillard and girlfriend Marilyn Green is at the heart of an upcoming defamation case that a legal scholar says carries “national importance.”
Crain’s Chicago Spotlights Gray Mateo-Harris on Annual Notable Women in Law List
Crain’s Chicago Spotlights Gray Mateo-Harris on Annual Notable Women in Law List.
Judge OKs final deal ending Osco pharmacists' biometrics class action; Attorneys get $551K
The settlement ends a 4-year-long court fight over claims Osco pharmacists were improperly required to scan their fingerprints to prove their identity when accessing the pharmacy's computer system
The Impact of Dobbs on Illinois: How Lawmakers and Providers are Seeking to Adapt on September 22, 2022
The Impact of Dobbs on Illinois: How Lawmakers and Providers are Seeking to Adapt on September 22, 2022.
Judge turns page on privacy suit vs Ancestry.com over use of yearbook photos
Ancestry.com argued statutory limitations should end class action
McHenry County State's Attorney lawsuit: SAFE-T Act's end of cash bail violates crime victims' rights under IL constitution
The lawsuit is the latest in a growing list of constitutional challenges launched in court against Gov. JB Pritzker and the SAFE-T Act, which critics allege would make it too difficult to hold violent criminals in jail while they await trial
Talent Management: The Future of Work and Other Employee-Related Issues on September 21, 2022
Talent Management: The Future of Work and Other Employee-Related Issues on September 21, 2022.
Jury verdict: Sterigenics, related cos. owe $363M to woman in first Willowbrook EtO cancer trial
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics says it plans to appeal the verdict. Plaintiffs said they hope the verdict sets a "precedent" for hundreds of other cases still pending vs Sterigenics
Practical Ins and Outs of Health Care Privacy and Cybersecurity Under HIPAA on September 20, 2022
Practical Ins and Outs of Health Care Privacy and Cybersecurity Under HIPAA on September 20, 2022.
Will Co. State's Attorney sues Pritzker, other top IL Dems, says SAFE-T Act violates state constitution
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow says it takes Democratic lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker can't simply abolish cash bail without amending the state constitution. He further says Democrats trampled constitutional procedures in passing massive bill in the dead of night
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
Receiver Feud, A Game Show on September 16, 2022
Receiver Feud, A Game Show on September 16, 2022.