News from June 2023
Appeals panel: Worker who claims he was fired for keeping locked guns in his car gets new chance to sue UL
Man whose properly secured guns were stolen from his vehicle in a company parking lot claims UL fired him because he kept the locked guns in his car
Class action accuses Eastern Illinois University of illegally withholding student transcripts over unpaid tuition
EIU joins Northwestern Business College in second class action over alleged ransomed transcripts
Foley & Lardner LLP announces AI in HR: Understanding the Impact, Opportunities, and Avoiding Pitfalls on June 21,2023
Artificial intelligence is already having a tremendous impact on human resource practices, policies, and management.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP announces Troutman Pepper Launches “Rocket Docket” Blog on the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA)
Troutman Pepper launched “Rocket Docket” Blog, providing readers with comprehensive analysis and insights on the federal court district for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA).
IL Supreme Court grants police access to cell phone passcodes; Dissent says it violates self incrimination protections
SPRINGFIELD – Passcodes on mobile phones won’t prevent law enforcement from access to the devices’ contents, the Illinois Supreme Court decided on June 15.
Appeals court: Lawsuit can resume challenging constitutionality of feds' across-the-board ban on gun ownership by felons
A divided appeals panel says a Supreme Court ruling means lower courts can't simply agree with governments that they have the authority under the Second Amendment to categorically deny gun ownership rights to those convicted of felonies, or other "dangerous" people
Web3 attorney on SEC vs. Binance: 'I would put this in the win column for the Binance defendants'
A federal judge has denied the SEC’s request for an emergency temporary restraining order that would have allowed it to freeze Binance.US’s assets.
IL Supreme Court: Hawthorn Woods broke deal first, but developer can't sidestep its obligations
Illinois Supreme Court rules both sides broke the deal over work on a 62-acre piece of land the village would acquire, but both sides continued operating as if the deal was in place, so the deal still exists
Insurer ordered to cover the city of Sycamore in class action over contamination from decrepit water lines
Residents said water mains provided unsafe drinking water and damaged equipment
Amundsen Davis LLC announces Saphe-Allah Falaneh Joins Amundsen Davis's Health Care Service Group
Our firm is happy to announce that Saphe-Allah Falaneh has joined as an Associate on our Health Care Service Group in our Chicago office.
Dad appeals ruling he has no fundamental right to forbid Villa Park school from helping child change genders
A new Biden-appointed federal judge declared a Florida man's constitutional rights as a parent may end at the school house door, so he can't sue the school district for allegedly conspiring with his ex-wife to speed along his child's gender transition
State Farm accused of holding out on interest allegedly owed to Illinois claimants from awards and judgements
The lawsuit is the latest example of lawsuits accusing the insurance giant of allegedly attempting to not pay interest on awards to claimants.
Filing: Cook County sheriff, chief judge should not be immune from lawsuit blaming woman's death on electronic monitoring shortcomings
Family members of Shanate Guy seek to defeat motion to dismiss their complaint, asserting Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans and Sheriff Tom Dart should be held responsible for allowing Guy's boyfriend to kill her, even though he was in the county's electronic monitoring program
Locke Lord LLP announces Locke Lord Chicago Partner Nicholas O'Conner Selected as 2023 Cook County Bar Association Next Generation Honoree
Nicholas O'Conner, a Partner in Locke Lord’s Chicago office, has been selected as a 2023 Cook County Bar Association Next Generation honoree.
Appeals panel says @properties didn't commit defamation in public statment about Jan. 6 rally attendee
Real estate company terminated relationship with agent who posted about "storming the capital" on Jan. 6, 2021
Reed Smith announces Reed Smith adds partner-counsel duo to Life Sciences Health Industry practice
Reed Smith announced that Brian Bewley is joining the firm as a partner and Kaitlyn Dunn as counsel in its Life Sciences Health Industry Group.
Federal judge ends 40 years of federal oversight of Teamsters pension funds
The decrees had been put in place to address links to organized crime within the unions. But Judge Durkin said concerns about organized crime influence have passed
Reed Smith announces Legal 500 USA ranks 46 Reed Smith practices and recognizes 16 lawyers
Global law firm Reed Smith ranked in 46 practice categories and 16 of its lawyers were recognized in 18 categories, in 2023 Legal 500 USA rankings issued.
Wood River attorney files FOID card challenge in Madison County ‘in express and intentional violation’ of new jurisdiction law
Wood River attorney Thomas Maag filed a lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court challenging the constitutionality of the state’s Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) card statute, and he urged the court not to transfer the case in accordance with a new law signed last month by Gov. J.B. Pritzker which now requires such cases to be litigated in either Chicago or Springfield.
Vimeo en route to pay $2.25M to settle IL biometrics class action over Magisto face scans
Attorneys in line to collect $787,500 before class members get paid