Illinois

  • March 26, 2025

    CFPB Moves To Rip Up Settlement Of 'Radical' Redlining Case

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked Wednesday for an Illinois federal judge to throw out its recent settlement of a redlining lawsuit that was filed during the first Trump administration, a case the agency's new chief is now denouncing as unjust and wrong.

  • March 26, 2025

    Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.

  • March 26, 2025

    Republicans Stump For CFPB Overhaul As Democrats Balk

    Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee sought Wednesday to boost legislation aimed at reining in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, proposals that Democrats slammed as out of touch when the agency is already facing evisceration.

  • March 26, 2025

    Atty's Falsehoods In Key Docs Aided $23M Fraud, Suit Says

    A pair of investment funds and two investors have hit a lawyer with professional malpractice and misrepresentation claims in Illinois federal court, accusing him of making false statements in solicitation documents to help their since-convicted managing member carry out a $23 million fraud.  

  • March 26, 2025

    Ill. Justices Hold WestRock Unit To $5M Superfund Coverage

    The Illinois Supreme Court won't hear a WestRock Co. subsidiary's petition for review of an appeals decision affirming that one of its insurers had no duty to cover environmental cleanup costs at a now-shuttered paper mill while another insurer already paid its applicable coverage limit.

  • March 26, 2025

    Walgreens Receipt Standing Fight Set For Illinois' Main Stage

    Illinois' top court on Wednesday accepted Walgreens' request to review an intermediate appellate panel's ruling affirming class certification in an Arizona customer's proposed class lawsuit targeting overdisclosed debit card numbers.

  • March 26, 2025

    2 Class Actions Over Cannabis Cos.' Product Labels Dropped

    The plaintiffs who were leading two proposed class actions in Illinois federal court alleging that cannabis companies have mislabeled their products to get around Illinois state law have dropped their cases.

  • March 26, 2025

    AGs Seek 1st OK For $39M Apotex Deal In Price-Fixing Case

    A coalition of 50 state attorneys general on Wednesday asked a Connecticut federal judge to accept a $39.1 million deal settling claims that pharmaceutical company Apotex Corp. schemed with others to fix generic-drug prices, with 70% earmarked for a restitution fund and 30% for consumer notices and attorney fees.

  • March 26, 2025

    Honigman Gains New Insurance Recovery Partner In Chicago

    Business law firm Honigman LLP announced Wednesday the addition of a policyholder-side insurance and reinsurance recovery litigation partner, who left Reed Smith to join its Chicago office.

  • March 26, 2025

    Sysco Can't Tap Out Of $50M Price-Fix Deal With JBS

    Sysco can't back out of a $50 million agreement it made with JBS for the meat producer to exit sprawling litigation accusing it of working to fix the price of poultry, beef and pork, even though Sysco has since signed away its interest in the antitrust claims, a federal court has ruled.

  • March 26, 2025

    Ill. Attorney Accused Of Spending Client's Settlement Funds

    A state's attorney in Illinois is facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly misusing a former client's settlement funds while he was still in private practice and doctoring a bank statement to cover his tracks.  

  • March 26, 2025

    Worker Says Koch Foods Fails To Pay For Off-Clock Tasks

    Koch Foods refused to pay workers for the time they spent putting on and taking off protective gear, and it deducted money from their paychecks if they needed items replaced during a workweek, a proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court said.

  • March 26, 2025

    Illinois Supreme Court Denies Co.'s BIPA Coverage Appeal

    The Illinois Supreme Court left intact an intermediate appellate panel's decision relieving two Liberty Mutual units of covering a home decor company in its underlying dispute with employees who said its timekeeping practices are in violation of the state's biometric data privacy law.

  • March 26, 2025

    Trump Admin Asks Justices To End 'Fiscal Micromanagement'

    The U.S. Department of Education asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate a Boston federal judge's order reinstating $250 million in teacher training grants that the Trump administration targeted for cuts, saying the case presents an ideal vehicle to put a stop to "district-court fiscal micromanagement" of the executive branch.

  • March 25, 2025

    Trump's DEI Certification Mandate Meets Skeptical Ill. Judge

    An Illinois federal judge weighing recent executive orders restricting federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs appeared highly skeptical of their requirement that organizations certify compliance with anti-discrimination laws, saying the government's silence on what could violate those laws seems to be what imposing a chilling effect "is all about."

  • March 25, 2025

    7th Circ. Says Wendy's Couldn't Foresee Or Prevent Shooting

    The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a legal win for Wendy's in a suit brought by a customer who was shot in his car in the drive-thru lane, saying the unprovoked shooting was not foreseeable.

  • March 25, 2025

    Mondelez, Ghost Beat Suit Over Candy-Flavored Energy Drink

    An Illinois federal judge has tossed out parents' claims that Mondelez and energy drink maker Ghost illegally deceive consumers into thinking Ghost's "Sour Patch Kids"-flavored beverages are suitable for children, saying no reasonable adult consumer would interpret the labels that way.

  • March 25, 2025

    Dem State AGs Back Preserving Biden-Era Parole Programs

    More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general are urging a Massachusetts federal judge to preserve humanitarian parole programs for immigrants from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Cuba and other countries, backing noncitizens from those countries and U.S.-based sponsors in their challenge to the Trump administration's block on the programs.

  • March 24, 2025

    Ill. Judge Flips Rulings Applying BIPA Change Retroactively

    An Illinois federal judge has scrapped her determination that the Illinois legislature's move to limit damages under the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act applies to disputes filed before the change took effect, aligning with two other district judges who have found the amendment to be a "substantive" one that only affected cases prospectively. 

  • March 24, 2025

    BMW AG Can't Ditch Suit Over Airbag Explosion In Ill.

    An Illinois federal judge on Monday refused to throw out a BMW driver's lawsuit alleging he was severely injured after an airbag in his car exploded, ruling that the German-based company is indeed subject to the court's jurisdiction in the Prairie State.

  • March 24, 2025

    T-Mobile, Customers Push Dish For Docs In Sprint Merger Suit

    T-Mobile and the customers suing over its 2020 merger with Sprint are both asking an Illinois federal judge to force Dish to turn over discovery documents, with the plaintiffs claiming the documents are key to showing why Dish never became an effective competitor in the wireless market.

  • March 24, 2025

    Ill. County Must Face Public Defender's 1st Amendment Claim

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday trimmed a public defender's constitutional claims against her county employer after she was disciplined for displaying a photograph in an office area of her holding a gun in front of an Israeli flag following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, dismissing her First Amendment prior restraint claim but otherwise allowing her suit to proceed.

  • March 24, 2025

    Ill. Law Firm Accused Of Suing Wrong Co., Lying About Error

    A doctor who sought to pursue an employment discrimination claim against former employer Humana Inc. claims in an Illinois state court lawsuit that the law firm he hired to handle his case filed claims against Cigna instead, forged his signature and didn't fix its attorneys' errors before the statute of limitations ran out.

  • March 24, 2025

    7th Circ. Backs Denial Of Atty Fees In Union Trusteeship Case

    An Illinois federal judge did not abuse his discretion by failing to award attorney fees to a broadcasters union local after its fight with the national union over a trusteeship, a Seventh Circuit panel ruled Monday, holding that the judge substantiated his decision.

  • March 24, 2025

    4 Firms Advise On $8.75B James Hardie, Azek Deal

    Dublin-based building products company James Hardie Industries PLC has agreed to acquire The Azek Co. Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $8.75 billion, including debt, in a deal steered by four law firms. 

Expert Analysis

  • Implementation, Constitutional Issues With Birthright Order

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    President Donald Trump's executive order reinterpreting the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause presents unavoidable administrative problems and raises serious constitutional concerns about the validity of many existing federal laws and regulations, says Eric Schnapper at the University of Washington School of Law.

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    State FCAs Should Cover Local Fund Misuse, State Tax Fraud

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    New Jersey and other states with similar False Claims Acts should amend them to cover misappropriated municipal funding, and state and local tax fraud, which would encourage more whistleblowers to come forward and increase their recoveries, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

  • How Crypto Firms Should Approach Patchwork Of State Laws

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    The Money Transmission Modernization Act was designed to create uniformity across state digital regulations, but the reality remains far from consistent — as demonstrated by the patchwork of laws in states like Texas, Vermont, New York and California — so as state legislatures convene in the coming weeks, crypto firms should watch closely for developments that could shape the regulatory landscape, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

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    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.

  • Questions Remain After Justices' Narrow E-Rate FCA Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wisconsin Bell, holding that requests for reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program are subject to False Claims Act liability, resolves one important question but leaves several others open, says Jason Neal at HWG.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

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