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Locke Lord's Jennifer Kenedy, Michael Renetzky and Steve Whitmer Chosen as Crain's Chicago Business 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law Honorees
Locke Lord's Jennifer Kenedy, Michael Renetzky and Steve Whitmer Chosen as Crain's Chicago Business 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law Honorees.
Unions sue Amtrak over COVID vax mandate; Rail workers continue vax court fight vs UP, Norfolk Southern
The unions representing Amtrak workers have sued the national passenger rail carrier, asserting, as they have in similar actions vs freight carriers Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, that the rail companies don't have the power under federal law to simply force union workers to get vaccinated or face termination
Judge allows class action to crawl ahead, accusing maker of Nuk pacifiers of false advertising
Plaintiffs leading the class action say Nuk products aren't 'orthodontic,' as label indicates
Chuhak & Tecson Sponsors American Technion Society - Chicago Planned Giving Committee's 2021 Federal Tax Legislation Seminar
Chuhak & Tecson Sponsors American Technion Society - Chicago Planned Giving Committee's 2021 Federal Tax Legislation Seminar.
IL High Court says California domestic battery conviction doesn't strip Illinois man of right to own guns in IL
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled state police were wrong to pull an Illinois man's FOID card over a 20-year-old domestic battery rap.
Lawsuit: FMA Alliance violated debt collection law, shared debtor contact info with vendor to mail collection letters
An Illinois man is suing FMA Alliance, Ltd. alleging that the company violated federal debt collection law.
City Hall: No need for more court orders on COVID vax mandate; Arbitrator to rule on worker grievances by New Year
Chicago City Hall has told a Cook County judge it expects to have resolved its ongoing dispute with labor unions over its COVID vaccine mandates before the Dec. 31 deadline for city workers to get the vaccine or risk getting fired.
FAQs: COVID-19 Vaccinations in the APAC Region on November 23, 2021
FAQs: COVID-19 Vaccinations in the APAC Region on November 23, 2021.
Health Care Provider and Vendor CMS Vaccine Mandate Compliance Q&A
Health Care Provider and Vendor CMS Vaccine Mandate Compliance Q&A.
IL Supreme Court restores $8 million punitive damages against man accused by ex-girlfriend of sexual assault
The court said the man's 'egregiously reprehensible conduct' means the $8 million the man was ordered to pay to the woman is 'not unconstitutionally excessive'
Shoreline Sightseeing targeted by class action lawsuit over worker fingerprint scans
The lawsuit accuses Chicago's largest operator of river tours and other charter excursions of improperly requiring workers to scan their fingerprints to track their work hours, under Illinois' biometrics law
IL Supreme Court deadlocks over Deerfield assault weapons ban, meaning ban stands
The state high court's inability to rule on the hotly contested gun rights question means the ruling of two justices on a state appeals court will decide whether Deerfield's assault weapons ban was legally enacted
Appeals panel says McHenry County road districts can keep challenging law letting voters dissolve townships
Even though no dissolution is imminent, three appeals judges said the state can't just dismiss the case, under the public interest exception.
Stone Park red light cameras wrongly ticketing drivers who stop past line turning right on red, class action says
A new class action lawsuit demands the village of Stone Park refund $100 tickets paid by people who received red light camera tickets for stopping beyond the white stop line when they were turning right on red, even though state law says such tickets can't be issued
Appeals court: Ex-Chicago Police sergeant deserved to be fired for signing off on false Laquan McDonald reports
An appellate panel has ruled the Chicago Police Board was correct to fire a sergeant for allegedly OK'ing dubious officer reports in the Laquan McDonald case
Judge slaps restraining order on Cicero's try to force BNSF to pay steep sewer rate hike, says BNSF likely to win
A federal judge said it appeared BNSF Railway was poised to prevail in its claims Cicero officials violated federal law in targeting it with a massive sewer rate increase for BNSF's Cicero railyard.
Class action: Salvation Army allegedly coerces free labor from participants in work-therapy adult rehab program
Lawsuit accuses the Salvation Army of using its adult rehabilitation programs to secure essentially free labor from people ordered into the program by the courts or who opted into the program out of need, allegedly in violation of federal human trafficking law
Constitutional challenge may thwart new law banning out of state and anonymous contributions to judicial candidates
A new Illinois law prohibiting judicial candidates from accepting out-of-state and so-called "dark money" anonymous contributions is being called unconstitutional by a First Amendment advocacy group.
Class action accuses Liberty Mutual of discriminating vs Black, Latino LGBTQ policy holders
A new class action lawsuit filed by an Evanston female queer Black and Latino couple asserts Liberty Mutual Insurance engages in a pattern of discrimination when processing claims submitted by LGBTQ racial minorities.
Insurer obligated to defend north Kane Co. school D300 in lawsuits over sex abuse of children on school property
West Bend policy covers Boys & Girls Club, as well as Illinois' 6th-largest school district, a state appeals panel ruled