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Attorney General Raoul Joins Lawsuit Against Private Equity Monopolization of Critical Health Care Companies

By The Cook County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, today announced they have joined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit to block the acquisition of Surmodics Inc. (Surmodics) by GTCR BC Holdings LLC (GTCR) alleging that the deal, which seeks to combine the two largest manufacturers of critical medical device coatings, is anticompetitive.
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Alison LaCroix’s ‘Interbellum Constitution’ Book Reviewed by Steve Vladeck

By The Cook County Record |
Most of what lawyers learn about the “Interbellum Constitution”–i.e., constitutional law between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Civil War—comes from the handful of major Supreme Court decisions of that era that law schools still teach as part of the required first-year curriculum.
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Experts Use Legal Perspective to Identify Human-Focused Solutions to Migration Crisis

By The Cook County Record |
Loyola University Chicago School of Law convened religious leaders, policymakers, and migration experts to discuss the global migration crisis during the Conference on Global Migration and the Rule of Law April 11 and April 12 at Rome’s Pontificia Università Gregoriana.
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Thompson Coburn Continues Litigation Team Growth, Adding Partners Laura Ellis Kugler and Adam Toosley

By The Cook County Record |
Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce the additions of litigation partners Adam Toosley in Chicago and Laura Ellis Kugler in Dallas.
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Vedder Price Wins Marine Money "Securitization Deal of the Year" Award

By The Cook County Record |
Vedder Price is pleased to announce that it has received recognition in being selected for Marine Money’s 2024 Securitization Deal of the Year award for their transactional representation of Maritime Partners.
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Leading data privacy partner Lei Shen rejoins Mayer Brown in Chicago

By The Cook County Record |
Mayer Brown continues to strengthen its Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice with the addition of Lei Shen, who rejoins the firm in its Chicago office. Lei rejoins from Cooley LLP.
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Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Colt Technology Services on Sale of Data Centers

By The Cook County Record |
Troutman Pepper Locke, working with a team of other firms, advised global digital infrastructure company Colt Technology Services on the sale of six of its data centers to NorthC, a data center operator headquartered in the Netherlands.
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Aziz Huq Discusses Ernst Fraenkel’s ‘The Dual State’ on KERA Think Podcast

By The Cook County Record |
Authoritarian regimes sometimes take power all at once – but other times they chip away at societal norms bit by bit

BakerHostetler Illinois Attorneys Selected as Super Lawyer, Rising Stars

By The Cook County Record |
Congratulations to the Illinois BakerHostetler attorney named as a 2025 Super Lawyer and the two attorneys recognized as 2025 Rising Stars.
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Romanucci & Blandin Attorneys Daisy Ayllón and Sarah M. Raisch Achieve Favorable Outcome in Pro Bono Hague Convention Case

By The Cook County Record |
In just six months after being appointed as pro bono attorneys, Partner Daisy Ayllón and Senior Attorney Sarah M. Raisch successfully resolved a Hague Convention case, enabling a brave mother to remain in the United States with her 8-year-old son.

Tom Ginsburg Writes About Academic Freedom as Trump Administration Leans on Higher Ed

By The Cook County Record |
Recent headlines announcing that Columbia University had “yielded” in the face of pressure from the Trump administration augur a dangerous era for everyone in higher education.
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Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Named a Strongly Recommended Midsize Firm for 2025 by BTI Consulting

By The Cook County Record |
The BTI Consulting Group has recognized Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP as one of its Strongly Recommended Midsize Firms for 2025.

From Sheep Shows to Appellate Law

By The Cook County Record |
Life lessons learned while showing sheep at the Shawano County Fair in northeast Wisconsin have helped propel 2L student Lindsey Roloff, recipient of the Judge Floyd E. Thompson Memorial Scholarship at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, toward her likely career path in appellate litigation.
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Vedder Price Promotes Seven to Shareholder

By The Cook County Record |
Vedder Price is pleased to announce that seven attorneys have been promoted to Shareholder/Partner in the firm. David Soden, Jake Wiesen, Brian Wendt, Jonathon Reinisch, Zachary Watters and Fleming Ware have all been promoted to Shareholder effective April 1, 2025.
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Rosa M. Tumialán Selected as Recommended 2025 Illinois Appellate Attorney by The Appellate Lawyers

By The Cook County Record |
Tressler is proud to announce that The Appellate Lawyers selected Rosa M. Tumialán as the Recommended 2025 Illinois Appellate Attorney.
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LIVE WEB - Planning with Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts on April 17, 2025

By The Cook County Record |
Do you know what Medicaid asset protection trusts (MAPTs) are and in what circumstances they should be considered for use?
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Aziz Huq Writes About Litigating the Equal Protection Claim Against the Trump Administration

By The Cook County Record |
A central premise of many of the unprecedented things that Donald Trump’s administration has done was captured by something the president said a few days after his inauguration: “I have certain hatreds of people,” he confessed.
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Aziz Huq Discusses a New Constitutional Order in the US

By The Cook County Record |
I’m glad to bring you this interview with Aziz Huq about the legal challenges confronting our courts and democracy
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Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Sponsors 2025 AABAR Inaugural Scholarship Gala

By The Cook County Record |
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP is proud to co-sponsor the upcoming Inaugural Scholarship Gala hosted by the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois (AABAR) on April 26, 2025 in Oakbrook, Illinois.
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Family Office Tax Webinar: The Family Office Rule Decoded on April 16, 2025

By The Cook County Record |
Whether you are establishing a new family office or ensuring compliance for an existing one, navigating the Family Office Rule under the Investment Advisers Act can be complex.

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