News from November 2023
City of Chicago expands paid time off for all Chicago workers
Just when we were getting our heads around the upcoming Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act and feeling confident with the parameters of Chicago's 2017 Paid Sick Leave ordinance, another leave law has entered the fray.
Judith Miller Writes About Funding Federal Public Defenders
As political leaders in Washington, D.C., face a looming deadline to avoid another self-inflicted government shutdown, they would be wise to look around the nation to get a sense of how failing to properly fund the work of federal public defenders would harm the constituents they serve.
ComEd customers can't continue fraud suit against utility connected to Madigan bribery investigation
Appeals panel rules litigation improperly questions motivations of General Assembly
Lawsuit alleges Georgia Nut Company violates IL biometrics law in handling employee fingerprints
An employee has filed a class action lawsuit against Georgia Nut Company, alleging the company violates Illinois privacy laws by using a fingerprint reader system to track employee hours.
2nd Amend rights groups ask full appeals court to reconsider order upholding IL gun ban
With weeks left before Illinois' "assault weapons" registration deadline, Illinois gun owners and Second Amendment rights groups have asked the Seventh Circuit to undo a panel's ruling that Illinois is OK to ban 'military-grade' guns, because they're 'dangerous'
Chicago Tribune Names Benesch a Winner of its Top Workplaces 2023 Award
Benesch is pleased to announce it has once again been recognized as a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace based on the firm’s workplace culture, values, employee development and leadership.
IFLR1000 2023 ranks Mayer Brown in six jurisdictions and recognizes 186 individual lawyers
Mayer Brown is ranked in 26 practice areas across six jurisdictions in the 2023 edition of IFLR1000’s guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers.
Chapter 11, Health Care and Real Estate Distress Indices Reach Highest Levels in Years
In the newest Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report, levels of distress continue to increase, hitting new, multi-year highs for all three tracked indices in Q3, including record-breaking distress levels in the health care sector.
Thousands of hair relaxer lawsuits OK to continue vs L'Oreal, Revlon, other cosmetic companies
The lawsuits assert the companies knew or should have known their products allegedly caused uterine and ovarian cancer in the Black women who used them since the 1970s to "conform to Eurocentric beauty standards"
Clausen Miller Featured on 2024 Best Law Firms List for its Litigation – Insurance Practice in Chicago
Clausen Miller has been named to Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms list for Litigation – Insurance in Chicago.
Four Alumni Promoted to Partnership at Gibson Dunn
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has elected 35 lawyers to its partnership, effective January 1, 2024.
Foley Advises Novacap in Strategic Partnership with Lewis & Ellis
Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Novacap, one of North America’s leading private equity firms, in its strategic partnership with Lewis & Ellis, a leading full-service actuarial consulting firm.
Woman seeks damages for severe injuries in lawsuit against driver who allegedly rear-ended her in Oak Lawn
CHICAGO – A driver has filed a negligence lawsuit, claiming that she was severely injured by another driver in a rear-end collision in Oak Lawn.
Chicago mother files negligence lawsuit after driver allegedly injures her and three children running a red light
CHICAGO – A mother has filed a negligence lawsuit against a driver, claiming that she and her three children were injured in a car accident when the driver ran a red light at the intersection of 115th Street and South Wentworth in Chicago.
Woman claims that she was injured in Chicago car accident when a driver struck her vehicle doing a U-turn
CHICAGO – A woman has filed a negligence lawsuit against a driver, alleging that she was seriously injured in a vehicle accident in Chicago when the driver attempted to perform an illegal U-turn and struck her vehicle.
Driver sues S & L Cartage after head-on collision with company employee
CHICAGO – A driver has filed a negligence lawsuit against S & L Cartage, claiming that he was injured in a head-on collision with one of the company's drivers.
IL appeals court says class action can resume vs court clerks over foreclosure filing fees
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul had argued people who had paid the unconstitutional court fees needed to bring their claims to the Illinois state Court of Claims. Judges, though, said since the law was unconstitutional, the plaintiffs' demands for refunds can remain in circuit court
Adriana Bosco Joins Tressler’s General Defense Litigation Practice Group
Tressler is proud to welcome Adriana Bosco as an associate in our General Defense Litigation Practice Group in Chicago, Illinois.
Big money biometrics privacy class actions enriching handful of lawyers at expense of IL economy, new report claims
A report from the Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Illinois says seven plaintiffs' class action firms account for nearly 70% of all class actions active in Chicago area courts under the stringent Biometric Information Privacy Act, commonly known as BIPA
Class action: Debt collection firm didn't include options for debtors to 'opt out' from getting emails
A class action lawsuit accuses debt collector Cawley & Bergman of violating a debt collection law by sending emails to people who owed past due debts that did not include instructions on how to opt out of receiving future collection emails from the firm.