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Corporate Restructuring Webinar Series on January 19, 2022

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Corporate Restructuring Webinar Series on January 19, 2022.

Dinsmore Makes Strong Growth Push in Chicago to Meet Client Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Dinsmore Makes Strong Growth Push in Chicago to Meet Client Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Morgan Lewis Adds Four-lawyer Investment Funds Team in Chicago

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Morgan Lewis Adds Four-lawyer Investment Funds Team in Chicago.

Judge rules for football helmet maker Riddell in 'bellwether' cases over high school players' brain injuries

By Scott Holland |
Riddell successfully challenged expert testimony on warning labels and injury causation

Fed appeals court: No order needed to bar Pritzker from again attempting to shut down religious services

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A federal appeals panel says Pritzker hasn't tried to close houses of worship in 19 months, and deserves the 'respect' to allow him the chance to abide by Supreme Court rulings declaring other states violated the Constitution in ordering churches closed over COVID

Lawsuit: Skokie Fairview Elementary School 'prioritizes white comfort,' doesn't properly address racism concerns

By Jonathan Bilyk |
In a new class action lawsuit, parents of Black and Latino students said Skokie District 72 leadership refused to accede to their demands for anti-racism training for students and staff at Fairview Elementary School in response to allegedly racist student behavior

Appeals court: Statute of limitations still paused for disabled person's lawsuit, even if her guardian sued another party

By Dan Churney |
An Illinois appellate panel has ruled in a Will County medical negligence case, that the statute of limitations does not kick in when a guardian presses a negligence lawsuit for a disabled person, until the person is no longer disabled.

'Desire to destroy those who disagree': Oak Lawn HS board kicks off Rob Cruz, who sued Pritzker over mask mandate

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The Oak Lawn High School District 229 school board removed Rob Cruz, one of its elected members, who is also running for Congress, saying Cruz had violated his oath of office and state law, in part, by suing Gov. JB Pritzker over the statewide school mask mandate.

Judge: Punch clock fingerprint scans that violate IL biometrics law place employees at risk, justify insurance denial to employers

By Scott Holland |
A federal judge ruled American Family has no obligation to cover a Kankakee McDonald's franchisee against a class action lawsuit brought under Illinois' strict biometrics privacy law

IL Supreme Court to decide if IL 'transportation lockbox' amendment applies to Cook County, as well as state govt

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A coalition of road and transportation contractors have asked the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that Cook County has violated the so-called Safe Roads Amendment by refusing to spend $250 million more annually on transportation projects, rather than county operations.

IL high school sports lawsuit vs Pritzker revised to now seek order barring potential high school COVID vax mandates

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A legal challenge to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers over high school athletics now has been amended to ask a Springfield judge to block Pritzker and others from requiring Illinois high school athletes and students to receive COVID vaccines

'Illegal strikes... must be stopped': Parents to continue lawsuit vs CTU, despite deal to reopen Chicago Public Schools

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The lawsuit vs the Chicago Teachers Union called the union's 'remote work action' an illegal strike that harmed children and families in Chicago

Jones Day welcomes Kristina Hendricks to Chicago Office as partner in Intellectual Property Practice

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Jones Day welcomes Kristina Hendricks to Chicago Office as partner in Intellectual Property Practice.

Judge nixes rail unions' request to halt Metra's COVID vax mandate; Workers aren't left with no choice, judge says

By Scott Holland |
Metra contends mandate, incentives are 'minor disputes' under federal railroad law, meaning they need to be arbitrated, not negotiated.

Reading the Privacy Tea Leaves—how to Prepare for the Unexpected on January 11, 2022

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Reading the Privacy Tea Leaves—how to Prepare for the Unexpected on January 11, 2022.

Moch and Chancellor Secure Favorable Defense Verdict

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Moch and Chancellor Secure Favorable Defense Verdict.

Holland & Knight Announces 36 New Partners

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Holland & Knight Announces 36 New Partners.

Barack Ferrazzano Congratulates Six Newly Elected Partners

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Barack Ferrazzano Congratulates Six Newly Elected Partners.

'Gerrymandering of the judiciary': New judicial maps drawn in Cook, collar counties, downstate

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Democrats say the changes are needed to boost diversity on the bench. Republican critics say the changes are simply efforts by Democrats to boost their hold on power in the state's courts

Parents sue Chicago Teachers Union, ask judge to rule union's COVID 'remote work action' actually illegal strike

By Jonathan Bilyk |
The parents of Chicago Public Schools students assert the union has violated state labor law and their contract by refusing to come to schools, even though CPS has declared school can be carried out safely amid the COVID surge