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Ogletree Deakins Again Earns Gold Standard Certification from Women In Law Empowerment Forum
Ogletree Deakins Again Earns Gold Standard Certification from Women In Law Empowerment Forum.
Judge finalizes $50M settlement with Fifth Third, Vantiv over recorded telemarketing calls
Class members will get about $237 per improper call. Plaintiffs' attorneys will collect $16.4 million
Partner Victoria Maroulis Named One of “Top 250 Women in IP” for 2022
Partner Victoria Maroulis Named One of “Top 250 Women in IP” for 2022.
Berry Important Information So You Can Import Food Like an Eggspert! on August 10, 2022
Berry Important Information So You Can Import Food Like an Eggspert! on August 10, 2022.
Facing hundreds of emissions lawsuits, Sterigenics entitled to help with legal bills from insurer
Federal judge grants summary judgment in favor of companies linked to cancerous toxins
Cozen O’Connor's Gassman installed as chair of ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Chicago attorney Gary Gassman, Co-Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department, has been installed as Chair of the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) - one of the ABA’s largest and most active sections.
Biometrics: New Technologies & Recent Privacy Developments on August 9, 2022
Biometrics: New Technologies & Recent Privacy Developments on August 9, 2022.
Appeals court rules employee shareholders can't blame Boeing for plunge in stock values from 737 MAX craft crashes
An appeals panel has ruled employee stockholders have no grounds to sue Boeing for tumbling stock values caused by two plane crashes, ruling an outside investment firm handled stocks on behalf of employees, not the aircraft company.
Appeals court says Pritzker administration can escape fed court oversight of state hiring decisions
The appeals panel said it is 'not naive' about Illinois' history of corruption, and that courts remain open to future lawsuits, if patronage hiring resumes. But they said federal court oversight of state hiring decisions cannot continue indefinitely.
Drew Moore, Chicago Innovation ring the closing bell at Nasdaq
Drew Moore, Chicago Innovation ring the closing bell at Nasdaq.
Wintrust: Lawsuit claiming anti-Black race discrimination in lending is 'baseless,' ignores federal regulatory standards
Wintrust said the plaintiff failed to name any corporate policies linked to challenged mortgage data, and relies too heavily on data that federal regulators have said can't prove racial discrimination, by itself
A Living, Breathing First Amendment? on August 5, 2022
A Living, Breathing First Amendment? on August 5, 2022.
Appeals court says small awards in consumer law suits should not always mean small fees to lawyers
An appeals court has ruled a federal judge was wrong to cut lawyers' fees from $65,000 to $6,800 when they only secured their client $500, even after they rejected an offer from a debt collector to pay the plaintiff $4,600, plus full attorney fees
Lawsuit challenges campaign contribution limits in Illinois judicial races
Limits on political donations in Illinois judicial races are illegal and violate the U.S. Constitution, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court in Chicago.
Littler Receives Gold Standard Certification From the Women in Law Empowerment Forum
Littler Receives Gold Standard Certification From the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.
Appeals panel agrees AbbVie didn't violate antitrust laws with Humira 'patent thicket'
Drugmaker settled with potential competitors, but benefit plans fail to prove illegality
Standing alone: IL Supreme Court's unique retire-and-replace system lets justices all but pick replacements
This fall, voters in much of northern and central Illinois will have a rare opportunity: To elect two Illinois Supreme Court justices and possibly flip the court's partisan balance. Currently, six of the state's seven Supreme Court justices were initially appointed by the court after other justices retired, allowing some appointees the power of incumbency when they face election.
WILEF Awards Foley with 2022 Gold Standard Certification for Promoting Gender Diversity
WILEF Awards Foley with 2022 Gold Standard Certification for Promoting Gender Diversity.
Introduction to Drafting Material Contract Provisions on August 5, 2022
Introduction to Drafting Material Contract Provisions on August 5, 2022.
Judge OK's $92M deal to end class actions vs TikTok; objectors say attorneys got too much money
Complaint alleged improper collection, storage of user biometric data