<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lawyer - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Lawyer news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Objection! How the Federal Rules of Evidence Promote Fair Trials]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman and Professor Daniel J. Capra reflect on the impact of unification of the rules of evidence and how the Judiciary&rsquo;s rule-making process ensures that the Federal Rules of Evidence keep up with the times.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/objection-how-the-federal-rules-of-evidence-promote-fair-trials/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/objection-how-the-federal-rules-of-evidence-promote-fair-trials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcies Increase 11.9 Percent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bankruptcy filings increased 11.9 percent during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcies-increase-119-percent/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcies-increase-119-percent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges Outline Accelerated Modernization of Case Management System]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new more secure case management system for the Judiciary is on the horizon under an accelerated schedule, two federal judges told the Judicial Conference of the United States today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-outline-accelerated-modernization-of-case-management-system/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-outline-accelerated-modernization-of-case-management-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Says Courthouses Are in Crisis, Seeks Real Property Authority]]></title><description><![CDATA[The condition of federal courthouses around the country is in a deepening state of crisis, compelling the Judiciary to ask Congress for authority to directly manage properties that are essential to carrying out its constitutional mission.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-says-courthouses-are-in-crisis-seeks-real-property-authority/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-says-courthouses-are-in-crisis-seeks-real-property-authority/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings Rise 11 Percent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Total bankruptcy filings rose 11 percent, with increases in both business and non-business bankruptcies, in the twelve-month period ending Dec. 31, 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-11-percent/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-11-percent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary To Remain Open Until Feb. 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the event of a lapse in appropriations at midnight on Jan. 30, the Judiciary will remain open and continue paid operations through Wednesday, Feb. 4, by using court fee balances and other funds not dependent on a new appropriation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-to-remain-open-until-feb-5/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-to-remain-open-until-feb-5/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief Justice Roberts Issues 2025 Year-End Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has issued his 2025 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chief-justice-roberts-issues-2025-year-end-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chief-justice-roberts-issues-2025-year-end-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Learning Center Bridges Gap Between Science and Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new Federal Circuit Center for Innovation and Law offers students an immersive learning experience that connects science, technology, civics, and law in the nation&rsquo;s capital.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-learning-center-bridges-gap-between-science-and-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-learning-center-bridges-gap-between-science-and-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funds Available for Additional Chapter 7 Trustee Payments for FY 2024 Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice has advised the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts that it has funds available to transfer to the Judiciary to make additional payments to eligible Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for fiscal year 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/funds-available-for-additional-chapter-7-trustee-payments-for-fy-2024-cases/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/funds-available-for-additional-chapter-7-trustee-payments-for-fy-2024-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge John D. Bates Receives 2025 Devitt Award]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge John D. Bates, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is the 2025 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-john-d-bates-receives-2025-devitt-award/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-john-d-bates-receives-2025-devitt-award/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings Increase 10.6 Percent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personal and business bankruptcy filings increased 10.6 percent in the twelve-month period ending Sept. 30, 2025, compared with the previous year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-increase-106-percent/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-increase-106-percent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Funding Runs Out; Only Limited Operations to Continue]]></title><description><![CDATA[The judicial branch announced that beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, it will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-funding-runs-out-only-limited-operations-to-continue/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-funding-runs-out-only-limited-operations-to-continue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Still Operating as Shutdown Starts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite a federal government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, the Judiciary remains open and will continue paid operations through Friday, Oct. 17, by using court fee balances and other funds not dependent on a new appropriation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-still-operating-as-shutdown-starts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-still-operating-as-shutdown-starts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Budget Crisis Could Worsen, Conference Is Told]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Judiciary&rsquo;s funding shortfalls could get worse in the coming year, and the effects would be especially severe if federal courts must operate under another full-year continuing resolution, the Judiciary&rsquo;s policy-making body was told.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-budget-crisis-could-worsen-conference-is-told/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-budget-crisis-could-worsen-conference-is-told/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Initiative Opens Doors to Next Generation of Court Professionals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal judges are introducing young people to the Judiciary and sparking their interest in a range of careers in the courts &ndash; beyond the roles of judges and lawyers &ndash; through a national initiative called Open Doors to Careers in the Courts. A new video shows the approach, which starts with students visiting courthouses to interact with court professionals and experience the job functions that keep the wheels of justice turning.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/national-initiative-opens-doors-to-next-generation-of-court-professionals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/national-initiative-opens-doors-to-next-generation-of-court-professionals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Students Guide Tomorrow’s Leaders in Novel Civics Initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[When U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story observed a nationwide trend showing that a troubling percentage of citizens are unaware of their rights and the role of the Judiciary, he decided to take action to address this civics deficit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/law-students-guide-tomorrows-leaders-in-novel-civics-initiative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/law-students-guide-tomorrows-leaders-in-novel-civics-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cybersecurity Measures Strengthened in Light of Attacks on Judiciary’s Case Management System]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks of a sophisticated and persistent nature on its case management system. The Judiciary is also further enhancing security of the system and to block future attacks, and it is prioritizing working with courts to mitigate the impact on litigants.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cybersecurity-measures-strengthened-in-light-of-attacks-on-judiciarys-case-management-system/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cybersecurity-measures-strengthened-in-light-of-attacks-on-judiciarys-case-management-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings Rise 11.5 Percent Over Previous Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 11.5 percent in the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2025, compared with the previous year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-115-percent-over-previous-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-115-percent-over-previous-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding Crisis Leaves Defense Lawyers Working Without Pay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The program that pays court-appointed private attorneys to represent indigent federal criminal defendants has run out of money, starting the clock on a painful three-month delay in paying these attorneys and their related service providers for constitutionally mandated legal work.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/funding-crisis-leaves-defense-lawyers-working-without-pay/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/funding-crisis-leaves-defense-lawyers-working-without-pay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2024 Wiretap Report: Intercepts and Convictions Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal and state courts reported a combined 9 percent increase in authorized wiretaps in 2024, compared with 2023, according to the Judiciary&rsquo;s 2024 Wiretap Report.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2024-wiretap-report-intercepts-and-convictions-rise/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2024-wiretap-report-intercepts-and-convictions-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Public Costs of Supervision Versus Detention]]></title><description><![CDATA[For people involved in non-violent criminal cases, supervision not only presents a second chance at a productive life but saves taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars compared to the costs associated with incarceration.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-public-costs-of-supervision-versus-detention/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-public-costs-of-supervision-versus-detention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Judiciary Learning Center Opens in Boston]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Stephen G. Breyer Community Learning Center on Courts and the Constitution, which officially opened on March 25, offers civics education activities for learners of all ages and backgrounds throughout the First Circuit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-judiciary-learning-center-opens-in-boston/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-judiciary-learning-center-opens-in-boston/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial Branch Seeks $9.4 Billion in FY 2026 Budget Request]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two federal judges told Congress that the Judiciary has been negatively affected by two straight years of flat funding in most accounts, and they said a 9.3 percent increase in appropriations for the upcoming fiscal year is needed to ensure that the Judiciary can perform its essential constitutional functions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judicial-branch-seeks-94-billion-in-fy-2026-budget-request/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judicial-branch-seeks-94-billion-in-fy-2026-budget-request/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcies Rise 13.1 Percent Over Previous Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bankruptcy filings rose 13.1 percent during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2025. That is a similar rate of acceleration as in the Dec. 31, 2024, quarterly report, but new bankruptcy cases remain significantly lower than after the 2007-08 Great Recession.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcies-rise-131-percent-over-previous-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcies-rise-131-percent-over-previous-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges Bring Oral Arguments to Law School Campuses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Law students were asked to set aside their casebooks to witness &ldquo;justice in action&rdquo; as Federal Circuit judges and attorneys recently gathered for oral arguments at three North Carolina law schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-bring-oral-arguments-to-law-school-campuses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-bring-oral-arguments-to-law-school-campuses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Funding Shortfalls Adversely Affect Key Judiciary Programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A shortfall in this year&rsquo;s congressional appropriations is significantly impacting the Judiciary&rsquo;s ability to ensure security at courthouses at a time of rising threats to federal judges and impairing efforts to provide critical legal defense services to people who can&rsquo;t afford to hire lawyers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/funding-shortfalls-adversely-affect-key-judiciary-programs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/funding-shortfalls-adversely-affect-key-judiciary-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students Get Firsthand Look at Court Careers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instead of learning about the Judiciary through social media or courtroom dramas on TV, students are entering federal courthouses to engage with judges and court professionals on careers in the courts &mdash; learning valuable legal and life skills along the way.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/students-get-firsthand-look-at-court-careers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/students-get-firsthand-look-at-court-careers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Releases Workplace Conduct Report and Employee Survey Results]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal Judiciary today released the results of its first-ever employee survey exploring workplace issues, along with a new report containing recommendations for improvements aimed at achieving the Judiciary&rsquo;s goal of fostering &ldquo;an exemplary workplace.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-releases-workplace-conduct-report-and-employee-survey-results/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-releases-workplace-conduct-report-and-employee-survey-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Seeks 71 Judgeships to Meet Growing Caseloads]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Judicial Conference of the United States agreed to recommend to Congress the creation of new district and court of appeals judgeships as the Judiciary faces a worsening shortage of Article III judges and caseloads continue to mount.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-seeks-71-judgeships-to-meet-growing-caseloads/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-seeks-71-judgeships-to-meet-growing-caseloads/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Century of Service: Probation and Pretrial Services’ Impact on Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arising from humble beginnings to perform a century of service, U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services has played a pivotal role in serving the courts and protecting communities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/a-century-of-service-probation-and-pretrial-services-impact-on-justice/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/a-century-of-service-probation-and-pretrial-services-impact-on-justice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courts Need More Judgeships, Judge Tells Congress]]></title><description><![CDATA[With federal courts across the country contending with mounting caseloads, Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, urged Congress today to create new district and court of appeals judgeships to meet growing workload demands.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-need-more-judgeships-judge-tells-congress/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-need-more-judgeships-judge-tells-congress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Tool Helps Public Find Local Court Civics Resources and Programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal courts regularly engage in public outreach and civics education efforts.&nbsp;A new interactive&nbsp;civics map&nbsp;is helping the public more easily find court educational resources and civics program information nationwide.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-tool-helps-public-find-local-court-civics-resources-and-programs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-tool-helps-public-find-local-court-civics-resources-and-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings Rise 14.2 Percent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Total bankruptcy filings rose 14.2 percent, with increases in both business and non-business bankruptcies, in the twelve-month period ending Dec. 31, 2024. .&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-142-percent/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-142-percent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Confirms Positive Impact of Early Release Initiative]]></title><description><![CDATA[When a federal judge imposed two concurrent life sentences on Jerome Brough, he sat frozen in disbelief, struggling to comprehend how a non-violent drug-related offense could lead to a lifetime in prison. Yet, through determination, good fortune, and the Judiciary&rsquo;s increasing use of early release from supervision, Brough is now a free man.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/study-confirms-positive-impact-of-early-release-initiative/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/study-confirms-positive-impact-of-early-release-initiative/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it&amp;#x2019;s not sold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it&rsquo;s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-upholds-law-banning-tiktok-if-itampx2019s-not-sold/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-upholds-law-banning-tiktok-if-itampx2019s-not-sold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel upholds $6M verdict in prescription opioid addiction death]]></title><description><![CDATA[A doctor lost a bid to reverse a Cook County jury verdict awarding $6 million to the family of a 41-year-old woman who died as a result of an opioid addiction the family claimed was caused by the doctor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-upholds-6m-verdict-in-prescription-opioid-addiction-death/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-upholds-6m-verdict-in-prescription-opioid-addiction-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan defense rests, closing arguments begin next week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorneys for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan rested their case Thursday, marking the beginning of the end of the longtime Democratic powerbroker&rsquo;s corruption trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-defense-rests-closing-arguments-begin-next-week/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-defense-rests-closing-arguments-begin-next-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury awards record $24M in suit over lead poisoning of children]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury returned a $24.1 million verdict Thursday to the family of two children who allegedly developed lead poisoning while living in public housing owned by the Chicago Housing Authority.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-awards-record-24m-in-suit-over-lead-poisoning-of-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-awards-record-24m-in-suit-over-lead-poisoning-of-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — probation violation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant at a remission hearing admits via stipulation that he violated his probation, the state does not have the burden to prove that the violation occurred.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-probation-violation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-probation-violation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County judge reassigned from domestic violence cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cook County Circuit Judge Thomas E. Nowinski has been transferred from the Domestic Violence Division to the 3rd Municipal District at his own request after facing criticism over how he handled a case that resulted in the death of a woman.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-judge-reassigned-from-domestic-violence-cases/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-judge-reassigned-from-domestic-violence-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Director’s Awards Recognize 16 Employees for Leadership, Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[A total of 16 employees have received the 2024 Director&rsquo;s Awards, which recognize employees who have exemplified the core values, issues, strategies, and goals of the Judiciary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/directors-awards-recognize-16-employees-for-leadership-service/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/directors-awards-recognize-16-employees-for-leadership-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — robbery enhancement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant drove aggressively despite hazardous conditions caused by blizzard while fleeing robbery, district court did not err in applying two level recklessness enhancement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-robbery-enhancement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-robbery-enhancement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent court decisions should give lawmakers plenty to do]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the 104th Illinois General Assembly convenes and tangles over a myriad of issues large and small, the representatives and senators should consider addressing recent court decisions that have impaired the intent of legislature.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/recent-court-decisions-should-give-lawmakers-plenty-to-do/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/recent-court-decisions-should-give-lawmakers-plenty-to-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan prosecutor examines final defense witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the past three months, the judge presiding over former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s federal corruption trial has reminded jurors before each lunch break and evening recess not to discuss the case with anyone, even among themselves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-prosecutor-examines-final-defense-witness/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-prosecutor-examines-final-defense-witness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family of pedestrian killed in police chase to receive $4.5M]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $4.5 million to the family of a pedestrian who was killed by a car hit by a different car fleeing from police.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-of-pedestrian-killed-in-police-chase-to-receive-45m/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-of-pedestrian-killed-in-police-chase-to-receive-45m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago to pay $8.75M to man wrongfully convicted of murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Chicago City Council approved an $8.75 million settlement for a man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for the rape and murder of a 6-year-old boy &mdash; a crime committed by someone else.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-875m-to-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-875m-to-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago to pay $4.5M to family of pedestrian killed in police chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $4.5 million to the family of a pedestrian who was killed by a carhit by a different car fleeing from police.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-45m-to-family-of-pedestrian-killed-in-police-chase/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-45m-to-family-of-pedestrian-killed-in-police-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buchalter opens Chicago office with 15 lawyers from Robbins DiMonte]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business law firm Buchalter has opened a new office in Chicago, staffed with 15 attorneys previously employed by Robbins DiMonte Ltd., the firm announced Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/buchalter-opens-chicago-office-with-15-lawyers-from-robbins-dimonte/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/buchalter-opens-chicago-office-with-15-lawyers-from-robbins-dimonte/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump&amp;#x2019;s pick for attorney general appears at Senate confirmation hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pam Bondi, Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick for attorney general, insisted at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that the president-elect had been targeted by years of investigations and pledged that she would not &ldquo;politicize&rdquo; the Justice Department if confirmed as the country&rsquo;s chief federal law enforcement officer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trumpampx2019s-pick-for-attorney-general-appears-at-senate-confirmation-hearing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trumpampx2019s-pick-for-attorney-general-appears-at-senate-confirmation-hearing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS to hear case involving anti-pornography law, free speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Texas anti-pornography law is going before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a collision of free speech rights, regulation of online content and the protection of children.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-case-involving-anti-pornography-law-free-speech/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-case-involving-anti-pornography-law-free-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS hears case involving anti-pornography law, free speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed open to a Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing online pornography, though the justices could still send it back to a lower court for more consideration of how the age verification measure affects adults&rsquo; free-speech rights.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-hears-case-involving-anti-pornography-law-free-speech/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-hears-case-involving-anti-pornography-law-free-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge dismisses claimants&amp;#x2019; privacy rights suit against State Farm]]></title><description><![CDATA[People who submitted personal injury claims to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. after being involved in a car accident do not have a case against the company for allegedly sharing their medical information with an association that analyzes claims-related data, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-claimantsampx2019-privacy-rights-suit-against-state-farm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-claimantsampx2019-privacy-rights-suit-against-state-farm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge dismisses claimants’ privacy rights suit against State Farm]]></title><description><![CDATA[People who submitted personal injury claims to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. after being involved in a car accident do not have a case against the company for allegedly sharing their medical information with an association that analyzes claims-related data, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-claimants-privacy-rights-suit-against-state-farm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-claimants-privacy-rights-suit-against-state-farm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CTA to pay $8M to woman hit by bus]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Chicago Transit Authority must pay $8 million to a woman who sustained an ankle injury when she was hit by a CTA bus while crossing the street at a crosswalk.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cta-to-pay-8m-to-woman-hit-by-bus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cta-to-pay-8m-to-woman-hit-by-bus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago settles two suits over police corruption for $25M]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago approved two separate settlements totaling $25 million on Wednesday in federal suits over alleged police corruption.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-settles-two-suits-over-police-corruption-for-25m/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-settles-two-suits-over-police-corruption-for-25m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bondi says she won&amp;#x2019;t play politics as attorney general]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pam Bondi, Donald Trump&rsquo;s pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but also refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republican president-elect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bondi-says-she-wonampx2019t-play-politics-as-attorney-general/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bondi-says-she-wonampx2019t-play-politics-as-attorney-general/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutor accuses Madigan of not telling ‘the whole truth’]]></title><description><![CDATA[For nearly three months, government lawyers in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s federal corruption trial have tried to drill home the amount of control the longtime Democratic powerbroker wielded in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-accuses-madigan-of-not-telling-the-whole-truth/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-accuses-madigan-of-not-telling-the-whole-truth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutor accuses Madigan of not telling &amp;#x2018;the whole truth&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[For nearly three months, government lawyers in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s federal corruption trial have tried to drill home the amount of control the longtime Democratic powerbroker wielded in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-accuses-madigan-of-not-telling-ampx2018the-whole-truthampx2019/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-accuses-madigan-of-not-telling-ampx2018the-whole-truthampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — jurisdiction, FACTA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction for removed claim brought under FACTA, concurrent jurisdiction with state courts meant that district court was required to remand the case back to state court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-jurisdiction-facta/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-jurisdiction-facta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author sees end of race politics, urges focus on class inequality]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The View&rdquo; talk show recently interviewed Coleman Hughes, author of the book &ldquo;The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America&rdquo; (Penguin Random House 2024).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/author-sees-end-of-race-politics-urges-focus-on-class-inequality/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/author-sees-end-of-race-politics-urges-focus-on-class-inequality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney sanctioned for filing exhibits with nude photos of women]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge sanctioned an attorney who offered only &ldquo;a meager apology&rdquo; for filing exhibits that contained personal identifying information and nude or partially nude photos of several women.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-sanctioned-for-filing-exhibits-with-nude-photos-of-women/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-sanctioned-for-filing-exhibits-with-nude-photos-of-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel revives claim in suit over denied COVID-19 insurance]]></title><description><![CDATA[An insurance company must face a claim that it improperly denied coverage to the operators of Vi Senior Living for alleged losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-revives-claim-in-suit-over-denied-covid-19-insurance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-revives-claim-in-suit-over-denied-covid-19-insurance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alliance calls for $100M state funding boost to fight homelessness]]></title><description><![CDATA[With homelessness increasing in Illinois, a coalition of shelter providers and advocates is calling for a $100 million increase in state funding to prevent homelessness and provide shelter to people without homes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alliance-calls-for-100m-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alliance-calls-for-100m-state-funding-boost-to-fight-homelessness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — conversion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party misappropriates digital passwords and access codes, they are intangible property and cannot support a claim for conversion in Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-conversion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-conversion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts &amp;#x2014; conversion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party misappropriates digital passwords and access codes, they are intangible property and cannot support a claim for conversion in Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-conversion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-conversion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax law — deficiency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where taxpayer fraudulently overstated both his wages and his withholdings, resulting in significant IRS overpayment of refund, the U.S. Tax Court did not err in finding no issue with IRS&rsquo; notice of deficiency.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tax-law-deficiency/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tax-law-deficiency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspend attorney who lied about registration status, ARDC board says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who lied about his bar admission status to his employer and clients should be suspended for one year, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-who-lied-about-registration-status-ardc-board-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-who-lied-about-registration-status-ardc-board-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS hears TikTok case, weighs fate of Corporate Transparency Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friday was a busy day for the U.S. Supreme Court, with more than two hours of argument in the dispute that will decide the fate of TikTok and then an afternoon in conference to address petitions for certiorari.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-hears-tiktok-case-weighs-fate-of-corporate-transparency-act/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-hears-tiktok-case-weighs-fate-of-corporate-transparency-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS declines to hear appeal over climate change lawsuits]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court said Monday it won&rsquo;t hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-declines-to-hear-appeal-over-climate-change-lawsuits/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-declines-to-hear-appeal-over-climate-change-lawsuits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel tosses appeal in FOIA lawsuit filed by Zillow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moultrie County cannot appeal an order requiring it to produce records requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in a suit filed by a real estate marketplace company over claims that the county withheld its assessment files, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-appeal-in-foia-lawsuit-filed-by-zillow/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-appeal-in-foia-lawsuit-filed-by-zillow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers ease requirements for those seeking to change their name]]></title><description><![CDATA[A measure awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker&rsquo;s signature will help protect transgender people and victims of domestic violence who seek to change their names, according to its proponents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-ease-requirements-for-those-seeking-to-change-their-name/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-ease-requirements-for-those-seeking-to-change-their-name/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County judge referred to Judicial Inquiry Board over racist meme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cook County Circuit Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman was referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board for allegedly texting a racist meme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-judge-referred-to-judicial-inquiry-board-over-racist-meme/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-judge-referred-to-judicial-inquiry-board-over-racist-meme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over religious discrimination claims against airline trimmed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A judge trimmed a lawsuit accusing United Airlines Inc. of violating state and federal law by firing an employee who raised religious objections to getting the COVID-19 vaccine.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-religious-discrimination-claims-against-airline-trimmed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-religious-discrimination-claims-against-airline-trimmed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS likely to uphold federal law that could force TikTok shut down]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-likely-to-uphold-federal-law-that-could-force-tiktok-shut-down/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-likely-to-uphold-federal-law-that-could-force-tiktok-shut-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can pursue claim over ineffective counsel in sex assault case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man indicted for predatory criminal sexual assault of a child can continue with his post-conviction petition alleging he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel as he was allegedly denied the opportunity to waive his right to a jury trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-can-pursue-claim-over-ineffective-counsel-in-sex-assault-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-can-pursue-claim-over-ineffective-counsel-in-sex-assault-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers give small boost to renewable developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers this week passed a bill aimed at boosting the development of renewable energy generation, but its proponents said the final measure was a &ldquo;skinny&rdquo; version of what they had hoped to pass.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-give-small-boost-to-renewable-developments/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-give-small-boost-to-renewable-developments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jurisdiction — late notice of appeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party moved for permission to file a late notice of appeal, it must be filed within 30 days of the expiration of the period for a timely notice of appeal.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jurisdiction-late-notice-of-appeal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jurisdiction-late-notice-of-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge sentences Trump in hush money case]]></title><description><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to impose any punishment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-sentences-trump-in-hush-money-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-sentences-trump-in-hush-money-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inmate can&amp;#x2019;t pursue claims over forced medical care, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[An inmate cannot pursue claims that prison staff forcibly administered a medical procedure without his consent after an alleged suicide attempt, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/inmate-canampx2019t-pursue-claims-over-forced-medical-care-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/inmate-canampx2019t-pursue-claims-over-forced-medical-care-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘HITT Records,’ ‘Shucked’ are sure to raise spirits in winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no better antidote to the dark days of January than great performers singing memorable hits from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. Songs that you can hum along and clap your handsare sure to lift your spirits on even the darkest days.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hitt-records-shucked-are-sure-to-raise-spirits-in-winter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hitt-records-shucked-are-sure-to-raise-spirits-in-winter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three rulings show role defense can play in legal developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three recent decisions &mdash; two from the Illinois Appellate Court and one from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals &mdash; reinforce principles important for the defense of medical malpractice, construction injury and trucking cases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/three-rulings-show-role-defense-can-play-in-legal-developments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/three-rulings-show-role-defense-can-play-in-legal-developments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers advance bill to remove guns from domestic violence situations]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been 18 months since Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on Fourth of July weekend at their Chicago home, allegedly by her husband.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-advance-bill-to-remove-guns-from-domestic-violence-situations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-advance-bill-to-remove-guns-from-domestic-violence-situations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury to hear tape of Madigan saying contractors &amp;#x2018;made out like bandits&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Throughout his five-decade career in politics, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received hundreds of requests for job recommendations from a wide range of people he encountered.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-to-hear-tape-of-madigan-saying-contractors-ampx2018made-out-like-banditsampx2019/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-to-hear-tape-of-madigan-saying-contractors-ampx2018made-out-like-banditsampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge scraps Biden&amp;#x2019;s Title IX rules and expanded protections]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Biden administration&rsquo;s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president&rsquo;s authority.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-scraps-bidenampx2019s-title-ix-rules-and-expanded-protections/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-scraps-bidenampx2019s-title-ix-rules-and-expanded-protections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge lets certified nursing assistant’s overtime suit proceed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A certified nursing assistant received the go-ahead to pursue a lawsuit accusing a health care company where she used to work of violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay her overtime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-lets-certified-nursing-assistants-overtime-suit-proceed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-lets-certified-nursing-assistants-overtime-suit-proceed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free speech, national security collide in TikTok SCOTUS case]]></title><description><![CDATA[In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/free-speech-national-security-collide-in-tiktok-scotus-case/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/free-speech-national-security-collide-in-tiktok-scotus-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family law — jurisdiction during pendency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an appeal to a disposition of wardship is pending, the trial court retains jurisdiction and a duty to exercise it concerning ongoing issues relating to the case such as visitation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-jurisdiction-during-pendency/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-jurisdiction-during-pendency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case]]></title><description><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday&rsquo;s sentencing in his hush money case in New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-asks-the-supreme-court-to-block-sentencing-in-his-hush-money-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-asks-the-supreme-court-to-block-sentencing-in-his-hush-money-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel declines to revive suit over medical care at prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man cannot pursue claims that he faced allegedly negligent medical care while incarcerated, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-declines-to-revive-suit-over-medical-care-at-prison/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-declines-to-revive-suit-over-medical-care-at-prison/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can’t sue employer for racial discrimination, retaliation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who claims an unidentifiedco-worker used the N-word in reference to him while he was in a bathroom stall cannot sue his employer for discrimination, harassment and retaliation related to the incident, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-cant-sue-employer-for-racial-discrimination-retaliation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-cant-sue-employer-for-racial-discrimination-retaliation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan takes witness stand in his own defense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the last 2&frac12; months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s corruption trial has heard the longtime Democratic leader&rsquo;s voice dozens of times on wiretapped phone calls and in secretly recorded video footage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-takes-witness-stand-in-his-own-defense/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-takes-witness-stand-in-his-own-defense/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. J.B. Pritzker after he strongly supported the legislation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hemp-regulation-bill-stalls-amid-democratic-infighting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hemp-regulation-bill-stalls-amid-democratic-infighting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — self-defense jury instructions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant is charged with aggravated assault for drawing his legally-possessed weapon during an altercation, it is reversible error to refuse a request to instruct the jury on self-defense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-self-defense-jury-instructions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-self-defense-jury-instructions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan to take witness stand in his corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial &mdash; an unexpected revelation that will likely stretch the already lengthy trial into late January.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-to-take-witness-stand-in-his-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-to-take-witness-stand-in-his-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logistics service not liable for driver’s injuries, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A truck driver who was injured when he was hit by another truck cannot sue a freight broker for negligent hiring nor vicarious liability in the incident, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/logistics-service-not-liable-for-drivers-injuries-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/logistics-service-not-liable-for-drivers-injuries-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logistics service not liable for driver&amp;#x2019;s injuries, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A truck driver who was injured when he was hit by another truck cannot sue a freight broker for negligent hiring nor vicarious liability in the incident, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/logistics-service-not-liable-for-driverampx2019s-injuries-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/logistics-service-not-liable-for-driverampx2019s-injuries-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers approve bill to prioritize family members in foster care]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bill soon heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker&rsquo;s desk would direct foster care officials in Illinois to prioritize placing children with relatives.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-approve-bill-to-prioritize-family-members-in-foster-care/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-approve-bill-to-prioritize-family-members-in-foster-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Madigan aide testifies speaker had conflict of interest protocols]]></title><description><![CDATA[After more than two weeks off from the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the jury returned to the courtroom Monday for what&rsquo;s expected to be the final few days of defense witnesses before closing arguments.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-madigan-aide-testifies-speaker-had-conflict-of-interest-protocols/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-madigan-aide-testifies-speaker-had-conflict-of-interest-protocols/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court finds no property coverage for COVID business interruption]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 1st District Appellate Court recently agreed with prior case law to find that a suspension of operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic did not give rise to coverage under a commercial property insurance policy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-finds-no-property-coverage-for-covid-business-interruption/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-finds-no-property-coverage-for-covid-business-interruption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corporations &amp;#x2014; LLC registered agent of record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an LLC is dissolved, its registered agent of record retains this status for the purpose of any timely suit against the LLC.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/corporations-ampx2014-llc-registered-agent-of-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/corporations-ampx2014-llc-registered-agent-of-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Class certified in suit alleging truck drivers tagged as contractors]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge certified a class in a lawsuit accusing a logistics company of violating the Illinois Wage and Payment Collection Act by misclassifying its truck drivers as independent contractors.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/class-certified-in-suit-alleging-truck-drivers-tagged-as-contractors/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/class-certified-in-suit-alleging-truck-drivers-tagged-as-contractors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok left in limbo while awaiting decision on ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will TikTok be banned this month?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tiktok-left-in-limbo-while-awaiting-decision-on-ban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tiktok-left-in-limbo-while-awaiting-decision-on-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspend attorney for poor representation, ARDC panel says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who collected more than $15,000 in unreasonable fees after providing inadequate representation in two separate matters should be suspended, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission review board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-for-poor-representation-ardc-panel-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-for-poor-representation-ardc-panel-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over homophobic chants at Soldier Field tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four men who allege Soldier Field personnel ignored their complaints that other fans at a soccer match were harassing them with homophobic chants do not have a case under the Illinois Human Rights Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-homophobic-chants-at-soldier-field-tossed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-homophobic-chants-at-soldier-field-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over homophobic chanting at Soldier Field tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four men who allege Soldier Field personnel ignored their complaints that other fans at a soccer match were harassing them with homophobic chants do not have a case under the Illinois Human Rights Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-homophobic-chanting-at-soldier-field-tossed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-homophobic-chanting-at-soldier-field-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald’s is the latest company to roll back diversity goals]]></title><description><![CDATA[McDonald&rsquo;s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2023 decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mcdonalds-is-the-latest-company-to-roll-back-diversity-goals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mcdonalds-is-the-latest-company-to-roll-back-diversity-goals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald’s is latest company to roll back diversity goals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald&rsquo;s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mcdonalds-is-latest-company-to-roll-back-diversity-goals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mcdonalds-is-latest-company-to-roll-back-diversity-goals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter’s presidency left mark on Article III judgeships]]></title><description><![CDATA[The nation recently lost a great humanitarian in Jimmy Carter, who served one term as president, from 1977 to 1981. While Carter made no U.S. Supreme Court appointments, he did nominate two individuals to courts of appeals who would become SCOTUS justices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jimmy-carters-presidency-left-mark-on-article-iii-judgeships/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jimmy-carters-presidency-left-mark-on-article-iii-judgeships/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigration — asylum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where asylum applicant failed to show the Guatemalan government was unable or unwilling to protect her from alleged persecution, panel denied petition for review.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/immigration-asylum/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/immigration-asylum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorneys won’t face sanctions over protective order, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of attorneys do not have to face sanctions for seeking a protective order against outside statements in a lawsuit over a doctor&rsquo;s alleged sexual assault, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorneys-wont-face-sanctions-over-protective-order-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorneys-wont-face-sanctions-over-protective-order-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel finds judicial hopeful&amp;#x2019;s challenge to ballot name dispute moot]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Carbondale attorney that was seeking a circuit court judgeship in the March 2024 primary election lost a bid to reverse the Illinois State Board of Elections&rsquo; decision to remove her name from the ballot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-finds-judicial-hopefulampx2019s-challenge-to-ballot-name-dispute-moot/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-finds-judicial-hopefulampx2019s-challenge-to-ballot-name-dispute-moot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois could adopt &amp;#x2018;kin-first&amp;#x2019; approach to foster care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-could-adopt-ampx2018kin-firstampx2019-approach-to-foster-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-could-adopt-ampx2018kin-firstampx2019-approach-to-foster-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal courts won’t refer Justice Thomas to DOJ over ethics]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary&rsquo;s policymaking body said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-courts-wont-refer-justice-thomas-to-doj-over-ethics/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-courts-wont-refer-justice-thomas-to-doj-over-ethics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal courts won&amp;#x2019;t refer Justice Thomas to DOJ over ethics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary&rsquo;s policymaking body said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-courts-wonampx2019t-refer-justice-thomas-to-doj-over-ethics/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-courts-wonampx2019t-refer-justice-thomas-to-doj-over-ethics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — restitution orders]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant fails to comply with a restitution order in a criminal case, the victim has standing to bring a motion to show cause in the criminal case and seek contempt charges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-restitution-orders/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-restitution-orders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religious challenge to COVID-19 vaccine tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who turned down a job offer after being granted a temporary religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate does not have standing to pursue a lawsuit against her would-be employer or the state of Illinois, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/religious-challenge-to-covid-19-vaccine-tossed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/religious-challenge-to-covid-19-vaccine-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Private process service in Cook civil filings allowed with $5 fee]]></title><description><![CDATA[The serving process in Cook County looks a little different in the new year as a new law now allows the initial use of private process service in civil filings, but it comes at a price.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/private-process-service-in-cook-civil-filings-allowed-with-5-fee/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/private-process-service-in-cook-civil-filings-allowed-with-5-fee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prisoner litigation — denied medical care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where prisoner alleged he did not receive responses to two out of three grievances he filed related to denied medical care, and this was not contradicted by the record, district court erred in granting summary judgment under the PLRA.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prisoner-litigation-denied-medical-care/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prisoner-litigation-denied-medical-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giuliani fights to save his Yankees World Series rings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Giuliani? As Rudy Giuliani&rsquo;s life gets stripped for parts to satisfy a $148 million defamation verdict, the former New York City mayor is fighting to keep one gleaming set of sports memorabilia in the family: Yankees World Series rings bestowed to him by the team&rsquo;s late owner, George Steinbrenner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/giuliani-fights-to-save-his-yankees-world-series-rings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/giuliani-fights-to-save-his-yankees-world-series-rings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drop charges against attorney accused of lying, ARDC panel says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney accused of making false statements during his divorce proceedings should not face disciplinary sanctions, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/drop-charges-against-attorney-accused-of-lying-ardc-panel-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/drop-charges-against-attorney-accused-of-lying-ardc-panel-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief Justice Roberts defends judicial independence, says it&amp;#x2019;s under threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts issued a defense Tuesday of judicial independence, which he said is under threat from intimidation, disinformation and the prospect of public officials defying court orders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chief-justice-roberts-defends-judicial-independence-says-itampx2019s-under-threat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chief-justice-roberts-defends-judicial-independence-says-itampx2019s-under-threat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate rulings offer guidance on handling, instructing jurors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year in a trio of cases, the Illinois Appellate Court reviewed how a circuit court should handle questions from a jury during deliberations: Edson v. Horwich&cedil; 2024 IL App (1st) 221877-U; Galich v. Advocate Health and Hospital Corp., 2024 IL App (1st) 230134; and Deveny v. Lincoln Park Family Physicians, 2024 IL App (1st) 221043-U.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-rulings-offer-guidance-on-handling-instructing-jurors/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-rulings-offer-guidance-on-handling-instructing-jurors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chief Justice Roberts Issues 2024 Year-End Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has issued his 2024 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chief-justice-roberts-issues-2024-year-end-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chief-justice-roberts-issues-2024-year-end-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/small-businesses-brace-themselves-for-potentially-disruptive-tiktok-ban/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/small-businesses-brace-themselves-for-potentially-disruptive-tiktok-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel upholds defense verdict over oil spill at Barrington home]]></title><description><![CDATA[A homeowner who alleged his home was destroyed when a heating fuel tank ruptured after PetroChoice LLC negligently delivered oil to his home lost a bid to reverse a verdict in favor of the company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-upholds-defense-verdict-over-oil-spill-at-barrington-home/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-upholds-defense-verdict-over-oil-spill-at-barrington-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel uphold defense verdict over oil spill at Barrington home]]></title><description><![CDATA[A homeowner who alleged his home was destroyed when a heating fuel tank ruptured after PetroChoice LLC negligently delivered oil to his home lost a bid to reverse a verdict in favor of the company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-uphold-defense-verdict-over-oil-spill-at-barrington-home/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-uphold-defense-verdict-over-oil-spill-at-barrington-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 300 new Illinois laws take effect in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time to study up, Illinois. When the clock hits midnight on New Year&rsquo;s Day, 293 new state laws will take effect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nearly-300-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nearly-300-new-illinois-laws-take-effect-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal malpractice — failure to notice diminished capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff alleges defendants&rsquo; failure to notice client&rsquo;s diminished capacity amounted to legal malpractice, whether defendants were &ldquo;on notice&rdquo; requires a weighing of evidence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/legal-malpractice-failure-to-notice-diminished-capacity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/legal-malpractice-failure-to-notice-diminished-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge tosses court employee’s sex discrimination claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Lake County Circuit Court employee failed to show he was a victim of sex discrimination when he was demoted for purportedly harassing a co-worker during a long-running child custody dispute between the two, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-court-employees-sex-discrimination-claims/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-court-employees-sex-discrimination-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employer’s written disclaimer not automatic bar to wage claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[In employee compensation documents, how important is the fine print? What happens when glossy PowerPoint presentations are paired with sharply written legalese? The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently answered these questions in Das v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., No. 23-3209.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employers-written-disclaimer-not-automatic-bar-to-wage-claim/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employers-written-disclaimer-not-automatic-bar-to-wage-claim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2024 was about baking AI into technology services]]></title><description><![CDATA[If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2024-was-about-baking-ai-into-technology-services/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2024-was-about-baking-ai-into-technology-services/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban until after he takes office]]></title><description><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a &ldquo;political resolution&rdquo; to the issue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-delay-tiktok-ban-until-after-he-takes-office/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-delay-tiktok-ban-until-after-he-takes-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel affirms class action certification over parking receipts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cook County Circuit Court did not abuse its discretion in certifying a class action lawsuit over electronically printed parking garage receipts displaying credit card numbers, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-class-action-certification-over-parking-receipts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-class-action-certification-over-parking-receipts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge tosses doctor’s challenge over loss of license]]></title><description><![CDATA[A physician challenging the suspension of his professional license is not entitled to a second bite at the apple, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-doctors-challenge-over-loss-of-license/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-doctors-challenge-over-loss-of-license/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court upholds $5M award in verdict against Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury&rsquo;s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-upholds-5m-award-in-verdict-against-trump/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-upholds-5m-award-in-verdict-against-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — mandamus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an insurer has allegedly violated the Illinois Insurance Code, an insured plaintiff lacks standing to seek a writ of mandamus to force the Department of Insurance to enforce the Code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-mandamus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-mandamus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel affirms $4M wrongful death verdict]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of physicians and a medical center must pay $4 million to the family of a woman who died from a stroke as a result of alleged negligent care, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-4m-wrongful-death-verdict/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-4m-wrongful-death-verdict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bumpy CTA ride as business regulation is thrown into limbo]]></title><description><![CDATA[At this time of year, Chicago-area commuters often find themselves dealing with transportation issues and delays as the winter weather impacts commute times. In the last few weeks, small-business owners have faced similar issues dealing with the CTA. Not the Chicago Transit Authority, but rather the Corporate Transparency Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/a-bumpy-cta-ride-as-business-regulation-is-thrown-into-limbo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/a-bumpy-cta-ride-as-business-regulation-is-thrown-into-limbo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New 2025 laws include topics from AI in movies to rapid-fire guns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-2025-laws-include-topics-from-ai-in-movies-to-rapid-fire-guns/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-2025-laws-include-topics-from-ai-in-movies-to-rapid-fire-guns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Washington cop convicted of lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[A retired police officer in the nation&rsquo;s capital was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ex-washington-cop-convicted-of-lying-about-leaks-to-proud-boys-leader/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ex-washington-cop-convicted-of-lying-about-leaks-to-proud-boys-leader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure &amp;#x2014; postconviction petitions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant&rsquo;s postconviction petition reaches second-stage proceedings, postconviction counsel has an obligation to support any new claims made with evidence and authority.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-ampx2014-postconviction-petitions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-ampx2014-postconviction-petitions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill aims to reduce state requirements for name changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois lawmakers in early January could consider easing requirements for residents to change their names, a move proponents say will reduce risks for victims of domestic abuse, transgender residents and others.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bill-aims-to-reduce-state-requirements-for-name-changes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bill-aims-to-reduce-state-requirements-for-name-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soccer club’s trademark dispute to remain in Chicago federal court]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal trial court in Chicago has jurisdiction over three online sellers operating in China that are named as defendants in a trademark-infringement lawsuit filed by a professional soccer club, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/soccer-clubs-trademark-dispute-to-remain-in-chicago-federal-court/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/soccer-clubs-trademark-dispute-to-remain-in-chicago-federal-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regulators OK statewide electric grid upgrades, rate increases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state&rsquo;s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/regulators-ok-statewide-electric-grid-upgrades-rate-increases/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/regulators-ok-statewide-electric-grid-upgrades-rate-increases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of damages no bar to suit, court rules as it OKs class action]]></title><description><![CDATA[A plaintiff has standing to seek relief in Illinois court for alleged violation of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 despite sustaining no actual damages. That is the holding in Fausett v. Walgreen Company, 2024 IL App (2d) 230105.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lack-of-damages-no-bar-to-suit-court-rules-as-it-oks-class-action/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lack-of-damages-no-bar-to-suit-court-rules-as-it-oks-class-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois’ minimum wage to increase to $15 on Jan. 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The minimum wage in Illinois will increase to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, completing a six-year transition period since the increase was approved in 2019.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-minimum-wage-to-increase-to-15-on-jan-1/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-minimum-wage-to-increase-to-15-on-jan-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conagra loses bid to reverse $7M verdict over cooking spray incident]]></title><description><![CDATA[Food company Conagra Brands Inc. lost a bid to have a $7.1 million jury verdict against it reversed related to deep second-degree burns a woman sustained from a flash fire caused by an allegedly defective cooking spray can.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/conagra-loses-bid-to-reverse-7m-verdict-over-cooking-spray-incident/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/conagra-loses-bid-to-reverse-7m-verdict-over-cooking-spray-incident/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Administrative law &amp;#x2014; park districts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the Chicago Park District is contracted to control, maintain and operate park land they own it for the purpose of the Illinois Vehicle Code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/administrative-law-ampx2014-park-districts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/administrative-law-ampx2014-park-districts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statement of Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., Director of the AO, Regarding Veto of the JUDGES Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, issued a statement regarding the President&rsquo;s veto of S. 4199, the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statement-of-judge-robert-j-conrad-jr-director-of-the-ao-regarding-veto-of-the-judges-act/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statement-of-judge-robert-j-conrad-jr-director-of-the-ao-regarding-veto-of-the-judges-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shohei Ohtani fans bring fight over historic baseball to court]]></title><description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hit his 50th home run of the season this fall in a game against the Miami Marlins. The home run made Ohtani the first player in history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/shohei-ohtani-fans-bring-fight-over-historic-baseball-to-court/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/shohei-ohtani-fans-bring-fight-over-historic-baseball-to-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Railroad — switching facility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where Surface Transportation Board had broad discretion to determine what qualified as &ldquo;reasonable&rdquo; facility for railroad switching, and considering costs of switching was not an abuse of discretion.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/railroad-switching-facility/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/railroad-switching-facility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel nixes bid to revive woman’s medical negligence suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman attempting to sue her doctors for medical negligence for failing to discontinue medication that was allegedly causing her severe muscle pain and weakness lost a bid to revive her suit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-nixes-bid-to-revive-womans-medical-negligence-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-nixes-bid-to-revive-womans-medical-negligence-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel nixes bid to revive woman&amp;#x2019;s medical negligence suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman attempting to sue her doctors for medical negligence for failing to discontinue medication that was allegedly causing her severe muscle pain and weakness lost a bid to revive her suit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-nixes-bid-to-revive-womanampx2019s-medical-negligence-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-nixes-bid-to-revive-womanampx2019s-medical-negligence-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Robert F. Harris reflects on being a public guardian]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cook County Circuit Judge Robert F. Harris has four sons. They may not be his biological children, but he has raised them as his own.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-robert-f-harris-reflects-on-being-a-public-guardian/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-robert-f-harris-reflects-on-being-a-public-guardian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying &ldquo;hurried action&rdquo; by the House left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-vetoes-once-bipartisan-effort-to-add-66-federal-judgeships/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-vetoes-once-bipartisan-effort-to-add-66-federal-judgeships/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alderman agrees to pay $157K to constituents blocked from FB page]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago Alderman James M. Gardiner has agreed to pay $157,500 to settle a lawsuit accusing him of violating the First Amendment by suppressing dissent on his official Facebook page.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alderman-agrees-to-pay-157k-to-constituents-blocked-from-fb-page/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alderman-agrees-to-pay-157k-to-constituents-blocked-from-fb-page/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Administrative law — appellate jurisdiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where petitioner seeks to challenge an administrative decision based on a federal guilty plea, the appellate court is not the appropriate forum to reevaluate the federal decision.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/administrative-law-appellate-jurisdiction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/administrative-law-appellate-jurisdiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate review of SCOTUS ethics urges enforceable code of conduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/senate-review-of-scotus-ethics-urges-enforceable-code-of-conduct/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/senate-review-of-scotus-ethics-urges-enforceable-code-of-conduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan corruption trial breaks for holidays amid defense case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before jurors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s trial departed the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a two-week break on Thursday, they heard glowing testimony from the ex-speaker&rsquo;s former chief legal counsel &mdash; who also happens to be a sitting judge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-corruption-trial-breaks-for-holidays-amid-defense-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-corruption-trial-breaks-for-holidays-amid-defense-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge tosses teacher’s religious discrimination claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[A public school teacher who maintains he was forced to resign because he is a Christian does not have a case for religious discrimination, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-teachers-religious-discrimination-claims/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-teachers-religious-discrimination-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — statute of repose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a medical corporation is sued, the suit is subject to the four-year statute of repose from the Medical Corporations Act if the physician was duly licensed at the time of the incident.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-statute-of-repose/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-statute-of-repose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden leaves mark on judiciary but won’t match Trump imprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the waning days of the Biden administration, judges continue to be front and center, with President Joe Biden likely to exceed then-President Donald Trump&rsquo;s total Article III judge appointments of 234 during his first term. However, the Biden impact on the makeup of the judiciary likely will not be as significant ideologically as that of Trump.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-leaves-mark-on-judiciary-but-wont-match-trump-imprint/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-leaves-mark-on-judiciary-but-wont-match-trump-imprint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC unveils four-year plan, aims to provide restorative justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission is planning to start the new year with a fresh approach to lawyer misconduct and a focus on enhancing its reputation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-unveils-four-year-plan-aims-to-provide-restorative-justice/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-unveils-four-year-plan-aims-to-provide-restorative-justice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel affirms $1.96M verdict over man’s eye injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[A doctor and his medical practice must pay $1.96 million to a man who sustained a permanent eye injury as a result of allegedly negligent post-operative care, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-196m-verdict-over-mans-eye-injury/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-196m-verdict-over-mans-eye-injury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$66M awarded to family of woman who died after cosmetic procedure]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $56 million Friday to the family of a Chicago woman who died following a plastic surgery procedure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/66m-awarded-to-family-of-woman-who-died-after-cosmetic-procedure/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/66m-awarded-to-family-of-woman-who-died-after-cosmetic-procedure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory violation meets ‘injury in fact’ requirement, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman suing Walgreen Co. over alleged violations of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) has standing to continue with the suit as a class action, despite not making a claim of any &ldquo;actual injury,&rdquo; a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statutory-violation-meets-injury-in-fact-requirement-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statutory-violation-meets-injury-in-fact-requirement-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory violation meets &amp;#x2018;injury in fact&amp;#x2019; requirement, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman suing Walgreen Co. over alleged violations of the federal Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) has standing to continue with the suit as a class action, despite not making a claim of any &ldquo;actual injury,&rdquo; a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statutory-violation-meets-ampx2018injury-in-factampx2019-requirement-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statutory-violation-meets-ampx2018injury-in-factampx2019-requirement-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State lawmakers consider pension changes as new session approaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government employees hired since 2011 could be on the table when lawmakers return to Springfield in January.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-lawmakers-consider-pension-changes-as-new-session-approaches/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-lawmakers-consider-pension-changes-as-new-session-approaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel upholds $1.4M trademark infringement award]]></title><description><![CDATA[A judge did not overstep his bounds when he awarded the plaintiff in a trademark-infringement lawsuit $900,000 in punitive damages in addition to nearly $550,000 in compensatory damages and disgorged profits, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-upholds-14m-trademark-infringement-award/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-upholds-14m-trademark-infringement-award/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Courthouse Learning Center Teaches Minnesota Students About Judiciary]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal courts in Minnesota are preparing today&rsquo;s students to be the leaders of tomorrow through a new courthouse learning center in St. Paul. The Justice and Democracy Center of Minnesota is one of a growing number of civics education centers, museums, and exhibits in federal court buildings across the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-courthouse-learning-center-teaches-minnesota-students-about-judiciary/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-courthouse-learning-center-teaches-minnesota-students-about-judiciary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS to weigh bid to defund Planned Parenthood]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina&rsquo;s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest abortion-related case since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-weigh-bid-to-defund-planned-parenthood/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-weigh-bid-to-defund-planned-parenthood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecution rests in Madigan trial as defense calls witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s federal corruption trial rested their case Wednesday, followed immediately by defense attorneys calling their first witness.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecution-rests-in-madigan-trial-as-defense-calls-witness/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecution-rests-in-madigan-trial-as-defense-calls-witness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ files complaint against CVS for aiding unlawful sale of opioids]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Justice Department unsealed a civil complaint Wednesday alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries filled &ldquo;unlawful&rdquo; prescriptions in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-files-complaint-against-cvs-for-aiding-unlawful-sale-of-opioids/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-files-complaint-against-cvs-for-aiding-unlawful-sale-of-opioids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago-Kent College of Law names Jason J. Czarnezki dean]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago-Kent College of Law has named Jason J. Czarnezki its new dean, effective June 1, the university announced Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-kent-college-of-law-names-jason-j-czarnezki-dean/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-kent-college-of-law-names-jason-j-czarnezki-dean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC appoints new commissioner, review board member]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission appointed retired judge Robert C. Marsaglia to commissioner and attorney Juan R. Thomas as a review board member, effective Jan. 1, the organization announced Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-appoints-new-commissioner-review-board-member/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-appoints-new-commissioner-review-board-member/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate procedure — sentencing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant need not object to district court&rsquo;s explanation of its sentence in order to preserve the issue for de novo appellate review.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-procedure-sentencing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-procedure-sentencing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals court clears way for suit challenging rule on lawyer speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[The litigation over state versions of American Bar Association Model Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(g) continues with the recent decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cerame v. Slack, 2024 WL 503636.The Cerame plaintiffs made a pre-enforcement challenge to Connecticut&rsquo;s version of the Model Rule, Rule 8.4(7).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-court-clears-way-for-suit-challenging-rule-on-lawyer-speech/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-court-clears-way-for-suit-challenging-rule-on-lawyer-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venue rule question on Illinois high court’s January docket]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court will hear three civil cases in its January term, including a challenge to a venue rule that limits certain constitutional claims against the state to being brought only in Sangamon and Cook counties.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/venue-rule-question-on-illinois-high-courts-january-docket/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/venue-rule-question-on-illinois-high-courts-january-docket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venue rule question on Illinois high court&amp;#x2019;s January docket]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court will hear three civil cases in its January term, including a challenge to a venue rule that limits certain constitutional claims against the state to being brought only in Sangamon and Cook counties.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/venue-rule-question-on-illinois-high-courtampx2019s-january-docket/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/venue-rule-question-on-illinois-high-courtampx2019s-january-docket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS to hear arguments over law that could ban TikTok in the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company doesn&rsquo;t sell it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-arguments-over-law-that-could-ban-tiktok-in-the-us/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-arguments-over-law-that-could-ban-tiktok-in-the-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court announces artificial intelligence policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court announced its policy on artificial intelligence Wednesday, which stipulates that the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Code of Judicial Conduct &ldquo;apply fully&rdquo; to the use of AI.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-announces-artificial-intelligence-policy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-announces-artificial-intelligence-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds to rest case in Madigan trial, defense prepares to call witnesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though he wouldn&rsquo;t get a formal diagnosis of dementia until a few years &mdash; and one felony plea &mdash; later, former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo told FBI agents and government lawyers in a September 2019 interview that he had memory problems.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/feds-to-rest-case-in-madigan-trial-defense-prepares-to-call-witnesses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/feds-to-rest-case-in-madigan-trial-defense-prepares-to-call-witnesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — Gender Violence Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff alleges that defendant should have known about a co-defendant&rsquo;s alleged tortious actions, this does not amount to actual knowledge or foreseeability.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-gender-violence-act/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-gender-violence-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel won’t revive suit alleging attorney attacked plaintiff]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of self-represented litigants cannot pursue a lawsuit against Uber and a number of local attorneys alleging negligence, conspiracy and assault and battery among other claims, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-wont-revive-suit-alleging-attorney-attacked-plaintiff/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-wont-revive-suit-alleging-attorney-attacked-plaintiff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Juror surrender note does not constitute mistrial, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who hadhis left foot amputated lost a bid for a new trial in his negligence case as a state appellate panel was not convinced that it was a mistrial due to circumstances that arose during jury deliberations, including a juror submitting a surrender note.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/juror-surrender-note-does-not-constitute-mistrial-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/juror-surrender-note-does-not-constitute-mistrial-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Madigan ally contradicts past statements]]></title><description><![CDATA[A top federal prosecutor wasted no time Monday revealing to the jury in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s trial that the latest witness the government called to the stand wasn&rsquo;t there voluntarily.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-madigan-ally-contradicts-past-statements/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-madigan-ally-contradicts-past-statements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court offers guide to weighing doctors’ views in disability cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Courts face a challenging task when deciding disability benefit cases. That task is even harder with disability benefit cases brought under the ERISA law (Employee Retirement Income Security Act &mdash; 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1001, et seq.) where trials are rare.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-offers-guide-to-weighing-doctors-views-in-disability-cases/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-offers-guide-to-weighing-doctors-views-in-disability-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — injunctions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court created procedural mess by operating as if preliminary injunction was permanent injunction, appellate court vacated all existing injunctions and remanded the case for further proceedings.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-injunctions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-injunctions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney Shawn Collins remembered for devotion to family, clients]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shawn M. Collins of The Collins Law Firm in Naperville earned high marks from those who knew him for both his legal skills and the personal qualities that made him a devoted family man and a fearless warrior for justice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-shawn-collins-remembered-for-devotion-to-family-clients/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-shawn-collins-remembered-for-devotion-to-family-clients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC recommends suspension for attorney who had improper relationship]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former assistant state&rsquo;s attorney who had a sexual relationship with a woman involved in a case he was prosecuting should be suspended for three years, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-recommends-suspension-for-attorney-who-had-improper-relationship/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-recommends-suspension-for-attorney-who-had-improper-relationship/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans&amp;#x2019; trust in nation&amp;#x2019;s court system hits record low, survey finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a time of heightened political division, Americans&rsquo; confidence in their country&rsquo;s judicial system and courts dropped to a record low of 35% this year, according to a new Gallup poll.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/americansampx2019-trust-in-nationampx2019s-court-system-hits-record-low-survey-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/americansampx2019-trust-in-nationampx2019s-court-system-hits-record-low-survey-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — respondent in discovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff seeks to name a party as respondent in discovery, they are not required to show that the party could be found responsible for the tortious injury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-respondent-in-discovery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-respondent-in-discovery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritzker endorses hemp bill that would tighten regulations]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter regulation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-endorses-hemp-bill-that-would-tighten-regulations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-endorses-hemp-bill-that-would-tighten-regulations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plaintiff in wage suit plausibly alleges he was employee, judge holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A judge declined to throw out a lawsuit accusing a company that provides clients with cleaning services of violating Illinois and federal law by failing to pay a worker overtime wages.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plaintiff-in-wage-suit-plausibly-alleges-he-was-employee-judge-holds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plaintiff-in-wage-suit-plausibly-alleges-he-was-employee-judge-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justices  deny certiorari in  Hawaii 2nd Amendment case]]></title><description><![CDATA[In February, the Hawaii Supreme Court disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudene on the Second Amendment and what rights it granted. The Hawaii Supreme Court held there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justices-deny-certiorari-in-hawaii-2nd-amendment-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justices-deny-certiorari-in-hawaii-2nd-amendment-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — Rule 11 sanctions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court declined to hold hearing prior to imposing Rule 11 sanctions, hearing was not necessary because attorney intended to challenge only one of the two independent grounds for sanctions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-rule-11-sanctions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-rule-11-sanctions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC recommends suspension for judge who reversed rape conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former judge who was removed from the bench for bypassing the law to reverse a rape conviction should be suspended for two years, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-recommends-suspension-for-judge-who-reversed-rape-conviction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-recommends-suspension-for-judge-who-reversed-rape-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABC to give $15M to Trump&amp;#x2019;s presidential library to settle suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump&rsquo;s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos&rsquo; inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/abc-to-give-15m-to-trumpampx2019s-presidential-library-to-settle-suit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/abc-to-give-15m-to-trumpampx2019s-presidential-library-to-settle-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge won&rsquo;t acquit former AT&amp;T boss after trial ended in hung jury]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Thursday declined to acquit former AT&amp;T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza after his September trial on charges that he bribed ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ended in a hung jury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-wonrsquot-acquit-former-atampt-boss-after-trial-ended-in-hung-jury/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-wonrsquot-acquit-former-atampt-boss-after-trial-ended-in-hung-jury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Justice Department and the city of Louisville have reached an agreement to reform the city&rsquo;s police force after an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor and police treatment of protesters, officials said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-louisville-reach-deal-after-probe-prompted-by-breonna-taylor-killing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-louisville-reach-deal-after-probe-prompted-by-breonna-taylor-killing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — aggravated DUI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant possesses an unexpired license suspended for failure to obtain proper insurance, this is not an aggravating factor under 501(d)(1)(H) of the Illinois Vehicle Code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-aggravated-dui/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-aggravated-dui/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC panel recommends disbarring lawyer for attacks on jurists, courts]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawyer who &ldquo;displayed shockingly unprofessional conduct&rdquo; after the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission sought to make her cover the costs of disciplinary proceedings brought against her should be disbarred, the ARDC Hearing Board concluded.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-panel-recommends-disbarring-lawyer-for-attacks-on-jurists-courts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-panel-recommends-disbarring-lawyer-for-attacks-on-jurists-courts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State high court lets stand rulings in cases over arbitration, lawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court is often criticized for not taking as many cases as it did in the past. Last term it issued fewer than 60 opinions. Similarly, the Illinois Supreme Court takes fewer cases than it did before the abolition of the death penalty, but of late the court has taken fewer and fewer cases civil matters, especially tort and insurance matters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-high-court-lets-stand-rulings-in-cases-over-arbitration-lawyers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-high-court-lets-stand-rulings-in-cases-over-arbitration-lawyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Biden holds biggest single-day act of clemency]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It&rsquo;s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/president-biden-holds-biggest-single-day-act-of-clemency/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/president-biden-holds-biggest-single-day-act-of-clemency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lobbyist’s ‘loyalty’ to Madigan led him to make payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[After nearly a dozen years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tom Cullen went out on his own in 1999, building up a lengthy roster of diverse &mdash; and often high-paying &mdash; clients that kept him busy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lobbyists-loyalty-to-madigan-led-him-to-make-payments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lobbyists-loyalty-to-madigan-led-him-to-make-payments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lobbyist&amp;#x2019;s &amp;#x2018;loyalty&amp;#x2019; to Madigan led him to make payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[After nearly a dozen years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tom Cullen went out on his own in 1999, building up a lengthy roster of diverse &mdash; and often high-paying &mdash; clients that kept him busy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lobbyistampx2019s-ampx2018loyaltyampx2019-to-madigan-led-him-to-make-payments/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lobbyistampx2019s-ampx2018loyaltyampx2019-to-madigan-led-him-to-make-payments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds jail not liable in detainee’s death by suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officers at a county jail in Illinois did not violate the constitutional rights of a detainee who died by suicide, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-jail-not-liable-in-detainees-death-by-suicide/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-jail-not-liable-in-detainees-death-by-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds jail not liable in detainee&amp;#x2019;s death by suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officers at a county jail in Illinois did not violate the constitutional rights of a detainee who died by suicide, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-jail-not-liable-in-detaineeampx2019s-death-by-suicide/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-jail-not-liable-in-detaineeampx2019s-death-by-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FOIA — records]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff made a FOIA request, the subject agency is only required to produce extant records, not make new ones.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/foia-records/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/foia-records/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DePaul Law names Geoffrey Rapp dean&amp;nbsp;]]></title><description><![CDATA[DePaul University College of Law has named Geoffrey Rapp its new dean, effective July 1, the university announced Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/depaul-law-names-geoffrey-rapp-deanampnbsp/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/depaul-law-names-geoffrey-rapp-deanampnbsp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DePaul Law names Geoffrey Rapp  dean ]]></title><description><![CDATA[DePaul University College of Law has named Geoffrey Rapp its new dean, effective July 1, the university announced Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/depaul-law-names-geoffrey-rapp-dean/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/depaul-law-names-geoffrey-rapp-dean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook judge enters $3.9M verdict in fraud case over depleted trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[The beneficiaries of several trusts were awarded $3.9 million in Cook County Circuit Court over a trustee and accounting firm&rsquo;s alleged failure to inform them that they were entitled to the funds until after the accounts were significantly depleted.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-judge-enters-39m-verdict-in-fraud-case-over-depleted-trust/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-judge-enters-39m-verdict-in-fraud-case-over-depleted-trust/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County jury awards record $79M in fatal police chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded a record $79.8 million to a family that was injured in an unauthorized police chase that killed a 10-year-old girl.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-record-79m-in-fatal-police-chase/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-record-79m-in-fatal-police-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students See Their Future in the Judiciary as They Celebrate Bill of Rights Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[High school students across the country are envisioning themselves as court professionals, judges, jurors, and lawyers as they participate in a national civics initiative this month, in commemoration of Bill of Rights Day, Dec. 15.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/students-see-their-future-in-the-judiciary-as-they-celebrate-bill-of-rights-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/students-see-their-future-in-the-judiciary-as-they-celebrate-bill-of-rights-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS allows class action to proceed against microchip company Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is allowing a class-action lawsuit that accuses Nvidia of misleading investors about its past dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency to proceed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-allows-class-action-to-proceed-against-microchip-company-nvidia/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-allows-class-action-to-proceed-against-microchip-company-nvidia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — exclusionary rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant seeks to suppress evidence via the exclusionary rule, he must show evidence of police misconduct or the exclusionary rule does not apply.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-exclusionary-rule/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-exclusionary-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook jury awards $9.6M to man paralyzed in security negligence suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $9.6 million to a man who was shot and permanently paralyzed by a trespasser in his residential building after he got caught up in an altercation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-jury-awards-96m-to-man-paralyzed-in-security-negligence-suit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-jury-awards-96m-to-man-paralyzed-in-security-negligence-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author tells story of 2 realities through eyes of Native American]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently had a conversation with my 12-year-old great-nephew, Thelonious (as in Monk). During our chat, &ldquo;Monk,&rdquo; as he is called, mentioned that he discovered a podcast on YouTube about existence and nihilism. One thing about Monk, he possesses an amazing vocabulary and a vivid imagination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/author-tells-story-of-2-realities-through-eyes-of-native-american/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/author-tells-story-of-2-realities-through-eyes-of-native-american/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel OKs $1.36M verdict in medical negligence lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A medical clinic must pay $1.36 million to the estate of a woman whom it allegedly overprescribed anticoagulants to the detriment of her health, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-oks-136m-verdict-in-medical-negligence-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-oks-136m-verdict-in-medical-negligence-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acevedo, former Madigan ally, ordered to testify in corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo never had to appear in a federal courtroom between 2021 and 2022 as he was arraigned on tax evasion charges, later pleaded guilty and was then sentenced to six months in prison all via videoconference due to COVID-19.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/acevedo-former-madigan-ally-ordered-to-testify-in-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/acevedo-former-madigan-ally-ordered-to-testify-in-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trustee over Infowars auction asks court to approve The Onion’s winning bid]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trustee who oversaw the bankruptcy auction of Alex Jones&rsquo;Infowars asked a judge on Tuesday to approve The Onion&rsquo;s winning bid for the conspiracy-filled platform.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trustee-over-infowars-auction-asks-court-to-approve-the-onions-winning-bid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trustee-over-infowars-auction-asks-court-to-approve-the-onions-winning-bid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to pay $15M penalty to settle SEC charges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will pay a $15 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to four financial advisers who stole millions of dollars of advisory clients&rsquo; and brokerage customers&rsquo; funds.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/morgan-stanley-smith-barney-to-pay-15m-penalty-to-settle-sec-charges/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/morgan-stanley-smith-barney-to-pay-15m-penalty-to-settle-sec-charges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan prosecution team winding down]]></title><description><![CDATA[After an extraordinarily short day of trial Monday, jurors may only remember one detail: those high up in Gov. J.B. Pritzker&rsquo;s 2018 campaign had nicknamed then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan &mdash; &ldquo;Sphinx.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-prosecution-team-winding-down/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-prosecution-team-winding-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge laments profession’s lax attitude toward discovery deadlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some lawyers, according to U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole of the Northern District of Illinois, &ldquo;enough is never enough.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-laments-professions-lax-attitude-toward-discovery-deadlines/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-laments-professions-lax-attitude-toward-discovery-deadlines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurance — COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a business files an insurance claim under a commercial policy for loss due to regulation relating to COVID-19, the claim may be denied as it is not related to physical damage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurance-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurance-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infowars trustee asks court to approve The Onion’s winning auction bid]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trustee who oversaw the bankruptcy auction of Alex Jones&rsquo;Infowars asked a judge on Tuesday to approve The Onion&rsquo;s winning bid for the conspiracy-filled platform.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/infowars-trustee-asks-court-to-approve-the-onions-winning-auction-bid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/infowars-trustee-asks-court-to-approve-the-onions-winning-auction-bid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court nixes stacking claim,  limited bad-faith claim stays]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently rejected an insured&rsquo;s &ldquo;stacking&rdquo; claim under an automobile policy, but allowed a bad-faith claim for an insurer&rsquo;s delayed payment of benefits to stand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-nixes-stacking-claim-limited-bad-faith-claim-stays/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-nixes-stacking-claim-limited-bad-faith-claim-stays/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roberts says justices may lack ‘expertise’ for transgender case]]></title><description><![CDATA[In perhaps the most important case of the term to date, the justices of the Supreme Court seemed ready to uphold Tennessee&rsquo;s ban on gender-affirming treatments for kids.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/roberts-says-justices-may-lack-expertise-for-transgender-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/roberts-says-justices-may-lack-expertise-for-transgender-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retired Justice Thomas J. O’Brien remembered for his fairness, honesty]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retired Judge Thomas J. O&rsquo;Brien, who died Saturday at age 92 after a long illness, is being remembered for his fairness and honesty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/retired-justice-thomas-j-obrien-remembered-for-his-fairness-honesty/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/retired-justice-thomas-j-obrien-remembered-for-his-fairness-honesty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds woman entitled to $100K from ex’s life insurance policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois law that revokes the designation of a spouse as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy following a divorce does not apply retroactively, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-woman-entitled-to-100k-from-exs-life-insurance-policy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-woman-entitled-to-100k-from-exs-life-insurance-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds woman entitled to $100K from ex&amp;#x2019;s life insurance policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois law that revokes the designation of a spouse as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy following a divorce does not apply retroactively, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-woman-entitled-to-100k-from-exampx2019s-life-insurance-policy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-woman-entitled-to-100k-from-exampx2019s-life-insurance-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How should opioid settlements be spent? Those hit often don’t have a say]]></title><description><![CDATA[People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement money is being used to stem the crisis, a new analysis found.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-should-opioid-settlements-be-spent-those-hit-often-dont-have-a-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-should-opioid-settlements-be-spent-those-hit-often-dont-have-a-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How should opioid settlements be spent? Those hit often don&amp;#x2019;t have a say]]></title><description><![CDATA[People with substance abuse disorders across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement money is being used to stem the crisis, a new analysis found.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-should-opioid-settlements-be-spent-those-hit-often-donampx2019t-have-a-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-should-opioid-settlements-be-spent-those-hit-often-donampx2019t-have-a-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital found not liable in death of 2-month-old boy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury found a University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) hospital is not liable for the death of a 2-month-old boy who died a day after being discharged from the emergency room with cold and flu symptoms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hospital-found-not-liable-in-death-of-2-month-old-boy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hospital-found-not-liable-in-death-of-2-month-old-boy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — flight instruction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court erroneously gave flight instruction but defendant would have been convicted even in absence of instruction, error survived plain error review.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-flight-instruction/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-flight-instruction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Administrative law &amp;#x2014; expulsion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a student is expelled for the possession of an apparent weapon, the Board of Education has discretion to determine whether alternative interventions were appropriate or available.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/administrative-law-ampx2014-expulsion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/administrative-law-ampx2014-expulsion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — driving with a suspended license]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant is charged with driving with a suspended license under section 6-303 of the Vehicle Code, he may not raise a proportionate penalties claim citing section 6-210 of the Code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-driving-with-a-suspended-license/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-driving-with-a-suspended-license/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls detail Madigan confidant’s confoundment over land deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the last day of the General Assembly&rsquo;s spring legislative session in 2018 when veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain realized his bill wasn&rsquo;t going anywhere.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/calls-detail-madigan-confidants-confoundment-over-land-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/calls-detail-madigan-confidants-confoundment-over-land-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls detail Madigan confidant&amp;#x2019;s confoundment over land deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was the last day of the General Assembly&rsquo;s spring legislative session in 2018 when veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain realized his bill wasn&rsquo;t going anywhere.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/calls-detail-madigan-confidantampx2019s-confoundment-over-land-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/calls-detail-madigan-confidantampx2019s-confoundment-over-land-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Blue’ features beautiful music with tragic story]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Blue,&rdquo; a new opera with music by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by director Tazewell Thompson, had its final performance Dec. 1 at Lyric Opera Chicago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/blue-features-beautiful-music-with-tragic-story/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/blue-features-beautiful-music-with-tragic-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel affirms dismissal of retaliation suit against Chenoa]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former employee for the city of Chenoa cannot progress with a lawsuit alleging that he was fired in retaliation for reporting the mayor&rsquo;s alleged illegal financial activities, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-dismissal-of-retaliation-suit-against-chenoa/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-dismissal-of-retaliation-suit-against-chenoa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals court upholds law requiring sale or ban of TikTok in US]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-court-upholds-law-requiring-sale-or-ban-of-tiktok-in-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-court-upholds-law-requiring-sale-or-ban-of-tiktok-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raw cannabis odor provides cause for vehicle search, high court rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a highly anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court held Thursday that the smell of raw cannabis coming from a vehicle is sufficient to establish probable cause for an officer to conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/raw-cannabis-odor-provides-cause-for-vehicle-search-high-court-rules/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/raw-cannabis-odor-provides-cause-for-vehicle-search-high-court-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel grants new trial in car crash negligence suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who was injured in a car accident is entitled to a new trial over a circuit court&rsquo;s error in admitting hearsay statements offered through the testimony of an officer that responded to the scene of the crash, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-grants-new-trial-in-car-crash-negligence-suit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-grants-new-trial-in-car-crash-negligence-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[List of Madigan’s job recommendations was given to newly elected Pritzker]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the weeks following now-Gov. J.B. Pritzker&rsquo;s November 2018 victory over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan busied himself preparing for a new administration after years of conflict with governors of both parties.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/list-of-madigans-job-recommendations-was-given-to-newly-elected-pritzker/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/list-of-madigans-job-recommendations-was-given-to-newly-elected-pritzker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge trims suit against Foley &amp;#x26; Lardner over rescinded job offer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A law firm&rsquo;s assurance that it would support a job applicant&rsquo;s identity as an Arab Muslim woman did not amount to a &ldquo;get out of jail free&rdquo; card that would shield the woman from any consequences for actions she took related to that status, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-against-foley-ampx26-lardner-over-rescinded-job-offer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-against-foley-ampx26-lardner-over-rescinded-job-offer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge trims suit against Foley &amp; Lardner over rescinded job offer]]></title><description><![CDATA[A law firm&rsquo;s assurance that it would support a job applicant&rsquo;s identity as an Arab Muslim woman did not amount to a &ldquo;get out of jail free&rdquo; card that would shield the woman from any consequences for actions she took related to that status, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-against-foley-amp-lardner-over-rescinded-job-offer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-against-foley-amp-lardner-over-rescinded-job-offer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge rejects Boeing&amp;#x2019;s plea deal in conspiracy case stemming from crashes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Thursday rejected a deal that would have allowed Boeing to plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-rejects-boeingampx2019s-plea-deal-in-conspiracy-case-stemming-from-crashes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-rejects-boeingampx2019s-plea-deal-in-conspiracy-case-stemming-from-crashes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — motion to vacate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant fails to appear at trial because they were mistaken about whether it would be via teleconference, the trial court is not required to vacate the decision and perform a new trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-motion-to-vacate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-motion-to-vacate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizens Participation Act needs clarification in wake of rulings]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court&rsquo;s decision in Glorioso v. Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC, 2024 IL 130137, affirms its rewrite of the Citizens Participation Act, 735 ILCS 110/15, to apply to lawsuits filed &ldquo;solely&rdquo; for the purpose of chilling constitutionally protected rights and to impose a two-part test that determines whether the suit has merit and was filed for a retaliatory purpose.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/citizens-participation-act-needs-clarification-in-wake-of-rulings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/citizens-participation-act-needs-clarification-in-wake-of-rulings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arbitration — claim preclusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where question of whether prior arbitral award had claim preclusion effect was itself a question to be decided by the arbitrator and not the district court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/arbitration-claim-preclusion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/arbitration-claim-preclusion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th Circuit Judge Joel Flaum, known for diplomacy, fairness, dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Joel M. Flaum of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals never let the pressures of his judicial duties interfere with his humanity, colleagues and friends say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-judge-joel-flaum-known-for-diplomacy-fairness-dies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-judge-joel-flaum-known-for-diplomacy-fairness-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS likely to uphold Tennessee&amp;#x2019;s ban on transgender care for minors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee&rsquo;s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-likely-to-uphold-tennesseeampx2019s-ban-on-transgender-care-for-minors/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-likely-to-uphold-tennesseeampx2019s-ban-on-transgender-care-for-minors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel affirms dismissal of claims against Kendall state&amp;#x2019;s attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Kendall County state&rsquo;s attorney does not have to face a lawsuit alleging that he knowingly facilitated alleged sexual misconduct committed by a former assistant state&rsquo;s attorney, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-dismissal-of-claims-against-kendall-stateampx2019s-attorney/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-dismissal-of-claims-against-kendall-stateampx2019s-attorney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[List of Madigan&amp;#x2019;s job recommendations was given to newly elected Pritzker]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the weeks following now-Gov. J.B. Pritzker&rsquo;s November 2018 victory over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan busied himself preparing for a new administration after years of conflict with governors of both parties.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/list-of-madiganampx2019s-job-recommendations-was-given-to-newly-elected-pritzker/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/list-of-madiganampx2019s-job-recommendations-was-given-to-newly-elected-pritzker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How RFK Jr.’s health proposals could affect Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every new presidential administration comes with policy changes, but the incoming second administration of President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., could dramatically reshape the public health landscape.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-rfk-jrs-health-proposals-could-affect-illinois/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-rfk-jrs-health-proposals-could-affect-illinois/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge tosses suit over Simply Granola cereal box label]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three disgruntled consumers who maintain they received more than they expected when they opened a box of Quaker Oats&rsquo; Simply Granola cereal do not have a case against the company, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-suit-over-simply-granola-cereal-box-label/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-suit-over-simply-granola-cereal-box-label/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — petition to expunge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant files a petition to expunge their record and no timely objection is filed by the state, the state may not make arguments or question defendant in the hearing on the petition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-petition-to-expunge/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-petition-to-expunge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Title VII — religious discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where employee refused to comply with terms of vaccine exemption during COVID-19 pandemic, employer did not violate Title VII by placing employee on leave and ultimately discharging them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/title-vii-religious-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/title-vii-religious-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Ted Lasso’ provides plenty of  leadership lessons for   lawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always find it amazing that I can watch a TV show or a movie and gather information that can relate or connect to our profession. I always wonder, &ldquo;How can I use this in the future?&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ted-lasso-provides-plenty-of-leadership-lessons-for-lawyers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ted-lasso-provides-plenty-of-leadership-lessons-for-lawyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star government witness cross-examined in Madigan’s corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis spent more than 2&frac12; years living a double life as an FBI cooperating witness after agents approached him in 2016, asking him to wear a wire on his colleagues or risk being charged for multiple bribes he&rsquo;d taken while in office.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-government-witness-cross-examined-in-madigans-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-government-witness-cross-examined-in-madigans-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star government witness cross-examined in Madigan&amp;#x2019;s corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis spent more than 2&frac12; years living a double life as an FBI cooperating witness after agents approached him in 2016, asking him to wear a wire on his colleagues or risk being charged for multiple bribes he&rsquo;d taken while in office.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-government-witness-cross-examined-in-madiganampx2019s-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-government-witness-cross-examined-in-madiganampx2019s-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indiana federal jury awards $15M over injury in train collision]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal jury in Indiana awarded $15 million to an employee of Norfolk Southern Railway Co. who injured his back and shoulder when a train collided with the stationary locomotive he was in.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/indiana-federal-jury-awards-15m-over-injury-in-train-collision/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/indiana-federal-jury-awards-15m-over-injury-in-train-collision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giannoulias calls for federal audit of Kane County prosecutor’s cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four years before police said he caused a crash that killed a DeKalb County sheriff&rsquo;s deputy, Nathan Sweeney pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and having 44 grams of heroin in his car &mdash; an offense that, if properly reported to the secretary of state, should have led to the revocation of his driver&rsquo;s license and the loss of his commercial driving privileges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/giannoulias-calls-for-federal-audit-of-kane-county-prosecutors-cases/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/giannoulias-calls-for-federal-audit-of-kane-county-prosecutors-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment law — line-of-duty disability benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an officer suffers an injury and is denied reinstatement by the department based on his physical condition, he is disabled for the purpose of determining benefits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-law-line-of-duty-disability-benefits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-law-line-of-duty-disability-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS justices question block on flavored vapes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A majority of Supreme Court justices didn&rsquo;t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies as they refused to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-justices-question-block-on-flavored-vapes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-justices-question-block-on-flavored-vapes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges split over BIPA changes; SCOTUS set to hear arguments]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo of the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that amendments to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act were intended to be applied retroactively. Several days later, another Northern District judge found the opposite. At the U.S. Supreme Court, not enough justices agreed to hear a novel issue in a takings clause case, leaving the question unresolved.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-split-over-bipa-changes-scotus-set-to-hear-arguments/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-split-over-bipa-changes-scotus-set-to-hear-arguments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson &amp;#x26; Bell must pay sanctions to ex-client, appeals panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Bell Ltd. must pay sanctions to a former client for filing a lawsuit over unpaid legal fees in violation of the parties&rsquo; mandatory arbitration provision, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/johnson-ampx26-bell-must-pay-sanctions-to-ex-client-appeals-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/johnson-ampx26-bell-must-pay-sanctions-to-ex-client-appeals-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Bell must pay sanctions to ex-client, appeals panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Johnson &amp; Bell Ltd. must pay sanctions to a former client for filing a lawsuit over unpaid legal fees in violation of the parties&rsquo; mandatory arbitration provision, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/johnson-amp-bell-must-pay-sanctions-to-ex-client-appeals-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/johnson-amp-bell-must-pay-sanctions-to-ex-client-appeals-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois rolls out first phase of plan to modernize licensing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation launched a new online licensing system this fall, the first phase in a plan to modernize the management and licensing process for service providers across the state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-rolls-out-first-phase-of-plan-to-modernize-licensing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-rolls-out-first-phase-of-plan-to-modernize-licensing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First transgender attorney to argue before Supreme Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Supreme Court this week wades into the contentious issue of transgender rights, the justices will hear from an attorney with knowledge that runs deep.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-transgender-attorney-to-argue-before-supreme-court/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-transgender-attorney-to-argue-before-supreme-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — equitable tolling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where attorney missed filing deadline by failing to complete online process, mistake was garden variety excusable neglect and district court did not abuse discretion by denying request for equitable tolling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-equitable-tolling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-equitable-tolling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADA suit over jail conditions moves forward as class action]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge granted class certification in a lawsuit alleging conditions at the Cook County Department of Corrections present a danger to individuals who depend on a cane, crutch or walker for mobility.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ada-suit-over-jail-conditions-moves-forward-as-class-action/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ada-suit-over-jail-conditions-moves-forward-as-class-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADA suit against county jail moves forward as class action]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge granted class certification in a lawsuit alleging conditions at the Cook County Department of Corrections present a danger to individuals who depend on a cane, crutch or walker for mobility.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ada-suit-against-county-jail-moves-forward-as-class-action/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ada-suit-against-county-jail-moves-forward-as-class-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS to hear arguments over ban on gender-affirming care for minors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-arguments-over-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-arguments-over-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan prosecutors conclude questioning of alderman-turned-FBI mole]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day after Thanksgiving in 2018, then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis sat in powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s office to tell him what he&rsquo;d privately known for months: after 23 years in the Chicago City Council, he wasn&rsquo;t going to run for another term in the February election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-prosecutors-conclude-questioning-of-alderman-turned-fbi-mole/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-prosecutors-conclude-questioning-of-alderman-turned-fbi-mole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida man not required to face fraud suit in Illinois, judge holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit accusing a Florida man of defrauding an Illinois woman he promised to marry does not belong in the courts in this state, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/florida-man-not-required-to-face-fraud-suit-in-illinois-judge-holds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/florida-man-not-required-to-face-fraud-suit-in-illinois-judge-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County jury awards $2M to injured Metra employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded a combined $2 million verdict to two Metra employees who were injured when a passing train crashed into the stationary train they were on.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-2m-to-injured-metra-employees/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-2m-to-injured-metra-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — motion to quash service of process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a defendant filed a motion to quash service of process, they are permitted to file an answer or counterclaim, and failure to do so in a timely fashion is not a due process violation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-motion-to-quash-service-of-process/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-motion-to-quash-service-of-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to hear PEDA benefits case among 6 PLAs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to consider four civil Petition for Leave to Appeal dispositions, including interpreting the Public Employee Disability Act as it relates to withholding employment taxes and the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act in a construction contract dispute.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-to-hear-peda-benefits-case-among-6-plas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-to-hear-peda-benefits-case-among-6-plas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State watchdog uncovers at least $7.2M in PPP fraud by state employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state watchdog has identified at least $7.2 million in fraudulent claims and more than 275 instances of misconduct by state employees accused of bilking a federal program designed to help businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-watchdog-uncovers-at-least-72m-in-ppp-fraud-by-state-employees/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-watchdog-uncovers-at-least-72m-in-ppp-fraud-by-state-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former CPS teacher can proceed with discrimination, retaliation suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former Chicago Public Schools teacher can pursue a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination and retaliation, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-cps-teacher-can-proceed-with-discrimination-retaliation-suit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-cps-teacher-can-proceed-with-discrimination-retaliation-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law &amp;#x2014; one-act one-crime doctrine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant is charged with two offenses from the same act that share a felony class, minimum sentence, and term of MSR, maximum sentence determines which is more serious.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-ampx2014-one-act-one-crime-doctrine/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-ampx2014-one-act-one-crime-doctrine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claims against music company over use of ‘Limo-Jet’ in video tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A music corporation cannot be forced to come to Chicago to answer allegations that it and other defendants failed to receive permission before using footage of an automobile made from a jet fuselage in a music video, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/claims-against-music-company-over-use-of-limo-jet-in-video-tossed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/claims-against-music-company-over-use-of-limo-jet-in-video-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claims against music company over use of &amp;#x2018;Limo-Jet&amp;#x2019; in video tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A music corporation cannot be forced to come to Chicago to answer allegations that it and other defendants failed to receive permission before using footage of an automobile made from a jet fuselage in a music video, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/claims-against-music-company-over-use-of-ampx2018limo-jetampx2019-in-video-tossed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/claims-against-music-company-over-use-of-ampx2018limo-jetampx2019-in-video-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will County immune from injury suit over bridge design]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who was injured when his car hit a concrete structure on a bridge lost a bid to have his negligence lawsuit against Will County revived.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/will-county-immune-from-injury-suit-over-bridge-design/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/will-county-immune-from-injury-suit-over-bridge-design/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart becomes latest company to roll back its DEI policies]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &mdash; Walmart, the world&rsquo;s largest retailer, is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies, joining a growing list of major corporations that have done the same after coming under attack by conservative activists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/walmart-becomes-latest-company-to-roll-back-its-dei-policies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/walmart-becomes-latest-company-to-roll-back-its-dei-policies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court asked to review challenge over Illinois election law]]></title><description><![CDATA[The conservative group Judicial Watch is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case filed by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, challenging Illinois&rsquo; law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted 14 days after the election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-asked-to-review-challenge-over-illinois-election-law/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-asked-to-review-challenge-over-illinois-election-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicor not entitled to $31M in additional fees, appellate panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nicor Gas Co. is not entitled to more than $31 million in additional costs associated with various construction projects in Illinois throughout 2019, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nicor-not-entitled-to-31m-in-additional-fees-appellate-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nicor-not-entitled-to-31m-in-additional-fees-appellate-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan scolded FBI mole for bringing up ‘quid pro quo’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he received an unexpected voicemail from powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-scolded-fbi-mole-for-bringing-up-quid-pro-quo/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-scolded-fbi-mole-for-bringing-up-quid-pro-quo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois lawyers sound off on bullying in the legal profession]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the adversarial legal profession, bullying behavior can seem like a normal and even essential part of achieving success. A recent report highlights how ingrained bullying is in the profession and its impact on the personal and professional lives of lawyers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-lawyers-sound-off-on-bullying-in-the-legal-profession/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-lawyers-sound-off-on-bullying-in-the-legal-profession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Special counsel moves to abandon cases against Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump&rsquo;s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/special-counsel-moves-to-abandon-cases-against-trump/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/special-counsel-moves-to-abandon-cases-against-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS won&amp;#x2019;t hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court won&rsquo;t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-wonampx2019t-hear-challenge-to-graphic-cigarette-warning-labels/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-wonampx2019t-hear-challenge-to-graphic-cigarette-warning-labels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge hears closing arguments in Google&amp;#x2019;s monopoly case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google, already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine, is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging monopolistic conduct, this time over technology that puts online advertising in front of consumers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-hears-closing-arguments-in-googleampx2019s-monopoly-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-hears-closing-arguments-in-googleampx2019s-monopoly-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge denies motion to toss BIPA suit against Target]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to toss a lawsuit accusing Target Corp. of using its customers&rsquo; facial geometry without their permission to catch shoplifters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-motion-to-toss-bipa-suit-against-target/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-motion-to-toss-bipa-suit-against-target/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courts fill in blanks with BIPA changes, but questions remain]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Aug. 2, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 2979, amending certain provisions of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. It became effective immediately. Three months in, several aspects remain unsettled, but are beginning to be sorted out.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-fill-in-blanks-with-bipa-changes-but-questions-remain/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-fill-in-blanks-with-bipa-changes-but-questions-remain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — second refiling rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a complaint has been dismissed twice for any reason, the plaintiff has no right to refile under section 13-217 of the Code of Civil Procedure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-second-refiling-rule/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-second-refiling-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aqua Illinois customers to see bill increase in the new year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/aqua-illinois-customers-to-see-bill-increase-in-the-new-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/aqua-illinois-customers-to-see-bill-increase-in-the-new-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel reverses conviction in 2017 slaying]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who was convicted of murder based solely on eyewitness testimony should have his conviction reversed, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-reverses-conviction-in-2017-slaying/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-reverses-conviction-in-2017-slaying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors&rsquo; lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-allows-multibillion-dollar-class-action-to-proceed-against-meta/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-allows-multibillion-dollar-class-action-to-proceed-against-meta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse who refused COVID test loses bid to revive discrimination suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A health care provider did not violate the constitutional and statutory rights of a nurse when it fired her for refusing to either get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing for the virus, a federal appeals court ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nurse-who-refused-covid-test-loses-bid-to-revive-discrimination-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nurse-who-refused-covid-test-loses-bid-to-revive-discrimination-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neil Diamond musical ‘A Beautiful Noise’ electrifies at Cadillac Palace]]></title><description><![CDATA[If there is any single songwriter who has provided the soundtrack for our lives, it must be Neil Diamond, the self-described &ldquo;Jewish Elvis&rdquo; who gave us a long string of hits including &ldquo;America,&rdquo; &ldquo;Cracklin&rsquo; Rosie,&rdquo; &ldquo;Forever in Blue Jeans,&rdquo; &ldquo;Hello Again,&rdquo; &ldquo;I Am &hellip; I Said,&rdquo; &ldquo;September Morn,&rdquo; &ldquo;Shilo&rdquo; and &ldquo;Love on the Rocks.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/neil-diamond-musical-a-beautiful-noise-electrifies-at-cadillac-palace/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/neil-diamond-musical-a-beautiful-noise-electrifies-at-cadillac-palace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Shannon P. O’Malley loses retention bid, resigns from bench]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cook County Circuit Judge Shannon P. O&rsquo;Malley narrowly lost his bid for reelection to the bench, securing 57.9% of the vote, mere margins away from the 60% vote requirement to keep his seat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-shannon-p-omalley-loses-retention-bid-resigns-from-bench/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-shannon-p-omalley-loses-retention-bid-resigns-from-bench/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Shannon P. O&amp;#x2019;Malley loses retention bid, resigns from bench]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cook County Circuit Judge Shannon P. O&rsquo;Malley narrowly lost his bid for reelection to the bench, securing 57.9% of the vote, mere margins away from the 60% vote requirement to keep his seat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-shannon-p-oampx2019malley-loses-retention-bid-resigns-from-bench/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-shannon-p-oampx2019malley-loses-retention-bid-resigns-from-bench/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family can’t sue property owner over fatal fall in Illinois quarry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of a man who died as a result of falling into a quarry cannot sue the property owner for premises liability, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-cant-sue-property-owner-over-fatal-fall-in-illinois-quarry/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-cant-sue-property-owner-over-fatal-fall-in-illinois-quarry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family can&amp;#x2019;t sue property owner over fatal fall in Illinois quarry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of a man who died as a result of falling into a quarry cannot sue the property owner for premises liability, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-canampx2019t-sue-property-owner-over-fatal-fall-in-illinois-quarry/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-canampx2019t-sue-property-owner-over-fatal-fall-in-illinois-quarry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, who secretly recorded Madigan, testifies]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a month since the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan&rsquo;s federal corruption trial last heard the name of star government witness Danny Solis during opening statements.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ex-chicago-ald-danny-solis-who-secretly-recorded-madigan-testifies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ex-chicago-ald-danny-solis-who-secretly-recorded-madigan-testifies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — possession of a weapon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant has been acquitted of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon with prior felony stipulated, issue preclusion bars prosecution for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-possession-of-a-weapon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-possession-of-a-weapon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago-based firms secure $98.6M verdict in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago-based firms Romanucci &amp; Blandin and Washington Law Group were part of a trial team that obtained a $98.6 million verdict in Texas after a jury ruled in favor of the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-based-firms-secure-986m-verdict-in-texas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-based-firms-secure-986m-verdict-in-texas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US regulators seek to break up Google, force Chrome sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/us-regulators-seek-to-break-up-google-force-chrome-sale/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/us-regulators-seek-to-break-up-google-force-chrome-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State high court rules Sun-Times must face defamation suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court published nearly a dozen opinions Thursday, including a ruling on a challenge to the interpretation of the Illinois Citizen Participation Act in a defamation suit against the Chicago Sun-Times and one of its reporters over articles about a former state agency head.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-high-court-rules-sun-times-must-face-defamation-suit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-high-court-rules-sun-times-must-face-defamation-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan ally testifies he was rewarded with no-work contracts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first time Ed Moody ever took a vacation with his wife was a decade ago, marking their 25th wedding anniversary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-ally-testifies-he-was-rewarded-with-no-work-contracts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-ally-testifies-he-was-rewarded-with-no-work-contracts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial restraint is a good idea, forfeiture should be enforced]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read with interest Patrick Ekler&rsquo;s article (&ldquo;Appeals, trial courts should follow party presentation rule,&rdquo; Nov. 14) advocating courts to limit their decisions to the issues raised in the parties&rsquo; presentations. I support that idea. There is a corollary doctrine that is bothersome to some practitioners &mdash; &ldquo;relief from forfeiture.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judicial-restraint-is-a-good-idea-forfeiture-should-be-enforced/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judicial-restraint-is-a-good-idea-forfeiture-should-be-enforced/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court vacates Jussie Smollett&amp;#x2019;s conviction over hoax]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court ruled 5-0 Thursday to vacate Jussie Smollett&rsquo;s conviction for staging and falsely reporting a homophobic hate crime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-vacates-jussie-smollettampx2019s-conviction-over-hoax/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-vacates-jussie-smollettampx2019s-conviction-over-hoax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court hears arguments in trio of major cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court has taken very few civil cases of late, but the ones it has taken are monumental. This was seen last week as the state high court heard oral arguments in Petta v. Christie Holdings Co., No. 130337; Martin v. Goodrich Corp., No. 130509; and Walker v. Chasteen, No. 130288.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-trio-of-major-cases/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-trio-of-major-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge to life insurance change of beneficiaries rejected]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man&rsquo;s decision to change the beneficiaries of his life insurance policy is enforceable even though the insurer did not receive written notice of his intention until after his death, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/challenge-to-life-insurance-change-of-beneficiaries-rejected/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/challenge-to-life-insurance-change-of-beneficiaries-rejected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Joel M. Flaum Receives 2024 Devitt Award]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Joel M. Flaum, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, is the 2024 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. Flaum received the award in a Nov. 13 ceremony.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-joel-m-flaum-receives-2024-devitt-award/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-joel-m-flaum-receives-2024-devitt-award/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wiretap: Ex-ComEd CEO sought to ‘take good care’ of ‘our friend’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago businessman Juan Ochoa had heard little more than crickets in the six months since then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked for his resume in November 2017.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wiretap-ex-comed-ceo-sought-to-take-good-care-of-our-friend/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wiretap-ex-comed-ceo-sought-to-take-good-care-of-our-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wiretap: Ex-ComEd CEO sought to &amp;#x2018;take good care&amp;#x2019; of &amp;#x2018;our friend&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chicago businessman Juan Ochoa had heard little more than crickets in the six months since then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked for his resume in November 2017.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wiretap-ex-comed-ceo-sought-to-ampx2018take-good-careampx2019-of-ampx2018our-friendampx2019/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wiretap-ex-comed-ceo-sought-to-ampx2018take-good-careampx2019-of-ampx2018our-friendampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court disbars one, suspends 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court disbarred one attorney and suspended 10 in its latest disciplinary orders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-disbars-one-suspends-10/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-disbars-one-suspends-10/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court disbars 1, suspends 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court disbarred one attorney and suspended 10 in its latest disciplinary orders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-disbars-1-suspends-10/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-disbars-1-suspends-10/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTX co-founder avoids prison after cooperating in Bankman-Fried case]]></title><description><![CDATA[An apologetic FTX co-founder was sentenced Wednesday to no time in prison after a prosecutor and a federal judge praised his cooperation against Sam Bankman-Fried and his efforts to recover money for victims of the cryptocurrency fraud.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ftx-co-founder-avoids-prison-after-cooperating-in-bankman-fried-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ftx-co-founder-avoids-prison-after-cooperating-in-bankman-fried-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[East LA student walkouts of 1968 encapsulated a social justice era]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the spring of 1968, across the city of Los Angeles, 20,000 Mexican American students organized walkouts from their high schools and issued a list of demands. The students wanted the transfer of racist teachers, revised curricula that reflected the contributions of Mexicans to the country, and the banning of punishments for speaking Spanish, among other grievances.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/east-la-student-walkouts-of-1968-encapsulated-a-social-justice-era/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/east-la-student-walkouts-of-1968-encapsulated-a-social-justice-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense verdict stands over woman’s injury from childbirth]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who suffered an injury during childbirth is not entitled to a new trial over allegations that the DuPage County circuit court erred in allowing certain testimony to be heard before a jury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-verdict-stands-over-womans-injury-from-childbirth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-verdict-stands-over-womans-injury-from-childbirth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense verdict stands over woman&amp;#x2019;s injury from childbirth]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who suffered an injury during childbirth is not entitled to a new trial over allegations that the DuPage County circuit court erred in allowing certain testimony to be heard before a jury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-verdict-stands-over-womanampx2019s-injury-from-childbirth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-verdict-stands-over-womanampx2019s-injury-from-childbirth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judiciary Releases First Annual Report on the Workplace]]></title><description><![CDATA[All federal courts have put in place an effective dispute resolution plan giving employees multiple pathways to report and address workplace concerns, and an increasing number of them are opting to use the new processes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-releases-first-annual-report-on-the-workplace/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judiciary-releases-first-annual-report-on-the-workplace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sangamon County target of DOJ civil rights investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sangamon County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office is under investigation by the U. S. Department of Justice for civil rights violations, but the probe may go beyond the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sangamon-county-target-of-doj-civil-rights-investigation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sangamon-county-target-of-doj-civil-rights-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan jury sees ‘magic’ list seized during FBI search]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a sunny and mild spring afternoon in May 2019 when roughly 100 FBI agents were dispatched to the homes &mdash; and one office &mdash; of eight allies to then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-jury-sees-magic-list-seized-during-fbi-search/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-jury-sees-magic-list-seized-during-fbi-search/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge declines to toss recovering heroin addict’s ADA suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A job applicant who alleges a snack-food manufacturer withdrew a conditional offer of employment because he is a recovering heroin addict has stated a case for a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-declines-to-toss-recovering-heroin-addicts-ada-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-declines-to-toss-recovering-heroin-addicts-ada-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge declines to toss recovering heroin addict&amp;#x2019;s ADA suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A job applicant who alleges a snack-food manufacturer withdrew a conditional offer of employment because he is a recovering heroin addict has stated a case for a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-declines-to-toss-recovering-heroin-addictampx2019s-ada-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-declines-to-toss-recovering-heroin-addictampx2019s-ada-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DuPage chief judge aims to innovate as head of 18th Circuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bonnie M. Wheaton believes in thinking outside the box. As chief judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit, she plans to take that approach during her three-year term as the court&rsquo;s leader with goals to implement changes to assist litigants in DuPage County.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/dupage-chief-judge-aims-to-innovate-as-head-of-18th-circuit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/dupage-chief-judge-aims-to-innovate-as-head-of-18th-circuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay in seeking declaratory judgment triggers estoppel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently held that an insurer&rsquo;s failure to either defend an insured under a reservation or file a declaratory action to determine coverage after its denial of coverage, gave rise to an estoppel requiring the insurer to cover a settlement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/delay-in-seeking-declaratory-judgment-triggers-estoppel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/delay-in-seeking-declaratory-judgment-triggers-estoppel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — habeas procedure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court did not err in determining that prisoner could not proceed under Sec. 2241 habeas petition when he was authorized to proceed under the alternative method of Sec. 2255.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-habeas-procedure/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-habeas-procedure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC review board trims sanction recommendation against attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who filed frivolous lawsuits against the village of Tinley Park and one of its attorneys should be suspended for five months, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission review board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-review-board-trims-sanction-recommendation-against-attorney/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-review-board-trims-sanction-recommendation-against-attorney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justices weigh securities law in class-action suit against Nvidia]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court recently heard the Facebook case on risk factors and public disclosures. Last week, it was looking at investors and public companies again, this time with Nvidia and a proposed class action.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justices-weigh-securities-law-in-class-action-suit-against-nvidia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justices-weigh-securities-law-in-class-action-suit-against-nvidia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Democrats brace for second Trump term amid return to capitol]]></title><description><![CDATA[During Donald Trump&rsquo;s first term as president, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly spent much of their time enacting laws and policies in direct opposition to the conservative agenda they saw coming from the White House.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-democrats-brace-for-second-trump-term-amid-return-to-capitol/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-democrats-brace-for-second-trump-term-amid-return-to-capitol/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge dismisses BIPA suit citing revised state law]]></title><description><![CDATA[A clarification to Illinois&rsquo; biometric data privacy law made by state lawmakers earlier this year limits the size of damages that can be claimed in lawsuits over Biometric Information Privacy Act violations, a federal judge ruled last week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-bipa-suit-citing-revised-state-law/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-bipa-suit-citing-revised-state-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County jury awards $20M in medical malpractice case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $20 million to a Skokie man who fell into a coma as a result of allegedly negligent medical care.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-20m-in-medical-malpractice-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-20m-in-medical-malpractice-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church must face wrongful death suit, appellate panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A church must face a wrongful death lawsuit related to the accidental shooting of a teenage boy at one of its properties, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/church-must-face-wrongful-death-suit-appellate-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/church-must-face-wrongful-death-suit-appellate-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate procedure — collective action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where counsel failed to file written consent on behalf of plaintiffs in a collective action, there were no valid parties to appeal and it was dismissed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-procedure-collective-action/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-procedure-collective-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Need for Additional Judgeships: Litigants Suffer When Cases Linger]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a worsening shortage of Article III judges to resolve critical copyright, trademark, patent, and contract disputes, judges across the nation are faced with increasingly complex litigation and growing caseloads.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-need-for-additional-judgeships-litigants-suffer-when-cases-linger/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-need-for-additional-judgeships-litigants-suffer-when-cases-linger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel affirms gaming board’s decision in dispute over licenses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Gaming Board appropriately exercised its discretion in its decision to allow one gaming operator to place and operate video gaming terminals at certain locations over another due to licensing concerns, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-gaming-boards-decision-in-dispute-over-licenses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-gaming-boards-decision-in-dispute-over-licenses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel affirms gaming board&amp;#x2019;s decision in dispute over licenses]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Gaming Board appropriately exercised its discretion in its decision to allow one gaming operator to place and operate video gaming terminals at certain locations over another due to licensing concerns, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-gaming-boardampx2019s-decision-in-dispute-over-licenses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-gaming-boardampx2019s-decision-in-dispute-over-licenses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jurors hear wiretap of McClain describing alleged bribes]]></title><description><![CDATA[For nearly eight years, former Chicago Ald. Frank Olivo had a monthly ritual.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jurors-hear-wiretap-of-mcclain-describing-alleged-bribes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jurors-hear-wiretap-of-mcclain-describing-alleged-bribes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge weighs whether to acquit ex-AT&amp;T boss after hung jury]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paul La Schiazza, the ex-boss of AT&amp;T Illinois accused of bribing a powerful politician, could be a free man next month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-weighs-whether-to-acquit-ex-atampt-boss-after-hung-jury/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-weighs-whether-to-acquit-ex-atampt-boss-after-hung-jury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors stays during appeal ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The state of Indiana may continue to enforce a law that prohibits physicians from using medication or surgery to treat children suffering from gender dysphoria, a divided federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/indianas-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-stays-during-appeal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/indianas-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-stays-during-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction for Alex Murdaugh’s banker overturned in appeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. &mdash; The banker who prosecutors said helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money had his conviction and seven-year prison sentence overturned on appeal Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/conviction-for-alex-murdaughs-banker-overturned-in-appeal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/conviction-for-alex-murdaughs-banker-overturned-in-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction for Alex Murdaugh&amp;#x2019;s banker overturned in appeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The banker who prosecutors said helped Alex Murdaugh move millions of dollars around to avoid detection of his thefts in exchange for a share of the money had his conviction and seven-year prison sentence overturned on appeal Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/conviction-for-alex-murdaughampx2019s-banker-overturned-in-appeal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/conviction-for-alex-murdaughampx2019s-banker-overturned-in-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — JNOV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party is denied judgment notwithstanding the verdict, this denial will only be overturned where the evidence is so overwhelming that no contrary verdict based on it could stand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-jnov/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-jnov/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump names Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor after another for perceived bias against the president-elect and emphatically amplified the Republican&rsquo;s rallying cry that the criminal investigations into him are &ldquo;witch hunts.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-names-matt-gaetz-as-his-pick-for-attorney-general/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-names-matt-gaetz-as-his-pick-for-attorney-general/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star witness in Madigan trial grilled on cross-examination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before the sun rose on a cold Wednesday morning in January 2019, Fidel Marquez agreed to a life-altering assignment as a cooperating witness in a criminal case the government was building against his colleagues at electric utility Commonwealth Edison and powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-witness-in-madigan-trial-grilled-on-cross-examination/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-witness-in-madigan-trial-grilled-on-cross-examination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan to ban carbon injections near aquifers stalls in Senate]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois Senate committee hit pause on a bill to ban carbon sequestration injections near aquifers after more than an hour of debate Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plan-to-ban-carbon-injections-near-aquifers-stalls-in-senate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plan-to-ban-carbon-injections-near-aquifers-stalls-in-senate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ITLA: Intrastate forum non conveniens is outdated]]></title><description><![CDATA[A recent column by Patrick Eckler (&ldquo;How dispute over venue could open floodgates to litigation,&rdquo; Oct. 24) paints plaintiffs as shameless forum shoppers who open &ldquo;floodgates&rdquo; to more litigation. However, when the defendant successfully moves to transfer a case &mdash; most often to an adjoining county &mdash; it&rsquo;s called &ldquo;convenience,&rdquo; not forum shopping.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/itla-intrastate-forum-non-conveniens-is-outdated/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/itla-intrastate-forum-non-conveniens-is-outdated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[District must face Title IX suit over teacher’s alleged abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[DeKalb Community Unit District 428 must face Title IX claims a minor and her parents brought against it after the girl was allegedly groomed and sexually abused by a student teacher when she was in middle school.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/district-must-face-title-ix-suit-over-teachers-alleged-abuse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/district-must-face-title-ix-suit-over-teachers-alleged-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — pleading]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court erred when it required plaintiff to plead facts connected to specific legal theories to survive motion to dismiss.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-pleading/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-pleading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bar owner can’t argue he was framed for arson, federal judge rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A business owner cannot pursue a lawsuit alleging that a retired arson investigator fabricated evidence that led to his arrest for a fire set at his bar, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bar-owner-cant-argue-he-was-framed-for-arson-federal-judge-rules/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bar-owner-cant-argue-he-was-framed-for-arson-federal-judge-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals, trial courts should follow party presentation rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Given the name of this column &mdash; For the Defense &mdash; one might think that I would cheer two recent results in which justices of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled in favor of defense-aligned parties. But, as always, for everyone but the parties, the reasoning for a decision is as important as the outcome, and the process by which the court arrived at the result is critical.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-trial-courts-should-follow-party-presentation-rule/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-trial-courts-should-follow-party-presentation-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge and Intern Forge Lasting Bond Through Shared Native Heritage]]></title><description><![CDATA[In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, a new video explores the deep connection that formed between U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes and Rose Saubel, her former intern, through their shared Native American heritage.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-and-intern-forge-lasting-bond-through-shared-native-heritage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-and-intern-forge-lasting-bond-through-shared-native-heritage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warrant not needed to record activity outside suspect’s home, panel holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officers did not run afoul of the U.S. Constitution by failing to get a search warrant before continuously recording the activity outside a drug suspect&rsquo;s home, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/warrant-not-needed-to-record-activity-outside-suspects-home-panel-holds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/warrant-not-needed-to-record-activity-outside-suspects-home-panel-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warrant not needed to record activity outside suspect&amp;#x2019;s home, panel holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officers did not run afoul of the U.S. Constitution by failing to get a search warrant before continuously recording the activity outside a drug suspect&rsquo;s home, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/warrant-not-needed-to-record-activity-outside-suspectampx2019s-home-panel-holds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/warrant-not-needed-to-record-activity-outside-suspectampx2019s-home-panel-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ted Olson, former solicitor general who argued Bush recount case, dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country&rsquo;s best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died Wednesday. He was 84.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ted-olson-former-solicitor-general-who-argued-bush-recount-case-dies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ted-olson-former-solicitor-general-who-argued-bush-recount-case-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate confirms April Perry to federal trial bench in Chicago]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former assistant U.S. attorney April M. Perry will join the federal trial bench in Chicago following the U.S. Senate&rsquo;s confirmation Tuesday of her nomination as a federal judge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/senate-confirms-april-perry-to-federal-trial-bench-in-chicago/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/senate-confirms-april-perry-to-federal-trial-bench-in-chicago/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense attorneys begin cross-examining star witness in Madigan trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has spent the last week telling a federal jury how he bent over backward to accommodate hiring requests from former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-attorneys-begin-cross-examining-star-witness-in-madigan-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-attorneys-begin-cross-examining-star-witness-in-madigan-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel vacates guilty plea of man facing deportation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man facing deportation over a decades-old guilty plea for drug possession should have his plea vacated, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-vacates-guilty-plea-of-man-facing-deportation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-vacates-guilty-plea-of-man-facing-deportation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court did not err in relying on photos from pole camera in defendant&rsquo;s sentencing hearing because defendant had access to photos for more than two years before hearing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-evidence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS rejects push to move Georgia case against ex-Trump chief of staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in Georgia to federal court, where he would have argued he was immune from prosecution.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-rejects-push-to-move-georgia-case-against-ex-trump-chief-of-staff/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-rejects-push-to-move-georgia-case-against-ex-trump-chief-of-staff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raoul announces how state will spend $40M opioid settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois will receive a $40 million share of a $1.4 billion bipartisan national settlement with Kroger over the grocery chain&rsquo;s role in the opioid crisis, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced. The settlement is the latest contribution to the 2021 Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement steered by Raoul and state&rsquo;s attorneys.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/raoul-announces-how-state-will-spend-40m-opioid-settlement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/raoul-announces-how-state-will-spend-40m-opioid-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutor not entitled to absolute immunity for role in conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former Cook County assistant state&rsquo;s attorney is not entitled to absolute immunity in a lawsuit alleging he played a role in wrongfully convicting a man for murder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-not-entitled-to-absolute-immunity-for-role-in-conviction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-not-entitled-to-absolute-immunity-for-role-in-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge tosses suit over coroner&amp;#x2019;s retention of murder victim&amp;#x2019;s skull]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two brothers who allege a coroner kept their murdered sister&rsquo;s skull rather than turning it over with the rest of her remains failed to adequately state a claim for a violation of their right to due process, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-suit-over-coronerampx2019s-retention-of-murder-victimampx2019s-skull/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-suit-over-coronerampx2019s-retention-of-murder-victimampx2019s-skull/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge blocks law concerning Ten Commandments]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-blocks-law-concerning-ten-commandments/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-blocks-law-concerning-ten-commandments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPA to charge companies new &amp;#x2018;methane fee&amp;#x2019; for drilling waste]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/epa-to-charge-companies-new-ampx2018methane-feeampx2019-for-drilling-waste/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/epa-to-charge-companies-new-ampx2018methane-feeampx2019-for-drilling-waste/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assessment of motion in limine depends on category it falls into]]></title><description><![CDATA[A judge&rsquo;s rulings on motions in limine can turn a jury trial into a settlement. How? While attorneys&rsquo; motions attempt to shape the admissible evidence during trial, the judge&rsquo;s rulings determine the evidence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/assessment-of-motion-in-limine-depends-on-category-it-falls-into/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/assessment-of-motion-in-limine-depends-on-category-it-falls-into/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widow can’t sue city over CPD officer’s COVID death, judge holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[The widow of a Chicago police officer cannot sue the city of Chicago over her husband&rsquo;s death from allegedly contracting COVID-19 while on the job, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/widow-cant-sue-city-over-cpd-officers-covid-death-judge-holds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/widow-cant-sue-city-over-cpd-officers-covid-death-judge-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widow can&amp;#x2019;t sue city over CPD officer&amp;#x2019;s COVID death, judge holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[The widow of a Chicago police officer cannot sue the city of Chicago over her husband&rsquo;s death from allegedly contracting COVID-19 while on the job, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/widow-canampx2019t-sue-city-over-cpd-officerampx2019s-covid-death-judge-holds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/widow-canampx2019t-sue-city-over-cpd-officerampx2019s-covid-death-judge-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentence — drug trafficking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court did not err in accepting evidence of defendant&rsquo;s culpability for drug-overdose death, because defendant's alternate theory was not supported by evidence in the record.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentence-drug-trafficking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentence-drug-trafficking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risky business: Facebook seeks relief over SEC threat disclosure]]></title><description><![CDATA[While an election took place last Tuesday, the Supreme Court began its November oral arguments with four cases, including two on Election Day. One of the cases involved Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica data breach and disclosures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/risky-business-facebook-seeks-relief-over-sec-threat-disclosure/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/risky-business-facebook-seeks-relief-over-sec-threat-disclosure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martinez reflects on tenure as Cook County Circuit Court clerk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iris Y. Martinez said that one of the biggest challenges she faced during her term as clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County was changing the public&rsquo;s negative view of the office.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/martinez-reflects-on-tenure-as-cook-county-circuit-court-clerk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/martinez-reflects-on-tenure-as-cook-county-circuit-court-clerk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martinez reflects on tenure as clerk of Cook County Circuit Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iris Y. Martinez said that one of the biggest challenges she faced during her term as clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County was changing the public&rsquo;s negative view of the office.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/martinez-reflects-on-tenure-as-clerk-of-cook-county-circuit-court/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/martinez-reflects-on-tenure-as-clerk-of-cook-county-circuit-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harriet-tubman-posthumously-named-a-general-in-veterans-day-ceremony/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harriet-tubman-posthumously-named-a-general-in-veterans-day-ceremony/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge strikes down Illinois assault weapons ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in East St. Louis on Friday struck down Illinois&rsquo; assault weapons ban on the grounds that it violates the Second and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and issued an order barring the state from enforcing it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-strikes-down-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-strikes-down-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure &amp;#x2014; civil forfeiture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the state moves for civil forfeiture and establishes a prima facie case that the property is subject to forfeiture, the burden shifts to the claimant to establish that it is not.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-ampx2014-civil-forfeiture/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-ampx2014-civil-forfeiture/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel reinstates CPD officer&amp;#x2019;s disability benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago police officer is entitled to have her disability pension benefits for duty-related injuries reinstated, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-reinstates-cpd-officerampx2019s-disability-benefits/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-reinstates-cpd-officerampx2019s-disability-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. judge advances whistleblower claim in suit against school board]]></title><description><![CDATA[A teacher can continue her claim that she faced retaliation after reporting the alleged sexual assault and harassment of a student to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/us-judge-advances-whistleblower-claim-in-suit-against-school-board/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/us-judge-advances-whistleblower-claim-in-suit-against-school-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steppenwolf’s ‘Leroy and Lucy’ shows the devil went to spooky theater town]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re finally starting to emerge from the spooky season.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/steppenwolfs-leroy-and-lucy-shows-the-devil-went-to-spooky-theater-town/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/steppenwolfs-leroy-and-lucy-shows-the-devil-went-to-spooky-theater-town/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury sees ComEd job placement requests from Madigan co-defendant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Had they been any other job applicants, electric utility Commonwealth Edison likely wouldn&rsquo;t have given a second look to candidates who made &ldquo;politically inappropriate&rdquo; comments during an interview, failed basic screening tests or didn&rsquo;t even show up to take those tests &mdash; twice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-sees-comed-job-placement-requests-from-madigan-co-defendant/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-sees-comed-job-placement-requests-from-madigan-co-defendant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumer groups rail against Chicago gas utility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission are nearing decisions in several high-profile cases that could determine changes to utility bills for millions of Illinoisans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/consumer-groups-rail-against-chicago-gas-utility/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/consumer-groups-rail-against-chicago-gas-utility/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump&amp;#x2019;s election could assure a conservative SCOTUS majority for decades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has already appointed three Supreme Court justices. In his second term, he could well have a chance to name two more, creating a high court with a Trump-appointed majority that could serve for decades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trumpampx2019s-election-could-assure-a-conservative-scotus-majority-for-decades/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trumpampx2019s-election-could-assure-a-conservative-scotus-majority-for-decades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School district must face suit over fatal student stabbing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Springfield school district must face a wrongful death suit and negligence claims filed by the families of two students who were stabbed by another student allegedly known to be a danger before the incident occurred, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/school-district-must-face-suit-over-fatal-student-stabbing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/school-district-must-face-suit-over-fatal-student-stabbing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midfielders, justices, openness and the Illinois Appellate Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[The engine room of soccer teams is the midfield. The midfielders often cover 7 miles in a game going from offense to defense and back, initiating the attack, screening the defenders and distributing the ball as necessary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/midfielders-justices-openness-and-the-illinois-appellate-court/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/midfielders-justices-openness-and-the-illinois-appellate-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal law usurps suit over ‘natural’ bottled water, judge says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal law preempts a lawsuit accusing a bottling company of violating state consumer fraud statutes by describing spring water as &ldquo;natural&rdquo; even though it purportedly contains microplastics, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-law-usurps-suit-over-natural-bottled-water-judge-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-law-usurps-suit-over-natural-bottled-water-judge-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal law usurps suit over &amp;#x2018;natural&amp;#x2019; bottled water, judge says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal law preempts a lawsuit accusing a bottling company of violating state consumer fraud statutes by describing spring water as &ldquo;natural&rdquo; even though it purportedly contains microplastics, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-law-usurps-suit-over-ampx2018naturalampx2019-bottled-water-judge-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-law-usurps-suit-over-ampx2018naturalampx2019-bottled-water-judge-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Labor Standards Act — travel compensation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where tradesmen were dispatched to client job sites for days or weeks at a time, their overnight travel that occurred during normal work hours was compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fair-labor-standards-act-travel-compensation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fair-labor-standards-act-travel-compensation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — sanity evaluation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant requests a sanity evaluation, the evaluation is subject to doctor-patient privilege and may not be disclosed or used by the state without defendant&rsquo;s consent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-sanity-evaluation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-sanity-evaluation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to ‘keep Madigan happy’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison agreed to become a government mole in January 2019.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/comed-lobbyist-warned-fbi-mole-to-keep-madigan-happy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/comed-lobbyist-warned-fbi-mole-to-keep-madigan-happy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Cook judges referred to disciplinary board over residency concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Cook County judges were referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB) Wednesday over residency concerns that came to light in reports and judicial ratings leading up to the election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2-cook-judges-referred-to-disciplinary-board-over-residency-concerns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2-cook-judges-referred-to-disciplinary-board-over-residency-concerns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds ban on felons possessing firearms unconstitutional]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal law that prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense, a judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-ban-on-felons-possessing-firearms-unconstitutional/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-ban-on-felons-possessing-firearms-unconstitutional/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds&amp;#x2019; star witness takes stand in Madigan trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, Fidel Marquez had an expansive role that put him in charge of &ldquo;approximately 130, 135 people.&rdquo; But in June 2013, more than a year into that job, Marquez received an email about someone he was ostensibly supposed to be overseeing &mdash; but had never heard of.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fedsampx2019-star-witness-takes-stand-in-madigan-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fedsampx2019-star-witness-takes-stand-in-madigan-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds’ star witness takes stand in Madigan trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, Fidel Marquez had an expansive role that put him in charge of &ldquo;approximately 130, 135 people.&rdquo; But in June 2013, more than a year into that job, Marquez received an email about someone he was ostensibly supposed to be overseeing &mdash; but had never heard of.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/feds-star-witness-takes-stand-in-madigan-trial/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/feds-star-witness-takes-stand-in-madigan-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Davenport, Costello projected winners of appellate seats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge John C. Anderson, Justice Linda E. Davenport and attorney John F. Costello Jr. are the projected winners of Illinois&rsquo; contested appellate court elections, according to unofficial election results.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/davenport-costello-projected-winners-of-appellate-seats/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/davenport-costello-projected-winners-of-appellate-seats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County picks next state’s attorney, circuit court clerk]]></title><description><![CDATA[While most of the action surrounding the Cook County judicial races occurred during the Democratic primary election in March, Election Day brought decisions on whether dozens of judges will continue serving on the bench.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-picks-next-states-attorney-circuit-court-clerk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-picks-next-states-attorney-circuit-court-clerk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts &amp;#x2014; UCC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where there is a contract for the sale of goods more than $500, the Uniform Commercial Code applies even if no parties involved are merchants under the code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-ampx2014-ucc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-ampx2014-ucc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anderson, Davenport, Costello projected winners of appellate seats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge John C. Anderson, Justice Linda E. Davenport and attorney John F. Costello Jr. are the projected winners of Illinois&rsquo; contested appellate court elections, according to unofficial election results.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/anderson-davenport-costello-projected-winners-of-appellate-seats/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/anderson-davenport-costello-projected-winners-of-appellate-seats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electronic Filing Scam Targets Attorneys]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorneys across the country are being targeted with fake electronic filing notifications, in which emails purporting to come from the federal Judiciary&rsquo;s Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system lead recipients to a malicious website with computer viruses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/electronic-filing-scam-targets-attorneys/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/electronic-filing-scam-targets-attorneys/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UIM insurer’s setoff limited to what tortfeasor’s insurance paid]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois recently held that an automobile insurer&rsquo;s underinsured motorist coverage was triggered even though the insured recovered settlements that were paid by insurers whose limits exceeded the UIM limit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/uim-insurers-setoff-limited-to-what-tortfeasors-insurance-paid/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/uim-insurers-setoff-limited-to-what-tortfeasors-insurance-paid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials ask for patience in waiting on election results]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s Election Day in America. Voters are heading to the polls in one of the most consequential elections in American history. In a politically polarized country, potential delays in reporting results might further fuel conspiracy theories that have spread widely.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/officials-ask-for-patience-in-waiting-on-election-results/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/officials-ask-for-patience-in-waiting-on-election-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motion to suppress — false information in warrant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where detective recklessly left false information in warrant affidavit, district court&rsquo;s denial of motion to suppress was affirmed because false information was not material to finding of probable cause.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/motion-to-suppress-false-information-in-warrant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/motion-to-suppress-false-information-in-warrant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury sees evidence of pay to ousted Madigan campaigner]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime colleagues, expressing his appreciation for them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-sees-evidence-of-pay-to-ousted-madigan-campaigner/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-sees-evidence-of-pay-to-ousted-madigan-campaigner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge OKs $60M settlement in negligence suit over client funds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state court judge tentatively approved a $60 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing an investment adviser of negligence for placing his clients&rsquo; money with a movie producer who purportedly used much of the funds in a Ponzi scheme.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-oks-60m-settlement-in-negligence-suit-over-client-funds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-oks-60m-settlement-in-negligence-suit-over-client-funds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — Terry stops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an officer in a consensual encounter develops a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity the encounter transforms into a Terry stop.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-terry-stops/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-terry-stops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBA downgrades two Cook judges&amp;#x2019; ratings, cites residency among issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Chicago Bar Association backtracked on its previous positive recommendations for two Cook County judges running for retention in the Nov. 5 General Election, citing residency issues in both cases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cba-downgrades-two-cook-judgesampx2019-ratings-cites-residency-among-issues/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cba-downgrades-two-cook-judgesampx2019-ratings-cites-residency-among-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advocate to  pay $5M over ex-patient’s suicide, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advocate Health and Hospital Corp. must pay $5 million to the family of a man who committed suicide after being released from its psychiatric care, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocate-to-pay-5m-over-ex-patients-suicide-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocate-to-pay-5m-over-ex-patients-suicide-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advocate to pay $5M over ex-patient&amp;#x2019;s suicide, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Advocate Health and Hospital Corp. must pay $5 million to the family of a man who committed suicide after being released from its psychiatric care, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocate-to-pay-5m-over-ex-patientampx2019s-suicide-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocate-to-pay-5m-over-ex-patientampx2019s-suicide-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman accepts $4M over injuries from collision with state trooper]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who sustained a brain injury and permanent neck issues after her car was hit by an Illinois state trooper&rsquo;s vehicle while she was stopped on the road with a flat tire accepted a $4.25 million settlement in Cook County Circuit Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/woman-accepts-4m-over-injuries-from-collision-with-state-trooper/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/woman-accepts-4m-over-injuries-from-collision-with-state-trooper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — bankruptcy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a plaintiff&rsquo;s claim has become property of his bankruptcy estate, the dismissal of his bankruptcy revests him with the claim.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-bankruptcy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-bankruptcy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspend attorney who sent false emails, ARDC review board says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who falsified internal emails at the company where he was employed should be suspended, according to the Illinois Registration and Disciplinary Commission review &nbsp;board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-who-sent-false-emails-ardc-review-board-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-who-sent-false-emails-ardc-review-board-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS to hear case over new congressional district after election]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana&rsquo;s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-case-over-new-congressional-district-after-election/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-case-over-new-congressional-district-after-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS to hear case over new congressional district]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana&rsquo;s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-case-over-new-congressional-district/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-to-hear-case-over-new-congressional-district/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post-Chevron litigation targeting administrative state pouring in]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine and took other steps to address the administrative state, many warned of the onslaught of challenges coming. Recent reviews of dockets confirm that result. The floodgates have opened.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/post-chevron-litigation-targeting-administrative-state-pouring-in/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/post-chevron-litigation-targeting-administrative-state-pouring-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk PAC says sweepstakes winners not chosen by chance]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawyer for Elon Musk &lsquo;s political action committee told a judge in Philadelphia on Monday that the so-called winners of his $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes in swing states haven&rsquo;t won by chance but instead were selected to be paid &ldquo;spokespeople&rdquo; for the group.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/musk-pac-says-sweepstakes-winners-not-chosen-by-chance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/musk-pac-says-sweepstakes-winners-not-chosen-by-chance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hobbs Act — drug dealer robbery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant planned to rob drug dealer and his supplier, evidence was sufficient to support Hobbs Act charge and indicated that record showed that defendant took substantial steps toward completion of robbery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hobbs-act-drug-dealer-robbery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hobbs-act-drug-dealer-robbery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wiretaps show McClain arranging checks for fired Madigan loyalist]]></title><description><![CDATA[It had been a tumultuous winter and spring for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as he was forced to fire or distance himself from several top allies, three of whom were accused of sexual harassment at the height of the #MeToo movement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wiretaps-show-mcclain-arranging-checks-for-fired-madigan-loyalist/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wiretaps-show-mcclain-arranging-checks-for-fired-madigan-loyalist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical therapist’s suit over overtime pay moves forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a physical therapist who alleges her former employer forced her to put in overtime without pay by setting productivity requirements that could not be met in a 40-hour workweek.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/physical-therapists-suit-over-overtime-pay-moves-forward/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/physical-therapists-suit-over-overtime-pay-moves-forward/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical therapist&amp;#x2019;s suit over overtime pay moves forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a physical therapist who alleges her former employer forced her to put in overtime without pay by setting productivity requirements that could not be met in a 40-hour workweek.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/physical-therapistampx2019s-suit-over-overtime-pay-moves-forward/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/physical-therapistampx2019s-suit-over-overtime-pay-moves-forward/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New trial ordered over continuance denial after attorney’s illness]]></title><description><![CDATA[A restaurant being sued by Loyola University Chicago has been granted a new trial over the Cook County Circuit Court&rsquo;s failure to allow a third continuance based on the illness of the defendant&rsquo;s trial counsel immediately before trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-trial-ordered-over-continuance-denial-after-attorneys-illness/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-trial-ordered-over-continuance-denial-after-attorneys-illness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbar attorney who misused funds, ARDC hearing board says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who engaged in dishonest conduct, failed to reasonably protect his clients&rsquo; interests and misused more than $14,000 in funds should be disbarred, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disbar-attorney-who-misused-funds-ardc-hearing-board-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disbar-attorney-who-misused-funds-ardc-hearing-board-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voters to weigh in on several key judicial races in Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois voters will elect two Supreme Court justices, decide whether to elect or retain a raft of other judges and consider three advisory referenda on the ballot on Election Day Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/voters-to-weigh-in-on-several-key-judicial-races-in-illinois/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/voters-to-weigh-in-on-several-key-judicial-races-in-illinois/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voters to decide on several key judicial races in Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois voters will elect two Supreme Court justices, decide whether to elect or retain a raft of other judges and consider three advisory referenda on the ballot on Election Day Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/voters-to-decide-on-several-key-judicial-races-in-illinois/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/voters-to-decide-on-several-key-judicial-races-in-illinois/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unions lead the way on funding state elections in Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year in Illinois, there are no statewide elections. There are no fights over a Supreme Court seat. There are no constitutional amendments. At the Statehouse, more than half of general election races are uncontested.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/unions-lead-the-way-on-funding-state-elections-in-illinois/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/unions-lead-the-way-on-funding-state-elections-in-illinois/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS refuses to stop execution of South Carolina inmate]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a Black inmate whose lawyers say he is the only person on the death&rsquo;s death row convicted by a jury with no African American members.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-refuses-to-stop-execution-of-south-carolina-inmate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-refuses-to-stop-execution-of-south-carolina-inmate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury hears wiretap of McClain referring to Madigan as the ‘real client’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under the stained glass dome of the Capitol in Springfield, lobbyists often wander the building, popping into a quiet corner to make a phone call or ducking into an empty committee room to send emails.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-hears-wiretap-of-mcclain-referring-to-madigan-as-the-real-client/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-hears-wiretap-of-mcclain-referring-to-madigan-as-the-real-client/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Amendment — curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where city had legitimate concerns about public safety in the wake of officer-involved shooting, limited curfew was not a violation of plaintiffs&rsquo; First Amendment rights.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-amendment-curfew/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-amendment-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm must pay for employees&amp;#x2019; out-of-town travel time, panel holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A staffing firm that provides clients with temporary workers violated federal labor law by failing to pay the workers for the time they spent traveling to certain job assignments, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/firm-must-pay-for-employeesampx2019-out-of-town-travel-time-panel-holds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/firm-must-pay-for-employeesampx2019-out-of-town-travel-time-panel-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm must pay for employees’ out-of-town travel time, panel holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A staffing firm that provides clients with temporary workers violated federal labor law by failing to pay the workers for the time they spent traveling to certain job assignments, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/firm-must-pay-for-employees-out-of-town-travel-time-panel-holds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/firm-must-pay-for-employees-out-of-town-travel-time-panel-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courts may split over these jury verdicts, but facts drove outcome]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the decision in Arteaga v. Watson, 2024 IL (2d) 220406-U, discussed here on July 18, in which the reviewing court reversed a jury verdict awarding nothing for pain and suffering but awarding medical expenses, two decisions have since been issued that have similar facts: one in which the jury verdict was affirmed, Schonfeld v. Tortorici, 2024 IL (1st) 231585-U, and one where it was reversed, Hudson v. Basler, 2024 IL App (5th) 230331-U.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-may-split-over-these-jury-verdicts-but-facts-drove-outcome/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-may-split-over-these-jury-verdicts-but-facts-drove-outcome/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts — substantive unconscionability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where one party preprints an arbitration agreement that excludes from arbitration those cases and penalties most likely to be brought against them, it may be substantively unconscionable.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-substantive-unconscionability/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-substantive-unconscionability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-allows-virginia-to-resume-its-purge-of-voter-registrations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-allows-virginia-to-resume-its-purge-of-voter-registrations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital can’t switch venues in suit over amputation, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Bolingbrook hospital can&rsquo;t switch venues in a lawsuit over alleged medical negligence that resulted in a patient undergoing a quadruple amputation, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hospital-cant-switch-venues-in-suit-over-amputation-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hospital-cant-switch-venues-in-suit-over-amputation-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospital can&amp;#x2019;t switch venues in suit over amputation, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Bolingbrook hospital can&rsquo;t switch venues in a lawsuit over alleged medical negligence that resulted in a patient undergoing a quadruple amputation, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hospital-canampx2019t-switch-venues-in-suit-over-amputation-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hospital-canampx2019t-switch-venues-in-suit-over-amputation-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — newly discovered evidence of actual innocence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a defendant obtains an affidavit indicating actual innocence, the affidavit is newly discovered if it was unavailable at the time of trial, even if defendant knew the witness was present.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-newly-discovered-evidence-of-actual-innocence/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-newly-discovered-evidence-of-actual-innocence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costello promises transparency if elected to 3rd District seat]]></title><description><![CDATA[When 3rd District Appellate Court justice hopeful John F. Costello Jr. was a young lawyer, he vowed to himself that when he was &ldquo;older and wiser,&rdquo; he would become a judge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/costello-promises-transparency-if-elected-to-3rd-district-seat/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/costello-promises-transparency-if-elected-to-3rd-district-seat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago to pay $4M to family of man wrongfully convicted of murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $4 million to the family of a man who spent more than three decades in prison after being allegedly framed for murder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-4m-to-family-of-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-4m-to-family-of-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two issues for possible 2028 state constitutional convention]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Nov. 7, 2028, Illinoisans will decide whether to call a convention to revise the Illinois Constitution. Most of the current discussion centers on specific provisions of the current constitution: the public pension clause, limits on taxation, the judiciary and so forth.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/two-issues-for-possible-2028-state-constitutional-convention/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/two-issues-for-possible-2028-state-constitutional-convention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — fraudulent concealment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the plaintiff fails to allege that defendant has any duty to disclose, he has failed to state a claim for fraudulent concealment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-fraudulent-concealment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-fraudulent-concealment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paramedic fired for violating vaccine policy lacks standing, judge holds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago paramedic who was fired after she did not get a COVID-19 vaccine lacks standing to pursue a lawsuit accusing the city of violating her right to religious freedom, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/paramedic-fired-for-violating-vaccine-policy-lacks-standing-judge-holds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/paramedic-fired-for-violating-vaccine-policy-lacks-standing-judge-holds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel vacates murder conviction, chides judge for abuse of discretion]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County judge abused her discretion in denying to vacate a nearly 20-year-old murder conviction that was allegedly based on coerced witness statements, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-vacates-murder-conviction-chides-judge-for-abuse-of-discretion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-vacates-murder-conviction-chides-judge-for-abuse-of-discretion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Lance Peterson feels ‘well-suited’ to keep his appellate court seat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making it to the appellate court was something of a dream for 3rd District appellate Justice Lance R. Peterson, who got a taste of the job as a young lawyer clerking for the late Justice Tobias Barry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-lance-peterson-feels-well-suited-to-keep-his-appellate-court-seat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-lance-peterson-feels-well-suited-to-keep-his-appellate-court-seat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Lance Peterson feels &amp;#x2018;well-suited&amp;#x2019; to keep his appellate court seat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making it to the appellate court was something of a dream for 3rd District appellate Justice Lance R. Peterson, who got a taste of the job as a young lawyer clerking for the late Justice Tobias Barry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-lance-peterson-feels-ampx2018well-suitedampx2019-to-keep-his-appellate-court-seat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-lance-peterson-feels-ampx2018well-suitedampx2019-to-keep-his-appellate-court-seat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former exec calls Madigan’s apparent role in contract talks ‘unusual’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Edison&rsquo;s top attorney was busy preparing for the General Assembly to take up major legislation the utility had spent months negotiating when ComEd&rsquo;s top in-house lobbyist stopped by his office in late October 2011.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-exec-calls-madigans-apparent-role-in-contract-talks-unusual/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-exec-calls-madigans-apparent-role-in-contract-talks-unusual/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State, Cook County use similar arguments to defend assault weapon bans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State&rsquo;s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar arguments in recent court filings as both defend bans on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines against constitutional challenges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-cook-county-use-similar-arguments-to-defend-assault-weapon-bans/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-cook-county-use-similar-arguments-to-defend-assault-weapon-bans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High court allows national horse racing safety rules to remain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is allowing national medication and anti-doping rules for horse racing to remain in effect while a court fight likely to wind up with the justices continues.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-allows-national-horse-racing-safety-rules-to-remain/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-allows-national-horse-racing-safety-rules-to-remain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County to pay $21.7M for 7 wrongful convictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cook County will have to pay a total of $21.7 million to settle claims with seven exonerated men who were wrongfully convicted by infamous Chicago Police detective Reynaldo Guevara, whose conduct has been the centerpoint of dozens of lawsuits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-to-pay-217m-for-7-wrongful-convictions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-to-pay-217m-for-7-wrongful-convictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts — ambiguity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where contract was unambiguous and plain language did not produce results so absurd as to warrant adding in language that drafters omitted, district court correctly ruled against plaintiff in breach of contract claim.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-ambiguity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-ambiguity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago Daily Law Bulletin celebrates 170 years in business]]></title><description><![CDATA[For 170 years, we have been delivering important news and information to the Illinois legal community and we mark this milestone anniversary today by thanking you for your loyalty and trust.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-daily-law-bulletin-celebrates-170-years-in-business/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-daily-law-bulletin-celebrates-170-years-in-business/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busy times for EPA at SCOTUS; role of D.C. Circuit on docket]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency has been a frequent party before the Supreme Court in recent months. Both Chevron and Loper Bright involved the EPA. Recently, the court has considered numerous petitions for certiorari involving the same agency.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/busy-times-for-epa-at-scotus-role-of-dc-circuit-on-docket/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/busy-times-for-epa-at-scotus-role-of-dc-circuit-on-docket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel blocks new trial over damages in car-jogger crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman cannot pursue further damages in a personal injury lawsuit stemming from an incident that involved her being hit by a car while jogging, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-blocks-new-trial-over-damages-in-car-jogger-crash/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-blocks-new-trial-over-damages-in-car-jogger-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magician to present ‘The Spirit Cabinet’ in time for Halloween]]></title><description><![CDATA[I feel a special affection for the magic of Dennis Watkins. I am a sucker for his folksy approach and his stories about his magician grandfather who taught him the family business at a young age.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/magician-to-present-the-spirit-cabinet-in-time-for-halloween/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/magician-to-present-the-spirit-cabinet-in-time-for-halloween/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Davenport plans to continue appellate outreach if re-elected]]></title><description><![CDATA[If re-elected to serve on the 3rd District Appellate Court, Justice Linda E. Davenport said she plans to continue working to connect the judiciary to the public.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-davenport-plans-to-continue-appellate-outreach-if-re-elected/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-davenport-plans-to-continue-appellate-outreach-if-re-elected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[By early 2019, Mike McClain had been a fixture around the Statehouse in Springfield for the better part of 50 years, first as a Democratic lawmaker in the 1970s and then for decades as a high-profile contract lobbyist.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-hears-wiretapped-calls-of-madigan-co-defendant-longtime-friend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-hears-wiretapped-calls-of-madigan-co-defendant-longtime-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury awards $5.2B over liver damage from bottled water]]></title><description><![CDATA[A jury in Nevada has delivered a $5.2 billion award in the latest large-sum lawsuit against a former Las Vegas-based bottled water company that was found responsible for causing liver damage in customers before it was recalled from store shelves in 2021.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-awards-52b-over-liver-damage-from-bottled-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-awards-52b-over-liver-damage-from-bottled-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helland focuses on prosecutorial experience in 3rd District race]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Jason A. Helland said his nearly two decades as a prosecutor will prove advantageous if elected to the 3rd District Appellate Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/helland-focuses-on-prosecutorial-experience-in-3rd-district-race/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/helland-focuses-on-prosecutorial-experience-in-3rd-district-race/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walmart agrees to settle suit over hazardous waste for $7.5M]]></title><description><![CDATA[Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the retail giant illegally dumped batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer, toxic cleaning supplies, electronic waste, latex paints and other hazardous waste in municipal landfills throughout the state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/walmart-agrees-to-settle-suit-over-hazardous-waste-for-75m/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/walmart-agrees-to-settle-suit-over-hazardous-waste-for-75m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skarin cites experience in 3rd District appellate race]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Kenton J. Skarin said his extensive appellate experience and efficiency on the bench make him well suited to join the 3rd District Appellate Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/skarin-cites-experience-in-3rd-district-appellate-race/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/skarin-cites-experience-in-3rd-district-appellate-race/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court to hear 3 civil cases in November term]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court will hear three civil cases in its November term, including certified questions related to the Illinois Workers&rsquo; Occupational Diseases Act in a work exposure-related death.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-to-hear-3-civil-cases-in-november-term/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-to-hear-3-civil-cases-in-november-term/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How dispute over venue could open floodgates to litigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The opponents of intrastate forum non conveniens have filed an amicus brief in Piasa Armory, LLC v. Raoul, No. 130539, requesting that the state do away with the doctrine &mdash; even though this is the wrong procedure to effect such a change.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-dispute-over-venue-could-open-floodgates-to-litigation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-dispute-over-venue-could-open-floodgates-to-litigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fourth Amendment — search incident to arrest, automobile exception]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where victim made 911 call reporting defendant&rsquo;s threats to kill her mother and that defendant possessed assault rifle, and responding officer quickly corroborated facts of call, probable cause existed to arrest defendant and to search defendant&rsquo;s vehicle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fourth-amendment-search-incident-to-arrest-automobile-exception/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fourth-amendment-search-incident-to-arrest-automobile-exception/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — trial in absentia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant&rsquo;s trial has begun and he has been properly admonished, the trial court may proceed in absentia if defendant willfully fails to appear.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-trial-in-absentia/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-trial-in-absentia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ComEd exec testifies utility was set for bankruptcy before law change]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth Edison was riding out the last year of a decadelong state-mandated rate freeze, which had put the company in &ldquo;dire&rdquo; financial straits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/comed-exec-testifies-utility-was-set-for-bankruptcy-before-law-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/comed-exec-testifies-utility-was-set-for-bankruptcy-before-law-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors call ex-lawmakers to testify Madigan used power to punish]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was a day of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat at a defense table listening to opening statements in his second corruption trial in 19 months and prosecutors called their first witnesses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutors-call-ex-lawmakers-to-testify-madigan-used-power-to-punish/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutors-call-ex-lawmakers-to-testify-madigan-used-power-to-punish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property &amp;#x2014; tax purchaser]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a tax purchaser has attempted to serve notice in accordance with the Property Tax Code, the purchaser is not obligated to conduct additional broad searches for the property owner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/property-ampx2014-tax-purchaser/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/property-ampx2014-tax-purchaser/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is insured-versus-insured bar in D&amp;O policy an improper clause?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Section 541(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that &ldquo;an interest of the debtor in property becomes property of the estate &hellip; notwithstanding any provision in an agreement&rdquo; that says a debtor forfeits its interest in property upon filing for bankruptcy protection. This provision bars clauses that would otherwise allow debtors and creditors to carve some of the debtor&rsquo;s property out of the bankruptcy estate and thereby avoid, at least in part, the Bankruptcy Code&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/is-insured-versus-insured-bar-in-dampo-policy-an-improper-clause/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/is-insured-versus-insured-bar-in-dampo-policy-an-improper-clause/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Amendment lawyer and former AP counsel dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Richard N. Winfield, a leading U.S. First Amendment lawyer who represented The Associated Press for three decades and championed freedom of expression for journalists around the world, died on Tuesday. He was 91.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-amendment-lawyer-and-former-ap-counsel-dies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-amendment-lawyer-and-former-ap-counsel-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel rules in favor of insurers in case over EPA costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A packaging company is not entitled to additional insurance coverage for cleanup fees it owed to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) related to pollution cleanup on one of its properties, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-rules-in-favor-of-insurers-in-case-over-epa-costs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-rules-in-favor-of-insurers-in-case-over-epa-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Airlines fined $50M over mishandling of disabled passengers]]></title><description><![CDATA[DALLAS &mdash; The U.S. government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/american-airlines-fined-50m-over-mishandling-of-disabled-passengers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/american-airlines-fined-50m-over-mishandling-of-disabled-passengers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — contributory negligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant asserts the plaintiff invitee chose to involve herself in an altercation involving their party, this does not provide an affirmative defense of contributory negligence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-contributory-negligence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-contributory-negligence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plaintiff can pursue claims against deceased defendant&amp;#x2019;s estate]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman can transfer a negligence lawsuit to the special representative of a deceased defendant&rsquo;s estate in a case involving a car accident, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plaintiff-can-pursue-claims-against-deceased-defendantampx2019s-estate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plaintiff-can-pursue-claims-against-deceased-defendantampx2019s-estate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NBA teams may face the music in suits over misuse of songs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great sports highlights look even better when they&rsquo;re set to music. Popular music is a vital part of crafting compelling sports marketing content because it appeals to specific demographics, energizes fans and sets a mood.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nba-teams-may-face-the-music-in-suits-over-misuse-of-songs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/nba-teams-may-face-the-music-in-suits-over-misuse-of-songs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury hears opening statements in Madigan’s corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a hot Tuesday in July 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan met with then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis at the speaker&rsquo;s law offices in a high-rise building at the heart of downtown Chicago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-hears-opening-statements-in-madigans-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-hears-opening-statements-in-madigans-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fired man can pursue religious discrimination claims over DEI training]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former employee of a Chicago-based technology company can continue to pursue some religious discrimination claims over his termination after voicing issues he had with the company about sexuality in the workplace, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fired-man-can-pursue-religious-discrimination-claims-over-dei-training/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fired-man-can-pursue-religious-discrimination-claims-over-dei-training/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[17th District looms large in tight battle for U.S. House]]></title><description><![CDATA[With less than three weeks remaining before voting ends in the 2024 election, polls have been showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump running virtually neck-and-neck, especially in &ldquo;battleground&rdquo; states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/17th-district-looms-large-in-tight-battle-for-us-house/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/17th-district-looms-large-in-tight-battle-for-us-house/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court won&amp;#x2019;t revive Michael Cohen&amp;#x2019;s suit against Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Michael Cohen, who wanted to hold his former boss ex-president Donald Trump liable for a jailing he said was retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-wonampx2019t-revive-michael-cohenampx2019s-suit-against-trump/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-wonampx2019t-revive-michael-cohenampx2019s-suit-against-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS directs appeals court to take fresh look at weapons case]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Second Amendment language encompassed all adult Americans. Last week, however, the Supreme Court granted certiorari and sent the case back for review.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-directs-appeals-court-to-take-fresh-look-at-weapons-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-directs-appeals-court-to-take-fresh-look-at-weapons-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury paves way for 2 Live Crew to retake control of records]]></title><description><![CDATA[Miami&rsquo;s 2 Live Crew helped redraw the legal landscape around what hip-hop could be, pushing the boundaries of free speech and taste with their provocative and sexually explicit recordings that led to landmark court decisions protecting the rights of artists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-paves-way-for-2-live-crew-to-retake-control-of-records/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-paves-way-for-2-live-crew-to-retake-control-of-records/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High court rules in nursing home’s favor over COVID-19 suits]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Geneva nursing home facing several lawsuits filed by family members of residents who died of COVID-19 may be immune from some negligence claims,the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-rules-in-nursing-homes-favor-over-covid-19-suits/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-rules-in-nursing-homes-favor-over-covid-19-suits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge tosses former general counsel’s defamation suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney does not have a defamation case against a media company that reported on his departure as general counsel of the global real estate services firm Cushman &amp; Wakefield Inc., a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-former-general-counsels-defamation-suit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-former-general-counsels-defamation-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don Schiller remembered as ‘elegant but fierce’ family law advocate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prominent Chicago family law attorney Donald C. Schiller was instrumental in shaping how the modern family law firm operates today.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/don-schiller-remembered-as-elegant-but-fierce-family-law-advocate/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/don-schiller-remembered-as-elegant-but-fierce-family-law-advocate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don Schiller remembered as &amp;#x2018;elegant but fierce&amp;#x2019; family law advocate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prominent Chicago family law attorney Donald C. Schiller was instrumental in shaping how the modern family law firm operates today.&nbsp;Schiller, who retired last year, died Friday at age 81.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/don-schiller-remembered-as-ampx2018elegant-but-fierceampx2019-family-law-advocate/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/don-schiller-remembered-as-ampx2018elegant-but-fierceampx2019-family-law-advocate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure &amp;#x2014; due process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant presents a petition to the court of claims and it rules solely on an issue not present in the petition, defendant&rsquo;s due process rights have been violated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-ampx2014-due-process/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-ampx2014-due-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel tosses professor’s suit against university]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Western Illinois University professor who was denied tenure after suffering a traumatic brain injury does not have a case against the school under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-professors-suit-against-university/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-professors-suit-against-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel tosses professor&amp;#x2019;s suit against university]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Western Illinois University professor who was denied tenure after suffering a traumatic brain injury does not have a case against the school under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-professorampx2019s-suit-against-university/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-professorampx2019s-suit-against-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Krieg DeVault to merge with Chicago-based Fuchs &amp; Roselli]]></title><description><![CDATA[Krieg DeVault LLP will merge with Chicago-based Fuchs &amp; Roselli Ltd., effective Jan. 1, the firm announced Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/krieg-devault-to-merge-with-chicago-based-fuchs-amp-roselli/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/krieg-devault-to-merge-with-chicago-based-fuchs-amp-roselli/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan goes to trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a late October day in Springfield nearly five years ago, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exited a private caucus meeting and strode up to a group of waiting reporters in one of the state Capitol&rsquo;s vast marble halls.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-goes-to-trial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-illinois-house-speaker-michael-madigan-goes-to-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge delays order in Google&amp;#x2019;s antitrust case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Friday delayed an order requiring Google to open up its Android app store to more competition until an appeals court decides whether to block the shake-up because of legal questions surrounding a jury&rsquo;s verdict that branded Google as an illegal monopolist.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-delays-order-in-googleampx2019s-antitrust-case/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-delays-order-in-googleampx2019s-antitrust-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence — foreign public documents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where government introduced copy of birth certificate to prove that defendant was aware that individual he had sex with in the Philippines was a minor, document and attestation met FRE requirements for admission.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-foreign-public-documents/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-foreign-public-documents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS sounds off on pollution regulations for coal-fired power plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Biden administration regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges play out.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-sounds-off-on-pollution-regulations-for-coal-fired-power-plants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-sounds-off-on-pollution-regulations-for-coal-fired-power-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RTX agrees to pay more than $950M to resolve bribery, fraud claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[RTX Corporation, the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, agreed Wednesday to pay more than $950 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government and paid bribes to secure business with Qatar.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rtx-agrees-to-pay-more-than-950m-to-resolve-bribery-fraud-claims/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rtx-agrees-to-pay-more-than-950m-to-resolve-bribery-fraud-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel rejects First Amendment challenge to city curfew]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Milwaukee suburb did not violate protestors&rsquo; constitutional rights by imposing a five-night curfew that went into effect after prosecutors announced they were not charging a police officer in the shooting death of a Black teen, a federal appeals court ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-rejects-first-amendment-challenge-to-city-curfew/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-rejects-first-amendment-challenge-to-city-curfew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courts weigh jurisdiction in pair of instructive appellate cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ensuring that the reviewing court has jurisdiction over an appeal is fundamental to appellate practice. Two recent cases, one in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and one before the Illinois Appellate Court, had significant jurisdictional issues &mdash; so much so that one appeal has been dismissed and, following oral argument, the other certainly might be.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-weigh-jurisdiction-in-pair-of-instructive-appellate-cases/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/courts-weigh-jurisdiction-in-pair-of-instructive-appellate-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church agrees to pay $880M to victims of clergy sexual abuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was announced Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/church-agrees-to-pay-880m-to-victims-of-clergy-sexual-abuse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/church-agrees-to-pay-880m-to-victims-of-clergy-sexual-abuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits — denial of request to renew]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party files a request to renew benefits, a denial of this request is not a disposition, and therefore does not require written notice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/benefits-denial-of-request-to-renew/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/benefits-denial-of-request-to-renew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges Make Classroom Visits to Speak with Students About Life and the Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judges are engaging with students to teach them valuable legal and life skills through the Judiciary&rsquo;s Candid Conversations program.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-make-classroom-visits-to-speak-with-students-about-life-and-the-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judges-make-classroom-visits-to-speak-with-students-about-life-and-the-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge in Boeing&amp;#x2019;s plea deal asks DOJ to explain its diversity policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal judge considering Boeing&rsquo;s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department&rsquo;s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company during a three-year probation period.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-in-boeingampx2019s-plea-deal-asks-doj-to-explain-its-diversity-policy/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-in-boeingampx2019s-plea-deal-asks-doj-to-explain-its-diversity-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Downstate transit operators join chorus for more state funding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Public transit agencies in downstate Illinois are joining Chicagoland rail and bus operators in asking the state for help balancing their budgets.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/downstate-transit-operators-join-chorus-for-more-state-funding/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/downstate-transit-operators-join-chorus-for-more-state-funding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bar groups release judicial ratings for November election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two well-known presiding judges in Cook County Circuit Court seeking to keep their positions for another six-year term in the Nov. 5 election received negative ratings in judicial evaluations conducted by the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bar-groups-release-judicial-ratings-for-november-election/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bar-groups-release-judicial-ratings-for-november-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel tosses fraud counterclaim against lender, attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman cannot pursue a counterclaim against a moneylender and her former attorney alleging that they defrauded her in relation to a loan, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-fraud-counterclaim-against-lender-attorney/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-fraud-counterclaim-against-lender-attorney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel tosses case over alleged defrauding by lender, attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman cannot pursue a counterclaim against a moneylender and her former attorney alleging that they defrauded her in relation to a loan, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-case-over-alleged-defrauding-by-lender-attorney/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-case-over-alleged-defrauding-by-lender-attorney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — breach of standard of care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an alleged breach of an architect&rsquo;s standard of care is an area outside of a layman&rsquo;s common knowledge, expert testimony must be presented to successfully claim such a breach.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-breach-of-standard-of-care/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-breach-of-standard-of-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS tosses decision over guns, opens door for journalist’s suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Tuesday tossed out a decision allowing 18-year-olds to openly carry guns during emergencies in Pennsylvania.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-tosses-decision-over-guns-opens-door-for-journalists-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-tosses-decision-over-guns-opens-door-for-journalists-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS opens door to online journalist&amp;#x2019;s suit over arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that drew attention from national media organizations and free speech advocates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-opens-door-to-online-journalistampx2019s-suit-over-arrest/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-opens-door-to-online-journalistampx2019s-suit-over-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Initial permission rule’ applies in rental car context, judge says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois recently held that the &ldquo;initial permission rule&rdquo; would apply to determine if the user of a rental car, other than the rentee, is an additional insured under the policy covering the rental car company&rsquo;s vehicles.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/initial-permission-rule-applies-in-rental-car-context-judge-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/initial-permission-rule-applies-in-rental-car-context-judge-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge trims suit over allegedly misleading Fresca label]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge gave a man the go-ahead to pursue his claim that the labels on Fresca sparkling soda water are deceptive and misleading in violation of the consumer fraud laws of Illinois and other states.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-trims-suit-over-allegedly-misleading-fresca-label/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-trims-suit-over-allegedly-misleading-fresca-label/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment law — discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where city changed criteria for open job position between 2016 and 2018, change was not enough to demonstrate pretext for a discriminatory motive.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-law-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-law-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats ask businesses to retain DEI programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of Democrats in Congress appealed to the largest U.S. companies Tuesday to hold onto their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying such efforts give everyone a fair chance at achieving the American dream.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/democrats-ask-businesses-to-retain-dei-programs/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/democrats-ask-businesses-to-retain-dei-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow-moving jury selection in Madigan trial causes delay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The jury that will determine the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is nearly complete after three slow days of jury selection last week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/slow-moving-jury-selection-in-madigan-trial-causes-delay/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/slow-moving-jury-selection-in-madigan-trial-causes-delay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS gets cooking with case on ATF’s ghost gun restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[The term has begun at the Supreme Court, and in five arguments, the court began its work for the year, including hearing the ghost guns case. While always hard to predict outcomes, the overall consensus of those who listened to arguments is the treatment of ghost guns will be to uphold the Biden administration restrictions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-gets-cooking-with-case-on-atfs-ghost-gun-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-gets-cooking-with-case-on-atfs-ghost-gun-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBA’s Chicago chapter elects new officers, highlights future events]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of the Federal Bar Association&rsquo;s Chicago Chapter like to think of their organization as being special. They distinguish it from its sister chapters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fbas-chicago-chapter-elects-new-officers-highlights-future-events/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fbas-chicago-chapter-elects-new-officers-highlights-future-events/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBA&amp;#x2019;s Chicago chapter elects new officers, highlights future events]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of the Federal Bar Association&rsquo;s Chicago Chapter like to think of their organization as being special. They distinguish it from its sister chapters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fbaampx2019s-chicago-chapter-elects-new-officers-highlights-future-events/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fbaampx2019s-chicago-chapter-elects-new-officers-highlights-future-events/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facility’s arbitration clause is unenforceable, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A LaGrange-based assisted living facility failed to convince a state appellate panel that it can compel arbitration in a personal injury lawsuit it faces from a resident who fractured her pelvis when an employee accidentally hit her with a door.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/facilitys-arbitration-clause-is-unenforceable-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/facilitys-arbitration-clause-is-unenforceable-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facility&amp;#x2019;s arbitration clause is unenforceable, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A LaGrange-based assisted living facility failed to convince a state appellate panel that it can compel arbitration in a personal injury lawsuit it faces from a resident who fractured her pelvis when an employee accidentally hit her with a door.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/facilityampx2019s-arbitration-clause-is-unenforceable-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/facilityampx2019s-arbitration-clause-is-unenforceable-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arbitration — railroad employee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where employee of Amtrak was a railroad employee and therefore FAA did not control her suit against employer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/arbitration-railroad-employee/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/arbitration-railroad-employee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wage Act — disclaimers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where incentive compensation agreement with disclaimers did not preclude the mutual assent required to plead a claim under the Illinois Wage Payment Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wage-act-disclaimers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wage-act-disclaimers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fired CPD officer should not be reinstated, appellate panel says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former Chicago police officer who was fired over claims that she released a detainee without proper authorization and made false statements about the incident should not be reinstated, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fired-cpd-officer-should-not-be-reinstated-appellate-panel-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fired-cpd-officer-should-not-be-reinstated-appellate-panel-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge hears arguments over Boeing&amp;#x2019;s plea deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relatives of passengers who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes came to a federal court in Texas on Friday to listen as their lawyers asked a judge to throw out a plea agreement that the aircraft manufacturer struck with prosecutors and put the company on trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-boeingampx2019s-plea-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-hears-arguments-over-boeingampx2019s-plea-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boeing&amp;#x2019;s plea deal with federal prosecutors under scrutiny]]></title><description><![CDATA[Relatives of some of the 346 people who died in two crashes involving Boeing 737 Max planes are in court Friday, where their lawyers are asking a federal judge to throw out a plea agreement that the aircraft manufacturer struck with federal prosecutors.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/boeingampx2019s-plea-deal-with-federal-prosecutors-under-scrutiny/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/boeingampx2019s-plea-deal-with-federal-prosecutors-under-scrutiny/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel declines to revive student’s negligence suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel declined to revive a negligence lawsuit against a school board over a head injury a student sustained from running into an unpadded brick wall in his high school tumbling class.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-declines-to-revive-students-negligence-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-declines-to-revive-students-negligence-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TD Bank to pay $3B in historic money-laundering settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution&rsquo;s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over multiple years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/td-bank-to-pay-3b-in-historic-money-laundering-settlement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/td-bank-to-pay-3b-in-historic-money-laundering-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing &amp;#x2014; allocution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court repeatedly interrupted defendant&rsquo;s sentencing allocution, plain error was not committed because judge did not tell defendant to stop speaking and defendant did not explain what else he would have said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-ampx2014-allocution/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-ampx2014-allocution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriott agrees to pay $52M, beef up data security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security to resolve state and federal claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300 million of its customers worldwide.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/marriott-agrees-to-pay-52m-beef-up-data-security/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/marriott-agrees-to-pay-52m-beef-up-data-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers asking voters to sound off on 3 hot-button issues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers in Illinois are asking voters to weigh in on three hot-button issues on their ballots this year: election interference, income taxes and reproductive health care.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-asking-voters-to-sound-off-on-3-hot-button-issues/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawmakers-asking-voters-to-sound-off-on-3-hot-button-issues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions examine condition versus cause in crash, drowning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two tragic circumstances. Two opinions issued last week by the Illinois Appellate Court. Two different outcomes. One doctrine (primarily) at issue: condition versus cause.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/decisions-examine-condition-versus-cause-in-crash-drowning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/decisions-examine-condition-versus-cause-in-crash-drowning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook jury awards $4.5M to restaurant server in harassment suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $4.5 million to a restaurant server who alleged he was harassed and defamed online by his former employer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-jury-awards-45m-to-restaurant-server-in-harassment-suit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-jury-awards-45m-to-restaurant-server-in-harassment-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County jury awards $4.5M for online harassment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $4.5 million to a restaurant server who alleged he was harassed and defamed online by his former employer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-45m-for-online-harassment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-45m-for-online-harassment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Takings clause — short-term rental ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where declaration and bylaws that existed when owner purchased condominium prohibited leases of less than 30 days, plaintiff&rsquo;s takings challenge to Chicago&rsquo;s Shared Housing Ordinance failed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/takings-clause-short-term-rental-ban/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/takings-clause-short-term-rental-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court takes up death row case with rare attorney alliance]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court is returning to the case of Richard Glossip, who has spent most of the past quarter century on Oklahoma&rsquo;s death row for a murder he says he did not commit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-takes-up-death-row-case-with-rare-attorney-alliance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-takes-up-death-row-case-with-rare-attorney-alliance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ weighs remedies in Google antitrust case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to break up Google after its ubiquitous search engine was declared an illegal monopoly, but it is just one of many possible remedies under review, according to a court filing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-weighs-remedies-in-google-antitrust-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-weighs-remedies-in-google-antitrust-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago to pay $1.7M to man injured in police chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $1.75 million to a man who suffered permanent injuries after his car was hit by a vehicle involved in a police chase.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-17m-to-man-injured-in-police-chase/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-17m-to-man-injured-in-police-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athlete’s act of conscience on world stage carries heavy price]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone aware of acts of protest, feats of conscience, and other deeds of courage will recall the raising of clenched fists at the 1968 Olympic Games.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/athletes-act-of-conscience-on-world-stage-carries-heavy-price/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/athletes-act-of-conscience-on-world-stage-carries-heavy-price/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top court opens 2024-25 term with ghost guns, capital case]]></title><description><![CDATA[AC/DC ends every concert with its iconic &ldquo;For Those About To Rock (We Salute You).&rdquo; For Supreme Court observers, the anthem is appropriate, as the court is firing away right off the bat with a gun case. Let the arguments, and the waiting game, begin. Welcome to the October 2024 term. And to the advocates, we salute you.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/top-court-opens-2024-25-term-with-ghost-guns-capital-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/top-court-opens-2024-25-term-with-ghost-guns-capital-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Title IX — hearing process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where university allegedly committed multiple errors during Title IX hearing process, those errors were not proof of discrimination on the basis of sex as opposed to incompetence or pro-complainant bias.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/title-ix-hearing-process/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/title-ix-hearing-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS declines Biden&amp;#x2019;s appeal in Texas emergency abortion case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-declines-bidenampx2019s-appeal-in-texas-emergency-abortion-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-declines-bidenampx2019s-appeal-in-texas-emergency-abortion-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS declines appeal in abortion case, considers ghost gun regulations]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; A court order that says hospitals cannot federally be required to provide pregnancy terminations when they violate a Texas abortion ban will stay for now, the Supreme Court said Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-declines-appeal-in-abortion-case-considers-ghost-gun-regulations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-declines-appeal-in-abortion-case-considers-ghost-gun-regulations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes Chicago firefighter’s suit over free speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago firefighter who lost his job for posting racist and other offensive remarks on Facebook does not have a claim for a violation of his First Amendment rights, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-chicago-firefighters-suit-over-free-speech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-chicago-firefighters-suit-over-free-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes Chicago firefighter&amp;#x2019;s suit over free speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago firefighter who lost his job for posting racist and other offensive remarks on Facebook does not have a claim for a violation of his First Amendment rights, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-chicago-firefighterampx2019s-suit-over-free-speech/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-chicago-firefighterampx2019s-suit-over-free-speech/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge gives preliminary OK to NCAA&amp;#x2019;s $2.7B settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-gives-preliminary-ok-to-ncaaampx2019s-27b-settlement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-gives-preliminary-ok-to-ncaaampx2019s-27b-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming operator loses bid in suit over Waukegan’s ‘push tax’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge correctly denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) to a video gaming operator seeking to bar the city of Waukegan from revoking its license in an ongoing suit over the city&rsquo;s push tax, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/gaming-operator-loses-bid-in-suit-over-waukegans-push-tax/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/gaming-operator-loses-bid-in-suit-over-waukegans-push-tax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge orders Google to open Android app store to competition]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company&rsquo;s internet empire.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-orders-google-to-open-android-app-store-to-competition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-orders-google-to-open-android-app-store-to-competition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denial of game operator’s motion affirmed in suit over city tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge correctly denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) to a video gaming operator seeking to bar the city of Waukegan from revoking its license in an ongoing suit over the city&rsquo;s push tax, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/denial-of-game-operators-motion-affirmed-in-suit-over-city-tax/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/denial-of-game-operators-motion-affirmed-in-suit-over-city-tax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denial of game operator&amp;#x2019;s motion affirmed in suit over city tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge correctly denied a temporary restraining order to a video gaming operator seeking to bar the city of Waukegan from revoking its license in an ongoing suit over the city&rsquo;s push tax, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/denial-of-game-operatorampx2019s-motion-affirmed-in-suit-over-city-tax/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/denial-of-game-operatorampx2019s-motion-affirmed-in-suit-over-city-tax/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — FOIA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an educational institution receives a FOIA request, it may exempt or redact personally identifiable information in compliance with FERPA.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-foia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-foia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Helman remembered as top lawyer, caring mentor]]></title><description><![CDATA[A high-profile member of the legal community and former chair of Mayer Brown, Robert A. Helman is being remembered by colleagues as one of the top lawyers of his generation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bob-helman-remembered-as-top-lawyer-caring-mentor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bob-helman-remembered-as-top-lawyer-caring-mentor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court declines to hear R. Kelly case, other appeals]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-r-kelly-case-other-appeals/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-r-kelly-case-other-appeals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mixed verdict for 3 Memphis officers convicted in Tyre Nichols&amp;#x2019; death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three former Memphis police officers were convicted Thursday in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, but were acquitted of the harshest charges they faced for a death that sparked national protests and calls for broad changes in policing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mixed-verdict-for-3-memphis-officers-convicted-in-tyre-nicholsampx2019-death/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mixed-verdict-for-3-memphis-officers-convicted-in-tyre-nicholsampx2019-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes employer’s counterclaim in wage violation suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A call center sued by employees who allege they were forced to work off the clock does not have its own claim against the employees for failing to report all the time they worked, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-employers-counterclaim-in-wage-violation-suit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-employers-counterclaim-in-wage-violation-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High court to hear cases over ghost guns, transgender rights and death sentence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court took the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-to-hear-cases-over-ghost-guns-transgender-rights-and-death-sentence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-to-hear-cases-over-ghost-guns-transgender-rights-and-death-sentence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court left in place Friday two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-leaves-in-place-two-biden-environmental-regulations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-leaves-in-place-two-biden-environmental-regulations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury selection to begin in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jury selection will begin next week in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose half-century career and status as Illinois&rsquo; most powerful politician ended nearly four years ago as the feds circled ever-closer to his inner circle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-to-begin-in-michael-madigans-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-to-begin-in-michael-madigans-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge dismisses case against DCFS workers over boy’s death]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man failed to adequately allege that state welfare workers violated his 6-year-old son&rsquo;s due process rights when they closed an investigation into abuse allegations two months before the boy was beaten to death, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-case-against-dcfs-workers-over-boys-death/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-dismisses-case-against-dcfs-workers-over-boys-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel affirms tossing personal injury suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge correctly dismissed a personal injury lawsuit over a delayed court summons, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-tossing-personal-injury-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-tossing-personal-injury-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to hear arguments challenging rule on ghost guns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court will hear arguments challenging a Biden administration rule aimed at reducing access to certain weapons, mainly ghost guns.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-challenging-rule-on-ghost-guns/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-challenging-rule-on-ghost-guns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PLA grants include another sparse group of civil matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court issued 27 pages of case dispositions last week, its largest number by page count in quite some time with three (really two because the appeals were consolidated) petitions for leave to appeal granted in cases of interest to civil practitioners. And then there were numerous denials &mdash; likely too numerous to do justice to in this space.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pla-grants-include-another-sparse-group-of-civil-matters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pla-grants-include-another-sparse-group-of-civil-matters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge tosses Legal Aid Chicago&amp;#x2019;s discrimination suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A legal aid organization does not have standing to challenge a property manager&rsquo;s alleged refusal to rent apartments to applicants with an eviction on their record, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-legal-aid-chicagoampx2019s-discrimination-suit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-legal-aid-chicagoampx2019s-discrimination-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment discrimination — insufficient evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff&rsquo;s employment record contained many comments over the years remarking on issues of communication and professionalism, plaintiff failed to supply evidence that termination was based on discriminatory reasons.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-discrimination-insufficient-evidence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-discrimination-insufficient-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — bond turnover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a judgment debtor has a cash bond paid by a third party, that bond cannot be seized and turned over to the judgment creditor as partial payment of the owed debt.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-bond-turnover/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-bond-turnover/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel revives negligence suit over road conditions]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of a woman who was disabled in a car crash when she was a teen has another chance to pursue proximate cause claims against Condit Township and its highway commissioner over roadway conditions at the time of the accident.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-revives-negligence-suit-over-road-conditions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-revives-negligence-suit-over-road-conditions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spoliation claim against Chicago over lost tree branch tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who was injured when a tree branch fell on her failed to convince a state appellate panel to allow spoliation claims against the city of Chicago over its loss of a tree limb, alleging the missing evidence was detrimental to her negligence case.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/spoliation-claim-against-chicago-over-lost-tree-branch-tossed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/spoliation-claim-against-chicago-over-lost-tree-branch-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Securities law — options fraud, CTA registration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the evidence was inconclusive as to whether exception to requirement to register as a CTA applied to introducing broker, summary judgment was reversed in part to allow district court to make a determination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/securities-law-options-fraud-cta-registration/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/securities-law-options-fraud-cta-registration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New data center touted as key to fight electricity costs in Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Texas-based company broke ground on a new data center in Aurora on Wednesday, the latest in a boom of data storage facility developments in northern Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-data-center-touted-as-key-to-fight-electricity-costs-in-illinois/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-data-center-touted-as-key-to-fight-electricity-costs-in-illinois/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge tosses challenge to electronic voting in Illinois]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge rejected a bid by three Illinois voters to force the state to scrap electronic voting in favor of hand-counting ballots.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-challenge-to-electronic-voting-in-illinois/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-tosses-challenge-to-electronic-voting-in-illinois/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts — implied warranty of merchantability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a vehicle contract indicates the vehicle is sold &ldquo;as is&rdquo; and acknowledges that other implied warranties &ldquo;may&rdquo; apply, this does not provide an implied warranty of merchantability.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-implied-warranty-of-merchantability/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-implied-warranty-of-merchantability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago Bar Association releases judicial ratings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seven judicial candidates running for Cook County Circuit Court received negative ratings in the Chicago Bar Association&rsquo;s evaluation for the Nov. 5 general election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-bar-association-releases-judicial-ratings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-bar-association-releases-judicial-ratings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex Murdaugh&amp;#x2019;s appeal over length of theft sentence rejected]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal court has rejected Alex Murdaugh&rsquo;s request to throw out his 40-year sentence for stealing from clients and his law firm. The disgraced South Carolina lawyer said his punishment is a decade longer than what prosecutors recommended.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alex-murdaughampx2019s-appeal-over-length-of-theft-sentence-rejected/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alex-murdaughampx2019s-appeal-over-length-of-theft-sentence-rejected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman accepts $2.3M for injuries from collapsing chuppah at wedding]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who was injured when an unsecured chuppah collapsed on her at her son&rsquo;s wedding accepted a $2.3 million settlement with a Skokie event planner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/woman-accepts-23m-for-injuries-from-collapsing-chuppah-at-wedding/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/woman-accepts-23m-for-injuries-from-collapsing-chuppah-at-wedding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks founder says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’]]></title><description><![CDATA[STRASBOURG, France &mdash; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he was freed after years of incarceration because he &ldquo;pled guilty to journalism.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wikileaks-founder-says-he-pleaded-guilty-to-journalism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wikileaks-founder-says-he-pleaded-guilty-to-journalism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks founder says he pleaded &amp;#x2018;guilty to journalism&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday that he was freed after years of incarceration because he &ldquo;pled guilty to journalism.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wikileaks-founder-says-he-pleaded-ampx2018guilty-to-journalismampx2019/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wikileaks-founder-says-he-pleaded-ampx2018guilty-to-journalismampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspend attorney who neglected cases, ARDC hearing board says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who engaged in repeated dishonest conduct to conceal his neglect of three legal matters should be suspended for two years, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-who-neglected-cases-ardc-hearing-board-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-who-neglected-cases-ardc-hearing-board-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subrogation for one insured OK even if loss paid to second party]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that an insurer, as subrogee of the owner of a building under construction, was entitled to seek reimbursement from a subcontractor whose allegedly negligent work gave rise to property damage, despite the insurer&rsquo;s payment of the loss to an insured other than the owner.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/subrogation-for-one-insured-ok-even-if-loss-paid-to-second-party/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/subrogation-for-one-insured-ok-even-if-loss-paid-to-second-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge revives copyright suit over cropped photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge cleared the way for a clothing designer to pursue her claim that an online retailer violated her statutory rights by using copyrighted photographs of her modeling her creations to advertise knock-offs of the garments.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-revives-copyright-suit-over-cropped-photos/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-revives-copyright-suit-over-cropped-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ to launch civil rights review into Tulsa Race Massacre]]></title><description><![CDATA[OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash; The Justice Department announced Monday it plans to launch a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an attack by a white mob on a thriving Black district that is considered one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-to-launch-civil-rights-review-into-tulsa-race-massacre/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-to-launch-civil-rights-review-into-tulsa-race-massacre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — qualified immunity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff&rsquo;s admissions and video evidence supported each element of the charge of battery, probable cause for arrest existed and district court did not err in granting qualified immunity to officer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-qualified-immunity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-qualified-immunity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — disarming a peace officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant removes a pepper spray bottle from a police officer, they have committed the offense of disarming a peace officer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-disarming-a-peace-officer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-disarming-a-peace-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS robes are back in town as justices prepare for new term]]></title><description><![CDATA[The summer typically is a quiet time for the U.S. Supreme Court. While this one was a bit busier than usual, with numerous emergency applications on the docket, the court today will start readying itself for the work ahead in the October 2024 term, which begins in earnest on Oct. 7, the first Monday of the month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-robes-are-back-in-town-as-justices-prepare-for-new-term/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-robes-are-back-in-town-as-justices-prepare-for-new-term/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge to hear arguments over Boeing&amp;#x2019;s 737 Max case plea deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Friday ordered a hearing next month over Boeing&rsquo;s agreement to plead guilty to conspiracy in connection with the 737 Max jetliner, two of which crashed, killing 346 people.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-to-hear-arguments-over-boeingampx2019s-737-max-case-plea-deal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-to-hear-arguments-over-boeingampx2019s-737-max-case-plea-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI to pay $22M to settle sexual discrimination case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take contraception &ldquo;to control their moods.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fbi-to-pay-22m-to-settle-sexual-discrimination-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fbi-to-pay-22m-to-settle-sexual-discrimination-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts — oral agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where parties did not agree on whether proposed equity interest in company was non-dilutable, no meeting of the minds was present and therefore no oral agreement was reached.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-oral-agreement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-oral-agreement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claims over confession in wrongful murder conviction case can proceed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The estate of a wrongfully convicted man who served over 20 years in prison for a 1995 arson and murder can continue pursuing claims against an agency that administered a polygraph and used other tactics to corroborate his false confession, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/claims-over-confession-in-wrongful-murder-conviction-case-can-proceed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/claims-over-confession-in-wrongful-murder-conviction-case-can-proceed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel revives claims over false imprisonment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former inmate can pursue claims over false imprisonment and negligence that occurred after he was paroled, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-revives-claims-over-false-imprisonment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-revives-claims-over-false-imprisonment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court refuses to order New York to place RFK Jr. on ballot]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Friday refused an emergency appeal from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.&rsquo;s presidential campaign seeking to have his name added to New York&rsquo;s ballot.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-refuses-to-order-new-york-to-place-rfk-jr-on-ballot/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-refuses-to-order-new-york-to-place-rfk-jr-on-ballot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel tosses retired attorney’s defamation suit against church]]></title><description><![CDATA[A retired attorney cannot pursue a defamation lawsuit alleging that he was falsely accused of sending an email containing racist statements to his former church, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-retired-attorneys-defamation-suit-against-church/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-tosses-retired-attorneys-defamation-suit-against-church/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodman’s ‘Inherit the Wind’ brings iconic courtroom drama to life]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a handful of iconic courtroom dramas in the American theatrical canon. They include &ldquo;12 Angry Men,&rdquo; &ldquo;To Kill a Mockingbird,&rdquo; &ldquo;Anatomy of a Murder,&rdquo; &ldquo;Witness for the Prosecution&rdquo; and &ldquo;Inherit the Wind.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/goodmans-inherit-the-wind-brings-iconic-courtroom-drama-to-life/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/goodmans-inherit-the-wind-brings-iconic-courtroom-drama-to-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expelled student loses bid to challenge Title IX inquiry]]></title><description><![CDATA[A university student who was expelled after a classmate accused him of sexual assault failed to show the investigation and disciplinary proceedings that followed the accusation were tainted by anti-male bias, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/expelled-student-loses-bid-to-challenge-title-ix-inquiry/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/expelled-student-loses-bid-to-challenge-title-ix-inquiry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — CSAM production]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant created videos of minors showering that were clearly intended to provoke sexual response in the viewer, district court did not err in applying enhancements based on production of child sexual abuse material.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-csam-production/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-csam-production/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California man arrested in connection with courthouse explosion]]></title><description><![CDATA[A California man who officials say threw a bag into a courthouse lobby that exploded, injuring five people this week, told law enforcement he had planned to kill deputies working security at the building and also a judge, according to court documents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/california-man-arrested-in-connection-with-courthouse-explosion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/california-man-arrested-in-connection-with-courthouse-explosion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sun-Times seeks dismissal of defamation lawsuit]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a case testing the limits of a state law designed to protect citizen participation in government, the Chicago Sun-Times is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to dismiss a defamation suit filed against it by a former state official.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sun-times-seeks-dismissal-of-defamation-lawsuit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sun-times-seeks-dismissal-of-defamation-lawsuit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — drug premises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where record did not contain sufficient evidence of sustained use of storage unit primarily for purposes of drug distribution to sustain sentencing enhancement for maintaining a drug premises.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-drug-premises/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-drug-premises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudy Giuliani disbarred after pushing Trump&amp;#x2019;s 2020 election claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-after-pushing-trumpampx2019s-2020-election-claims/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rudy-giuliani-disbarred-after-pushing-trumpampx2019s-2020-election-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newsmax, Smartmatic reach settlement in defamation case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/newsmax-smartmatic-reach-settlement-in-defamation-case/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/newsmax-smartmatic-reach-settlement-in-defamation-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge clears way for trademark suit over use of Walgreen name]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge cleared the way for a case involving a battle over the Walgreen name to proceed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-clears-way-for-trademark-suit-over-use-of-walgreen-name/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-clears-way-for-trademark-suit-over-use-of-walgreen-name/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions on law of lawyering offer many lessons for attorneys]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another swath of cases involving the law of lawyering and legal malpractice is worth noting following the July 11 discussion in this space of three Illinois Appellate Court decisions favorable to lawyers. This recent group is more of a mixed bag.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/decisions-on-law-of-lawyering-offer-many-lessons-for-attorneys/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/decisions-on-law-of-lawyering-offer-many-lessons-for-attorneys/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — long-arm statute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where nonresident defendant has sent allegedly defamatory letters to Illinois residents, he has purposely directed his activities to the state.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-long-arm-statute/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-long-arm-statute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mendez v. Westminster: How a Young Girl’s Courage Transformed Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sylvia Mendez was just eight when she became part of a landmark school desegregation case that helped pave the way for the famous Brown v. Board ruling a decade later. The story of Mendez v. Westminster is told in a new Moments in History video.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mendez-v-westminster-how-a-young-girls-courage-transformed-schools/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mendez-v-westminster-how-a-young-girls-courage-transformed-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invitation Homes agrees to pay $48M to settle claims over hidden fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[The nation&rsquo;s largest owner of single-family homes for rent has agreed to pay $48 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission that it reaped millions of dollars via deceptive business practices, including forcing tenants to pay undisclosed fees on top of their monthly rent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/invitation-homes-agrees-to-pay-48m-to-settle-claims-over-hidden-fees/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/invitation-homes-agrees-to-pay-48m-to-settle-claims-over-hidden-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court accepts 12 PLAs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to consider eight civil Petition for Leave to Appeal dispositions, including a challenge to a teenager&rsquo;s conviction for driving under the influence of cannabis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-accepts-12-plas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-accepts-12-plas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habeas corpus — confrontation clause]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant challenged DNA analyst&rsquo;s testimony that was based on reviewing colleague&rsquo;s notes, state court did not unreasonably apply clearly established law in rejecting challenge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/habeas-corpus-confrontation-clause/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/habeas-corpus-confrontation-clause/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fluoride in drinking water merits new EPA action, judge says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fluoride-in-drinking-water-merits-new-epa-action-judge-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fluoride-in-drinking-water-merits-new-epa-action-judge-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel affirms jury instructions in suit over surgery]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge correctly adopted jury instructions in a medical malpractice suit over an allegedly botched hernia surgery, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-jury-instructions-in-suit-over-surgery/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-jury-instructions-in-suit-over-surgery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New trial granted in attorney’s wrongful death case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wrongful death suit filed by a prominent medical malpractice attorney has been remanded for a new trial as a state appellate panel found the Cook County Circuit Court abused its discretion by allowing evidence and testimony about a lengthy discovery dispute to be presented to the jury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-trial-granted-in-attorneys-wrongful-death-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-trial-granted-in-attorneys-wrongful-death-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New trial granted in attorney&amp;#x2019;s wrongful death case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wrongful death suit filed by a prominent medical malpractice attorney has been remanded for a new trial as a state appellate panel found the Cook County Circuit Court abused its discretion by allowing evidence and testimony about a lengthy discovery dispute to be presented to the jury.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-trial-granted-in-attorneyampx2019s-wrongful-death-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-trial-granted-in-attorneyampx2019s-wrongful-death-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Department brings antitrust suit against Visa]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market, costing consumers and businesses billions of dollars.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-department-brings-antitrust-suit-against-visa/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-department-brings-antitrust-suit-against-visa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In wake of BIPA amendments, mediation remains good path]]></title><description><![CDATA[The signing of SB2979 into law in August officially revised the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. The amendments respond to last year&rsquo;s Illinois Supreme Court decision that statutory damage claims under sections 15(b) and 15(d) of BIPA accrue on a per-scan basis. Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc., 2023 IL 128004.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/in-wake-of-bipa-amendments-mediation-remains-good-path/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/in-wake-of-bipa-amendments-mediation-remains-good-path/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court disbars 7 attorneys, suspends 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court disbarred seven attorneys and suspended 10 in its latest disciplinary orders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-disbars-7-attorneys-suspends-10/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-disbars-7-attorneys-suspends-10/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRCA — pleading standard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff failed to include details of which credit reporting agencies she notified about disputed debt, district court correctly dismissed her Fair Credit Reporting Act claim.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/frca-pleading-standard/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/frca-pleading-standard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago ordinance does not violate condo owner’s rights, court rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago did not violate a condominium owner&rsquo;s rights by allowing his condo association to prohibit him from listing his unit on Airbnb or other home-sharing platforms for short-term rentals, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-ordinance-does-not-violate-condo-owners-rights-court-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-ordinance-does-not-violate-condo-owners-rights-court-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannabis manufacturers face significant challenges]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Illinois&rsquo; cannabis market is booming and the state has made progress in diversifying new licensees, significant hurdles remain for businesses hoping to enter the expanding market, according to an independent review of the industry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cannabis-manufacturers-face-significant-challenges/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cannabis-manufacturers-face-significant-challenges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Survey reveals dim views many have of democracy, rule of law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy belated Constitution Day, celebrated on Sept. 17 each year to recognize the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The document would be submitted to the states for ratification back then, and the rest is our nation&rsquo;s history.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/survey-reveals-dim-views-many-have-of-democracy-rule-of-law/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/survey-reveals-dim-views-many-have-of-democracy-rule-of-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel affirms tossing suit against healthcare company, lawyer]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of a healthcare company cannot pursue claims that its in-house counsel&rsquo;s alleged negligence led to a $125,000 judgment against him, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-tossing-suit-against-healthcare-company-lawyer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-affirms-tossing-suit-against-healthcare-company-lawyer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers argue for factoring race into US Naval Academy admissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorneys for the U.S. Naval Academy say the officer training school should be allowed to continue using race as an admissions factor because prioritizing diversity in the military makes it stronger, more effective and more widely respected, according to recent court filings and testimony during an ongoing civil trial in Maryland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawyers-argue-for-factoring-race-into-us-naval-academy-admissions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawyers-argue-for-factoring-race-into-us-naval-academy-admissions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court suspends Patrick Daley Thompson for 3 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, who was convicted of filing false tax returns, has been suspended from practicing law for three years by order of the Illinois Supreme Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-suspends-patrick-daley-thompson-for-3-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-suspends-patrick-daley-thompson-for-3-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Election law — ballot access]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where Indiana&rsquo;s legislative scheme to restrict ballot access to candidates who submitted signatures totaling 2% of the vote in a recent election did not impose a severe burden on candidates.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/election-law-ballot-access/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/election-law-ballot-access/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bid for new trial over allegedly biased juror tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The defendant in a negligence lawsuit related to a car accident cannot obtain a new trial over allegations of an impartial juror, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bid-for-new-trial-over-allegedly-biased-juror-tossed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bid-for-new-trial-over-allegedly-biased-juror-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State wraps up case in challenge to assault weapons ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge invoked images from the 1917 race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Thursday at the end of a trial in a case challenging the constitutionality of the state&rsquo;s ban on assault-style weapons and large-capacity magazines.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-wraps-up-case-in-challenge-to-assault-weapons-ban/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-wraps-up-case-in-challenge-to-assault-weapons-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistrial declared in case of ex-AT&amp;#x26;T boss accused of bribing Madigan]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether former AT&amp;T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza bribed longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan via a no-work contract for the speaker&rsquo;s political ally.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mistrial-declared-in-case-of-ex-atampx26t-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mistrial-declared-in-case-of-ex-atampx26t-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistrial declared in case of ex-AT&amp;T boss accused of bribing Madigan]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether former AT&amp;T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza bribed longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan via a no-work contract for the speaker&rsquo;s political ally.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mistrial-declared-in-case-of-ex-atampt-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mistrial-declared-in-case-of-ex-atampt-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes driver’s claim over accident involving police chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[A driver who was injured when her vehicle was struck by two vehicles involved in a high-speed chase conducted by Illinois State Police troopers failed to state a claim for a violation of her right to substantive due process, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-drivers-claim-over-accident-involving-police-chase/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-drivers-claim-over-accident-involving-police-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court rules on FOID card policy, attorney fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court published seven opinions Thursday, including a ruling on a challenge to the constitutionality of a policy related to Firearm Owner&rsquo;s Identification cards and a quantum meruit fee dispute between two attorneys and their former clients in an estate lawsuit that settled shortly after their representation was terminated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-rules-on-foid-card-policy-attorney-fees/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-rules-on-foid-card-policy-attorney-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitutional law — referendums]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a home-rule unit holds a referendum on the manner of selection of officers, it is only authorized under Illinois constitution for officers included in the governmental structure.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/constitutional-law-referendums/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/constitutional-law-referendums/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — appellate review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff failed to supply arguments as to why district court decision was in error, or citations to relevant authority, brief could not support appellate review and district court was affirmed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-appellate-review/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-appellate-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannabis odor is not cause for vehicle search, high court rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officers in Illinois cannot rely on the smell of burnt cannabis alone to justify searching a vehicle without a warrant, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cannabis-odor-is-not-cause-for-vehicle-search-high-court-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cannabis-odor-is-not-cause-for-vehicle-search-high-court-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man charged with sending threats to kill Supreme Court justices]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been indicted on federal charges, authorities said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-charged-with-sending-threats-to-kill-supreme-court-justices/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-charged-with-sending-threats-to-kill-supreme-court-justices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man acquitted of 2008 grocery store murder receives $2.5M settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $2.5 million to an acquitted man who was wrongfully jailed for the 2008 murder of a grocery store clerk after the case went cold for almost six years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-acquitted-of-2008-grocery-store-murder-receives-25m-settlement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/man-acquitted-of-2008-grocery-store-murder-receives-25m-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life after SCOTUS: How some justices left bench to make history]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the summer of 1941, James F. Byrnes became a Supreme Court justice. Little over a year later, he had had enough and left the court to take a key role in planning the nation&rsquo;s wartime economy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/life-after-scotus-how-some-justices-left-bench-to-make-history/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/life-after-scotus-how-some-justices-left-bench-to-make-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge allows consumer protection suit over acne treatment to proceed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge cleared the way for a woman to pursue a lawsuit accusing Galderma Laboratories L.P. of violating the consumer protection laws of Illinois and other states by selling acne treatments containing the carcinogen benzene.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-allows-consumer-protection-suit-over-acne-treatment-to-proceed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-allows-consumer-protection-suit-over-acne-treatment-to-proceed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ERISA — preemption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff brought claim against self-funded ERISA health plan under Illinois insurance code, claim was preempted by ERISA as deemer clause specified self-funded plan was exempt from state insurance regulation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/erisa-preemption/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/erisa-preemption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confusion results from apparent attempt for clarity, uniformity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lawyers take the signing of pleadings and other documents by witnesses and clients for granted. But they may not for long.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/confusion-results-from-apparent-attempt-for-clarity-uniformity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/confusion-results-from-apparent-attempt-for-clarity-uniformity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — constructive notice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where evidence establishes a dangerously defective condition in a sidewalk extant for years, it is a triable question of fact whether the municipality had constructive notice of the condition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-constructive-notice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-constructive-notice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High court hears Jussie Smollett&amp;#x2019;s arguments to overturn conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in actor Jussie Smollett&rsquo;s appeal to overturn his conviction on disorderly conduct charges for falsifying a hate crime.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-hears-jussie-smollettampx2019s-arguments-to-overturn-conviction/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-hears-jussie-smollettampx2019s-arguments-to-overturn-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expert testifies assault weapons ban restricts common firearms]]></title><description><![CDATA[A firearms expert testified Wednesday that the weapons restricted under Illinois&rsquo; assault weapons ban include many of the most common firearms that American consumers use for self-defense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/expert-testifies-assault-weapons-ban-restricts-common-firearms/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/expert-testifies-assault-weapons-ban-restricts-common-firearms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago to pay $11.6M for wrongful conviction in 1991 murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $11.6 million to an exonerated man who spent 20 years in prison for a wrongful conviction in a 1991 murder resulting from a botched armed robbery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-116m-for-wrongful-conviction-in-1991-murder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-to-pay-116m-for-wrongful-conviction-in-1991-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case of former AT&amp;#x26;T boss accused of bribing Madigan heads to jury]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Valentine&rsquo;s Day in 2017, then-AT&amp;T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza got some good news: After years of trying to push for legislation in Springfield that would save the company hundreds of millions of dollars annually, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan had agreed to a sit-down meeting about the issue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/case-of-former-atampx26t-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan-heads-to-jury/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/case-of-former-atampx26t-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan-heads-to-jury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case of former AT&amp;T boss accused of bribing Madigan heads to jury]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Valentine&rsquo;s Day in 2017, then-AT&amp;T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza got some good news: After years of trying to push for legislation in Springfield that would save the company hundreds of millions of dollars annually, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan had agreed to a sit-down meeting about the issue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/case-of-former-atampt-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan-heads-to-jury/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/case-of-former-atampt-boss-accused-of-bribing-madigan-heads-to-jury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traffic — towing of vehicle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where local ordinances permit the towing of parked vehicles based on expired registration and the municipality presents evidence of the expired registration, that sufficiently supports the tow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/traffic-towing-of-vehicle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/traffic-towing-of-vehicle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenant subject to only partial subrogation despite negligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that a tenant was a partial co-insured on her landlord&rsquo;s fire insurance policy, despite her alleged negligence causing damage to both her own apartment unit and elsewhere in the apartment building. The tenant therefore was not liable for full subrogation recovery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tenant-subject-to-only-partial-subrogation-despite-negligence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tenant-subject-to-only-partial-subrogation-despite-negligence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors rest in bribery case against former AT&amp;#x26;T Illinois boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of pushing in Springfield, AT&amp;T Illinois&rsquo; executive team was thrilled when the Illinois General Assembly in 2017 passed legislation that would get the company out from under expensive obligations to maintain its aging copper landline wires in Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutors-rest-in-bribery-case-against-former-atampx26t-illinois-boss/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutors-rest-in-bribery-case-against-former-atampx26t-illinois-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors rest in bribery case against former AT&amp;T Illinois boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of pushing in Springfield, AT&amp;T Illinois&rsquo; executive team was thrilled when the Illinois General Assembly in 2017 passed legislation that would get the company out from under expensive obligations to maintain its aging copper landline wires in Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutors-rest-in-bribery-case-against-former-atampt-illinois-boss/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutors-rest-in-bribery-case-against-former-atampt-illinois-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prominent public servant, Chicago attorney Ty Fahner dies at 81]]></title><description><![CDATA[From humble beginnings as a youth growing up in Detroit to becoming one of the top leaders in the Chicago legal community, Tyrone C. Fahner had a storied career.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prominent-public-servant-chicago-attorney-ty-fahner-dies-at-81/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prominent-public-servant-chicago-attorney-ty-fahner-dies-at-81/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes bid to postpone hearing over unfair labor practices]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to enjoin an administrative hearing set for Sept. 25 concerning accusations from the National Labor Relations Board that a medical center engaged in unfair labor practices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-bid-to-postpone-hearing-over-unfair-labor-practices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-bid-to-postpone-hearing-over-unfair-labor-practices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurance — rescission]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where company failed to disclose family dispute that eventually led to litigation, district court did not err in granting rescission to insurance company as plaintiff&rsquo;s misrepresentation was material.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurance-rescission/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurance-rescission/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbar attorney who misappropriated client funds, ARDC board says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who misused client funds in dozens of matters and failed to respond to inquiries about his conduct from a disciplinary authority should be disbarred, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disbar-attorney-who-misappropriated-client-funds-ardc-board-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disbar-attorney-who-misappropriated-client-funds-ardc-board-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial Conference Briefed on the Need for Continued Vigilance on Cybersecurity and Workplace Conduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Judiciary has strengthened its IT defenses against cyberattacks, a meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States was told on Tuesday. But the threat is growing in scale and sophistication, requiring even greater vigilance against attacks from individuals and unfriendly nations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judicial-conference-briefed-on-the-need-for-continued-vigilance-on-cybersecurity-and-workplace-conduct/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judicial-conference-briefed-on-the-need-for-continued-vigilance-on-cybersecurity-and-workplace-conduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Washington state moves to block merger between Albertsons, Kroger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for Washington state will have past grocery chain mergers &mdash; and their negative consequences &mdash; in mind when they go to court to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/washington-state-moves-to-block-merger-between-albertsons-kroger/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/washington-state-moves-to-block-merger-between-albertsons-kroger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial begins in challenge to assault weapons ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[The owner of a gun store testified Monday that Illinois&rsquo; ban on the sale of assault-style weapons and large capacity magazines has had a significant impact on his business and prevented his customers from buying items they would normally use for self-defense, hunting, target shooting or other legal activities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trial-begins-in-challenge-to-assault-weapons-ban/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trial-begins-in-challenge-to-assault-weapons-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TikTok heads to court over US law in consequential legal case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. government and TikTok will go head-to-head in federal court on Monday as oral arguments begin in a consequential legal case that will determine if &mdash; or how &mdash; a popular social media platform used by nearly half of all Americans will continue to operate in the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tiktok-heads-to-court-over-us-law-in-consequential-legal-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tiktok-heads-to-court-over-us-law-in-consequential-legal-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor law — arbitration presumption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where presumption in favor of arbitration under CBA and plaintiff&rsquo;s failure to marshal evidence showing that particular grievance was intended to be excluded from arbitration meant that district court erred in granting summary judgment to plaintiff.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/labor-law-arbitration-presumption/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/labor-law-arbitration-presumption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge trims suit over dispute between Allstate, former agent]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge tossed a tortious interference claim but allowed to two other counts to proceed in a lawsuit that alleges Allstate Insurance Co. blocked a woman&rsquo;s attempts to sell her exclusive agency &mdash; one that sold only Allstate policies &mdash; in order to obtain her &ldquo;book of business&rdquo; at a reduced price.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-over-dispute-between-allstate-former-agent/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-over-dispute-between-allstate-former-agent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family law — temporary child support]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a plaintiff seeks an emergency order of protection and temporary child support in an uncontested petition, the circuit court lacks authority to deny the requested relief.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-temporary-child-support/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-temporary-child-support/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citing Dobbs, Kim Davis attacks same-sex marriage, Obergefell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kim Davis was a clerk in Kentucky who, shortly after Obergefell was decided, refused to issue a same-sex couple a marriage license, citing her religious beliefs. In June, in what did not appear to generate much publicity, lawyers for Davis filed a brief in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asking that Obergefell be overturned.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/citing-dobbs-kim-davis-attacks-same-sex-marriage-obergefell/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/citing-dobbs-kim-davis-attacks-same-sex-marriage-obergefell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&amp;#x26;T lobbyists detail heated meeting with Madigan ally]]></title><description><![CDATA[On an afternoon in late April 2017, recently retired state Rep. Eddie Acevedo was called to a meeting in the state Capitol in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/atampx26t-lobbyists-detail-heated-meeting-with-madigan-ally/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/atampx26t-lobbyists-detail-heated-meeting-with-madigan-ally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&amp;T lobbyists detail heated meeting with Madigan ally]]></title><description><![CDATA[On an afternoon in late April 2017, recently retired state Rep. Eddie Acevedo was called to a meeting in the state Capitol in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/atampt-lobbyists-detail-heated-meeting-with-madigan-ally/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/atampt-lobbyists-detail-heated-meeting-with-madigan-ally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago’ brings writer back to life]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always admired the writing of Mike Royko, whose storytelling and journalism graced the pages of the Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune from the mid-1950s through the late 1990s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/royko-the-toughest-man-in-chicago-brings-writer-back-to-life/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/royko-the-toughest-man-in-chicago-brings-writer-back-to-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former AT&amp;T lobbyist describes how Madigan ally got $22,500 contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day before Thanksgiving in 2016, then-AT&amp;T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza read some news that frustrated him.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-atampt-lobbyist-describes-how-madigan-ally-got-22500-contract/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/former-atampt-lobbyist-describes-how-madigan-ally-got-22500-contract/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal judge nixes fraud suit against attorneys, companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against two attorneys and a series of medical devices companies, pharmaceutical companies and healthcare organizations for alleged fraud on the court in a product liability case.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-nixes-fraud-suit-against-attorneys-companies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-judge-nixes-fraud-suit-against-attorneys-companies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook jury awards $8M for woman’s death from delayed medical treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $8 million to the family of a 67-year-old woman who died from a pulmonary embolism after a procedure to treat a problematic heart valve was allegedly delayed by her doctors for months.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-jury-awards-8m-for-womans-death-from-delayed-medical-treatment/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-jury-awards-8m-for-womans-death-from-delayed-medical-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel tosses claims against doctors, university]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two Missouri-based doctors and their employer do not have to face a lawsuit that their medical advice caused a 19-year-old woman&rsquo;s death, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-tosses-claims-against-doctors-university/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-tosses-claims-against-doctors-university/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over bar’s duty to protect patron involved in brawl revived]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel revived a lawsuit a woman filed against a Chicago bar over its duty to protect her from criminal acts of a third party after she was injured in an altercation with other patrons outside the establishment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-bars-duty-to-protect-patron-involved-in-brawl-revived/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-bars-duty-to-protect-patron-involved-in-brawl-revived/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over bar&amp;#x2019;s duty to protect patron involved in brawl revived]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel revived a lawsuit a woman filed against a Chicago bar over its duty to protect her from criminal acts of a third party after she was injured in an altercation with other patrons outside the establishment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-barampx2019s-duty-to-protect-patron-involved-in-brawl-revived/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-barampx2019s-duty-to-protect-patron-involved-in-brawl-revived/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — ACCA, different occasions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where court determined whether two of defendant&rsquo;s offenses were committed on different occasions as part of sentencing, court erred in failing to submit that question to a jury for determination beyond a reasonable doubt.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-acca-different-occasions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-acca-different-occasions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediator, retired Cook judge Gomolinski remembered for his integrity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Cook County Circuit Court Law Division judge and prominent mediator William E. Gomolinskiis being remembered for his integrity, hard work, professionalism and exceptional preparedness in every case that came before him.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mediator-retired-cook-judge-gomolinski-remembered-for-his-integrity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mediator-retired-cook-judge-gomolinski-remembered-for-his-integrity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediator, retired Cook County judge William Gomolinski dies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Cook County Circuit Court Law Division judge and prominent mediator William E. Gomolinski will be remembered for his integrity, hard work, professionalism and commitment to civil justice. Gomolinski died Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mediator-retired-cook-county-judge-william-gomolinski-dies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mediator-retired-cook-county-judge-william-gomolinski-dies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment &mdash; including two counts brought against the former president &mdash; saying that they lie beyond the state&rsquo;s jurisdiction.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-some-counts-in-georgia-election-case-against-trump/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tosses-some-counts-in-georgia-election-case-against-trump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption trial kicks off for former AT&amp;T boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the federal corruption trial of former AT&amp;T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza formally kicked off on Wednesday, prosecutors and defense attorneys painted two very different pictures of a political hire the telecom giant made in 2017.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/corruption-trial-kicks-off-for-former-atampt-boss/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/corruption-trial-kicks-off-for-former-atampt-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contracts — arbitration agreements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an unsophisticated plaintiff signed a disadvantageous arbitration agreement without review or discussion of the rights he waived, the agreement is unconscionable.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-arbitration-agreements/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contracts-arbitration-agreements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4th District mulls over personal jurisdiction, ruling on discovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the shadow of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have eroded the protection of personal jurisdiction for corporate defendants and Illinois Appellate Court decisions that have diminished forum non conveniens, the 4th District last week handed down Odarczenko v. Polaris Industries, Inc., 2024 IL App (4th) 230790-U.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/4th-district-mulls-over-personal-jurisdiction-ruling-on-discovery/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/4th-district-mulls-over-personal-jurisdiction-ruling-on-discovery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students Have Candid Conversations with the Legal Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[Students participated in candid conversations about the Constitution with federal judges and attorneys, as a part of the Federal Bar Association&rsquo;s annual Civics Day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/students-have-candid-conversations-with-the-legal-community/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/students-have-candid-conversations-with-the-legal-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court hears cases over pretrial detention under SAFE-T Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases that test the authority of local courts to hold criminal suspects behind bars while they await trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-hears-cases-over-pretrial-detention-under-safe-t-act/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-hears-cases-over-pretrial-detention-under-safe-t-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court hears cases over detention under SAFE-T Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases that test the authority of local courts to hold criminal suspects behind bars while they await trial.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-hears-cases-over-detention-under-safe-t-act/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-hears-cases-over-detention-under-safe-t-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge trims suit over drug overdose death in jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three Elgin police officers cannot be held liable for the overdose death of a 20-year-old man booked on drug charges on the basis of their failure to strip search him before placing him in a holding cell, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-over-drug-overdose-death-in-jail/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-trims-suit-over-drug-overdose-death-in-jail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurer spared duty to defend client in BIPA class action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lloyd&rsquo;s of London does not have a duty to defend Tony&rsquo;s Fresh Market in a class action lawsuit alleging that the grocery chain violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurer-spared-duty-to-defend-client-in-bipa-class-action/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurer-spared-duty-to-defend-client-in-bipa-class-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvard reports decline in Black students in wake of SCOTUS ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University&rsquo;s freshman class, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harvard-reports-decline-in-black-students-in-wake-of-scotus-ruling/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harvard-reports-decline-in-black-students-in-wake-of-scotus-ruling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctor who feared contracting COVID wins disability coverage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Collecting disability benefits does not always require current incapacitation. If the insured were to face a significant risk of serious illness or death by working, disability benefits are payable, according to Downs v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147897, 2024 WL 3908106 (N.D. Calif., Aug. 19, 2024).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doctor-who-feared-contracting-covid-wins-disability-coverage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doctor-who-feared-contracting-covid-wins-disability-coverage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biometric Information Privacy Act — health care exclusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an individual submits biometric information to a virtual tool for non-prescription sunglasses, they are not subject to the health care exemption under the Biometric Information Privacy Act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biometric-information-privacy-act-health-care-exclusion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biometric-information-privacy-act-health-care-exclusion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury selection begins in racketeering trial of former AT&amp;#x26;T boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of former AT&amp;T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who federal prosecutors allege bribed once-powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for favorable legislation in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-begins-in-racketeering-trial-of-former-atampx26t-boss/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-begins-in-racketeering-trial-of-former-atampx26t-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury selection begins in racketeering trial of former AT&amp;T boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of former AT&amp;T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who federal prosecutors allege bribed once-powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for favorable legislation in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-begins-in-racketeering-trial-of-former-atampt-boss/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-begins-in-racketeering-trial-of-former-atampt-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury selection begins in bribery trial of former AT&amp;#x26;T boss]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in the trial of former AT&amp;T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who federal prosecutors allege bribed once-powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for favorable legislation in Springfield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-begins-in-bribery-trial-of-former-atampx26t-boss/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-begins-in-bribery-trial-of-former-atampx26t-boss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds building owner must pay tenants&amp;#x2019; relocation fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[An apartment building owner is not entitled to injunctive relief that would block the city of Chicago from requiring it to pay a $10,600 relocation fee to renters who do not sign a new lease, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-building-owner-must-pay-tenantsampx2019-relocation-fees/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-building-owner-must-pay-tenantsampx2019-relocation-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge holds building owner must pay tenants’ relocation fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[An apartment building owner is not entitled to injunctive relief that would block the city of Chicago from requiring it to pay a $10,600 relocation fee to renters who do not sign a new lease, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-building-owner-must-pay-tenants-relocation-fees/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-holds-building-owner-must-pay-tenants-relocation-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google loses final EU court appeal over $2.7B fine in antitrust case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-loses-final-eu-court-appeal-over-27b-fine-in-antitrust-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-loses-final-eu-court-appeal-over-27b-fine-in-antitrust-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, Apple lose court fights against EU, owe billions in fines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc&rsquo;s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech companies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-apple-lose-court-fights-against-eu-owe-billions-in-fines/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-apple-lose-court-fights-against-eu-owe-billions-in-fines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal jury awards record $50M over wrongful conviction for murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal jury awarded $50 million to an exonerated suburban Chicago man who was wrongfully convicted in a 2008 murder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-jury-awards-record-50m-over-wrongful-conviction-for-murder/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-jury-awards-record-50m-over-wrongful-conviction-for-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — confinement to restore competency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant was confined for longer than four months to restore competency to stand trial, district court was not required to dismiss indictment with prejudice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-confinement-to-restore-competency/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-confinement-to-restore-competency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coverage found for negligent hiring over intentional battery]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 1st District Appellate Court recently held that an insurer covering its insured&rsquo;s garage operations had a duty to defend and indemnify the insured for an indemnity payment the insured made to its customer that settled a tort claim involving an intentional battery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/coverage-found-for-negligent-hiring-over-intentional-battery/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/coverage-found-for-negligent-hiring-over-intentional-battery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s in a name? Justice Jackson gives her answer in  new memoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the latest sitting justice to publisha book. Those seeking to learn more about the court and the time she has spent on it to date will not find much, if anything, here. Maybe she will write another book to address those points down the line.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/whats-in-a-name-justice-jackson-gives-her-answer-in-new-memoir/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/whats-in-a-name-justice-jackson-gives-her-answer-in-new-memoir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel grants Advocate change of venue in birth injury case]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel granted the defendants in a birth injury lawsuit, including Advocate Medical Group and one of its hospitals, a change of venue from Cook to DuPage County.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-grants-advocate-change-of-venue-in-birth-injury-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-grants-advocate-change-of-venue-in-birth-injury-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[One month after a judge declared Google&rsquo;s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-faces-new-antitrust-trial-after-ruling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-faces-new-antitrust-trial-after-ruling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant seeks to bar the admission of video of his behavior in a custodial interview as prejudicial, he must show the prejudice is unfair and outweighs the probative value.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-evidence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — failure to prosecute]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff hindered development of basic facts, failed to cooperate with scheduling of depositions, and failed to comply with local rules and court orders, district court did not abuse discretion in dismissing the case for failure to prosecute.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-failure-to-prosecute/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-failure-to-prosecute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alito reports German princess gave him concert tickets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justice Samuel Alito reported Friday that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people, according to a new financial disclosure form.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alito-reports-german-princess-gave-him-concert-tickets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/alito-reports-german-princess-gave-him-concert-tickets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advocate granted change of venue in birth injury case, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel granted the defendants in a birth injury lawsuit, including Advocate Medical Group and one of its hospitals, a change of venue from Cook to DuPage County.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocate-granted-change-of-venue-in-birth-injury-case-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocate-granted-change-of-venue-in-birth-injury-case-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truck driver’s bias suit over termination moves forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man who alleges he was denied a job as a long-haul truck driver because he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/truck-drivers-bias-suit-over-termination-moves-forward/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/truck-drivers-bias-suit-over-termination-moves-forward/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truck driver&amp;#x2019;s bias suit over job loss moves forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man who alleges he was denied a job as a long-haul truck driver because he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/truck-driverampx2019s-bias-suit-over-job-loss-moves-forward/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/truck-driverampx2019s-bias-suit-over-job-loss-moves-forward/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord announce merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord announced Friday that they will merge next year, creating a practice with more than 1,600 attorneys in over 30 locations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/troutman-pepper-locke-lord-announce-merger/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/troutman-pepper-locke-lord-announce-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Manion remembered as mentor, for dedication to rule of law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Judge Daniel A. Manion of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals never took anything for granted, according to a longtime friend and fellow jurist.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-manion-remembered-as-mentor-for-dedication-to-rule-of-law/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-manion-remembered-as-mentor-for-dedication-to-rule-of-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contractor not entitled to additional prejudgment interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[A concrete company is not entitled to additional prejudgment interest or attorney fees on its $10.6 million arbitration award, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contractor-not-entitled-to-additional-prejudgment-interest/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/contractor-not-entitled-to-additional-prejudgment-interest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil law — Motor Vehicle Franchise Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an automobile manufacturer seeks to obtain a dealer license to sell directly, it is not barred under the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act or Illinois Vehicle Code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-law-motor-vehicle-franchise-act/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-law-motor-vehicle-franchise-act/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon’s suit challenges federal agency’s structure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/amazons-suit-challenges-federal-agencys-structure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/amazons-suit-challenges-federal-agencys-structure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon&amp;#x2019;s suit challenges federal agency&amp;#x2019;s structure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is challenging the structure of the National Labor Relations Board in a lawsuit that also accuses the agency of improperly influencing the outcome of a union election at a company warehouse more than two years ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/amazonampx2019s-suit-challenges-federal-agencyampx2019s-structure/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/amazonampx2019s-suit-challenges-federal-agencyampx2019s-structure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump&amp;#x2019;s lawyer, judge clash in federal election case hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prosecutors and defense lawyers are bitterly at odds over the next steps in Trump&rsquo;s federal election case after the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the prosecution by ruling that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trumpampx2019s-lawyer-judge-clash-in-federal-election-case-hearing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trumpampx2019s-lawyer-judge-clash-in-federal-election-case-hearing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for recusals in Illinois’ courts of review to be public]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apropos of the recent column in this space regarding the lack of transparency in the Illinois courts of review and the need for public access to the briefs, orders and motions of those courts, three recent cases, two involving politically sensitive matters, illustrate the urgent need for the end to opacity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/time-for-recusals-in-illinois-courts-of-review-to-be-public/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/time-for-recusals-in-illinois-courts-of-review-to-be-public/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal malpractice suit over representation in divorce revived]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge erred when throwing out a legal malpractice complaint accusing a lawyer of leaving a client in debt by failing to prevent her estranged husband from liquidating their marital assets while their divorce was pending, a state appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/legal-malpractice-suit-over-representation-in-divorce-revived/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/legal-malpractice-suit-over-representation-in-divorce-revived/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge questions payment restrictions in $2.7B NCAA settlement]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-questions-payment-restrictions-in-27b-ncaa-settlement/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-questions-payment-restrictions-in-27b-ncaa-settlement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge asked to give nod to $2.7B settlement of NCAA antitrust claims]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in California on Thursday was scheduled to weigh preliminary approval of a $2.78 billion settlement of three antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major conferences, the first step of a lengthy process that could lead to college athletes getting a cut of the billions in television revenue that flows to their schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-asked-to-give-nod-to-27b-settlement-of-ncaa-antitrust-claims/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-asked-to-give-nod-to-27b-settlement-of-ncaa-antitrust-claims/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Amendment — political contributions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where Indiana statute prohibited corporate contributions to Super PACs, prohibition violated First Amendment and district court was directed to issue a preliminary injunction barring enforcement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-amendment-political-contributions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-amendment-political-contributions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real estate — condominium association meetings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party was not properly notified of a condominium association meeting per the relevant bylaws, motions passed at that meeting are invalid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/real-estate-condominium-association-meetings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/real-estate-condominium-association-meetings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plaintiffs get OK to carry concealed firearms on Metra, CTA]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois law banning concealed firearms on public transportation violates the Second Amendment as applied to four plaintiffs who want to arm themselves for self-defense when they are traveling on Metra&rsquo;s rail system or Chicago Transit Authority vehicles, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plaintiffs-get-ok-to-carry-concealed-firearms-on-metra-cta/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/plaintiffs-get-ok-to-carry-concealed-firearms-on-metra-cta/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New hearing for attorney who practiced while suspended, ARDC board says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) hearing board recommended be disbarred for continuing to represent clients while suspended should be entitled to a new hearing, according to the ARDC review board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-hearing-for-attorney-who-practiced-while-suspended-ardc-board-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-hearing-for-attorney-who-practiced-while-suspended-ardc-board-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois&amp;#x2019; bid to end court oversight of disability programs nixed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge denied Illinois&rsquo; request to end court oversight of its disability services. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, agreed with legal advocates who argued that the state still hasn&rsquo;t met its decade-old promises to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live outside large institutions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinoisampx2019-bid-to-end-court-oversight-of-disability-programs-nixed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinoisampx2019-bid-to-end-court-oversight-of-disability-programs-nixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois’ bid to end court oversight of disability programs nixed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge denied Illinois&rsquo; request to end court oversight of its disability services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-bid-to-end-court-oversight-of-disability-programs-nixed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-bid-to-end-court-oversight-of-disability-programs-nixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Continental Congress sought unified front against Parliament]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Sept. 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress met at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia to discuss a unified Colonial response to certain punitive measures passed by the British Parliament. This meeting set the stage for the second congress, which ultimately drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-continental-congress-sought-unified-front-against-parliament/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/first-continental-congress-sought-unified-front-against-parliament/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Securities — promissory note]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the terms of a promissory note do not provide for profits or interest to the passive lender beyond repayment, the note does not constitute a security under the Illinois Securities law.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/securities-promissory-note/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/securities-promissory-note/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson kicks off new book tour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, &ldquo;Lovely One.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-kicks-off-new-book-tour/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-kicks-off-new-book-tour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury awards record $48.7M over spinal injury in Kendall County]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Kendall County jury returned a record $48.7 million verdict over a spinal injury for a man who was permanently paralyzed after being forcibly removed from a bar in Plano.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-awards-record-487m-over-spinal-injury-in-kendall-county/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-awards-record-487m-over-spinal-injury-in-kendall-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decision about major policy shift on marijuana unlikely until after election]]></title><description><![CDATA[A decision on whether to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the U.S. won&rsquo;t come until after the November presidential election, a timeline that raises the chances it could be a potent political issue in the closely contested race.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/decision-about-major-policy-shift-on-marijuana-unlikely-until-after-election/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/decision-about-major-policy-shift-on-marijuana-unlikely-until-after-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearview AI fined $33.7M over &amp;#x2018;illegal database&amp;#x2019; of faces]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an &ldquo;illegal database&rdquo; of billion of photos of faces.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/clearview-ai-fined-337m-over-ampx2018illegal-databaseampx2019-of-faces/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/clearview-ai-fined-337m-over-ampx2018illegal-databaseampx2019-of-faces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — expert testimony]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiffs&rsquo; attorney missed deadline to disclose expert witness, district court did not err in granting summary judgment for defendants after concluding that plaintiffs could not prove case without expert testimony.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-expert-testimony/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-expert-testimony/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BIPA suit over virtual sunglasses sent back to trial court]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) class action lawsuit over a virtual eyewear &ldquo;try-on&rdquo; tool is heading back to trial court after a state appellate panel answered a certified question finding that the healthcare exclusion to the privacy law does not apply in this situation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bipa-suit-over-virtual-sunglasses-sent-back-to-trial-court/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bipa-suit-over-virtual-sunglasses-sent-back-to-trial-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author examines origins of race, prejudice in Kafkaesque story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pablo Picasso once said, &ldquo;Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.&rdquo; I was reminded of this axiom as I read Mohsin Hamid&rsquo;s book &ldquo;The Last White Man&rdquo; (Riverhead Books 2022).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/author-examines-origins-of-race-prejudice-in-kafkaesque-story/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/author-examines-origins-of-race-prejudice-in-kafkaesque-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtual sunglasses not protected by BIPA health care exclusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) class action lawsuit over a virtual eyewear &ldquo;try-on&rdquo; tool is heading back to trial court after a state appellate panel answered a certified question finding that the health care exclusion to the privacy law does not apply in this situation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/virtual-sunglasses-not-protected-by-bipa-health-care-exclusion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/virtual-sunglasses-not-protected-by-bipa-health-care-exclusion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study shows public sector unions shrink following 2018 Janus decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Overall participation in labor unions has declined in recent years in Illinois, although the state has seen an increase in successful unionization efforts for the second year in a row.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/study-shows-public-sector-unions-shrink-following-2018-janus-decision/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/study-shows-public-sector-unions-shrink-following-2018-janus-decision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal agency cracks down on &amp;#x2018;predatory&amp;#x2019; lending practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pledging to scrutinize contract for deed lending, a form of alternative or seller financing in which a private seller or investor group comes to a loan agreement with a buyer without many of the typical banking and mortgage regulations and protections.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-agency-cracks-down-on-ampx2018predatoryampx2019-lending-practice/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-agency-cracks-down-on-ampx2018predatoryampx2019-lending-practice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel upholds firing of teacher for hitting students]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago public school teacher who allegedly caused physical harm to several students failed to convince a state appellate panel that she was erroneously terminated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-upholds-firing-of-teacher-for-hitting-students/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-upholds-firing-of-teacher-for-hitting-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel upholds decision to fire teacher for hitting students]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Chicago public school teacher who allegedly caused physical harm to several students failed to convince a state appellate panel that she was erroneously terminated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-upholds-decision-to-fire-teacher-for-hitting-students/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-upholds-decision-to-fire-teacher-for-hitting-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massey&amp;#x2019;s death underscores need for mental health law reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois law intended to help people with mental illness avoid confrontations with police had been on the books for three years when Sonya Massey was shot by a Sangamon County Sheriff&rsquo;s deputy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/masseyampx2019s-death-underscores-need-for-mental-health-law-reform/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/masseyampx2019s-death-underscores-need-for-mental-health-law-reform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make most of long weekend and review Supreme Court Rule 9(f)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Sunday, Sept. 1, brings with it the systematized and categorized, yet still arbitrary, rejection of filings in both the Illinois circuit courts and courts of review when an amendment to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 9 takes effect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/make-most-of-long-weekend-and-review-supreme-court-rule-9f/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/make-most-of-long-weekend-and-review-supreme-court-rule-9f/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspectors found repeat food safety violations at Boar’s Head plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Boar&rsquo;s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/inspectors-found-repeat-food-safety-violations-at-boars-head-plant/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/inspectors-found-repeat-food-safety-violations-at-boars-head-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California advances landmark legislation to regulate AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. &mdash; Efforts in California to establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote Wednesday that could pave the way for U.S. regulations on the technology evolving at warp speed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/california-advances-landmark-legislation-to-regulate-ai/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/california-advances-landmark-legislation-to-regulate-ai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel trims $3M award in whistleblower verdict]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago must pay $2.8 million to a former detective who alleged retaliation under the Illinois Whistleblower Act but not the $4.3 million originally awarded by a jury, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-trims-3m-award-in-whistleblower-verdict/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-trims-3m-award-in-whistleblower-verdict/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court rebuffs plea to restore student debt plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept on hold the latest multibillion-dollar plan from the Biden administration that would have lowered payments for millions of borrowers, while lawsuits make their way through lower courts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-rebuffs-plea-to-restore-student-debt-plan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/supreme-court-rebuffs-plea-to-restore-student-debt-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massachusetts strikes down switchblade ban, citing Bruen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents of Massachusetts are now free to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old restriction was struck down following the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s 2022 landmark decision on gun rights and the Second Amendment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/massachusetts-strikes-down-switchblade-ban-citing-bruen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/massachusetts-strikes-down-switchblade-ban-citing-bruen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois stakeholders working to improve cannabis equity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medical marijuana patients can now purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois&rsquo; top cannabis regulator said, but smaller, newly licensed cannabis growers are still seeking greater access to the state&rsquo;s medical marijuana customers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-stakeholders-working-to-improve-cannabis-equity/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-stakeholders-working-to-improve-cannabis-equity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbarred attorney must pay $51,000 in litigation fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[A disbarred attorney who misappropriated more than $290,000 in trust funds must pay more than $51,500 in attorney fees and litigation costs to two trust beneficiaries, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disbarred-attorney-must-pay-51000-in-litigation-fees/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disbarred-attorney-must-pay-51000-in-litigation-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County Circuit Court updates cellphone policy after incident]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resulting from an incident where a judge in the criminal division banned a man from the Leighton Criminal Courthouse for bringing his phone into her courtroom, the Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County issued an order clarifying the court&rsquo;s policy on electronic devices in court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-circuit-court-updates-cellphone-policy-after-incident/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-circuit-court-updates-cellphone-policy-after-incident/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — application note interpretation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court relying on Application Note interpretation of &ldquo;loss&rdquo; in sentencing calculation was not an abuse of discretion because precedent in Kisor did not apply.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-application-note-interpretation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-application-note-interpretation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property — restrictive covenants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a public body seeks to build a public institution with public funds, it is not bound by restrictive covenants on the land.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/property-restrictive-covenants/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/property-restrictive-covenants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Program offering legal status to spouses of US citizens is paused]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/program-offering-legal-status-to-spouses-of-us-citizens-is-paused/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/program-offering-legal-status-to-spouses-of-us-citizens-is-paused/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kroger, Albertsons defend merger plan in federal court]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supermarket chain Albertsons told a federal judge Monday that it might have to lay off workers, close stores and even exit some markets if its planned merger with Kroger isn&rsquo;t allowed to proceed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kroger-albertsons-defend-merger-plan-in-federal-court/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kroger-albertsons-defend-merger-plan-in-federal-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC cracking down on perpetuators of fake online reviews]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fake online reviews and testimonials have been a persistent problem for small businesses. To combat the problem, the Federal Trade Commission issued a rule that allows the agency to seek civil penalties against knowing violators.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ftc-cracking-down-on-perpetuators-of-fake-online-reviews/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ftc-cracking-down-on-perpetuators-of-fake-online-reviews/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds file revised indictment against Trump in Jan. 6 case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity on former presidents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/feds-file-revised-indictment-against-trump-in-jan-6-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/feds-file-revised-indictment-against-trump-in-jan-6-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Driving While Black’ cited in ruling on impoundment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel has ordered a dispute over a car that was impounded after a police search found an unlawful gun to be reheard by a different administrative law judge than the one who initially found the impoundment proper, calling the case &ldquo;troubling&rdquo; and suggesting the initial police action was racially motivated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/driving-while-black-cited-in-ruling-on-impoundment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/driving-while-black-cited-in-ruling-on-impoundment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge for veteran attorneys: Find someone younger as mentor]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the venerable world of law, experience has long been considered the cornerstone of success. As seasoned attorneys, we&rsquo;ve spent years honing our skills, navigating complex cases and mastering the intricacies of legal practice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/challenge-for-veteran-attorneys-find-someone-younger-as-mentor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/challenge-for-veteran-attorneys-find-someone-younger-as-mentor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will crime reports by AI hold up in court?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A body camera captured every word and bark uttered as police Sgt. Matt Gilmore and his K-9 dog, Gunner, searched for a group of suspects for nearly an hour.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/will-crime-reports-by-ai-hold-up-in-court/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/will-crime-reports-by-ai-hold-up-in-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Goldilocks approach to law defines Gorsuch jurisprudence]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze make the case in their book that there is a large human toll from having too much law. It is an interesting read that makes one think through the arguments and digest them.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-goldilocks-approach-to-law-defines-gorsuch-jurisprudence/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-goldilocks-approach-to-law-defines-gorsuch-jurisprudence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statue of limitations dooms red-light ticket refund suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A proposed class-action lawsuit against the city of Chicago seeking the refund of red-light camera violation fees is subject to a five-year civil statute of limitations, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statue-of-limitations-dooms-red-light-ticket-refund-suit/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/statue-of-limitations-dooms-red-light-ticket-refund-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real estate — notice of judicial sale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a judicial sale is rescheduled for within 60 days of the original date, no new notice of sale is required to be sent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/real-estate-notice-of-judicial-sale/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/real-estate-notice-of-judicial-sale/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kroger, Albertsons defend plans for merger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kroger and Albertsons defended their plan to merge &mdash; and tried to overcome the U.S. government&rsquo;s objections &mdash; in a federal court hearing that began Monday in Oregon.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kroger-albertsons-defend-plans-for-merger/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kroger-albertsons-defend-plans-for-merger/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ITLA president Sara Salger aims to engage young lawyers, Downstate members]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sara M. Salger, president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, began her term earlier this summer as the third woman to lead the organization following immediate past president Kathy M. Byrne, who she called an inspiration throughout her career and whose legacy she now looks to honor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/itla-president-sara-salger-aims-to-engage-young-lawyers-downstate-members/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/itla-president-sara-salger-aims-to-engage-young-lawyers-downstate-members/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High court fails to reach decision on campaign law dispute]]></title><description><![CDATA[The ruling of a Sangamon County circuit court judge finding that a campaign law that changed the rules for accessing the ballot in the middle of an active election cycle violated the constitutional rights of candidates will stand.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-fails-to-reach-decision-on-campaign-law-dispute/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/high-court-fails-to-reach-decision-on-campaign-law-dispute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — removal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where state disclaimed intent to seek relief from environmental contamination that resulted from work undertaken for the U.S. Army, defendant could not rely on federal government contractor defense to remove case to federal court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-removal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-removal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verdict dispute in landmark suit over youth center abuse nears end]]></title><description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. &mdash; The $38 million verdict in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at New Hampshire&rsquo;s youth detention center remains disputed nearly four months later, with both sides submitting final requests to the judge this week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/verdict-dispute-in-landmark-suit-over-youth-center-abuse-nears-end/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/verdict-dispute-in-landmark-suit-over-youth-center-abuse-nears-end/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family accepts $8M in alleged wrongful death at Stroger hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of a man who died of internal bleeding that went untreated reached an $8.1 million settlement with John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital in Cook County over its alleged medical negligence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-accepts-8m-in-alleged-wrongful-death-at-stroger-hospital/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-accepts-8m-in-alleged-wrongful-death-at-stroger-hospital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ accuses RealPage of breaking antitrust laws in rent hikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike rental prices.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-accuses-realpage-of-breaking-antitrust-laws-in-rent-hikes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-accuses-realpage-of-breaking-antitrust-laws-in-rent-hikes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Class certified in wage suit against Pizza Hut franchisee]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge certified a class in a lawsuit accusing a company that owns franchises on multiple Pizza Hut restaurants of violating the Illinois Minimum Wage Law by failing to properly reimburse its delivery drivers for their expenses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/class-certified-in-wage-suit-against-pizza-hut-franchisee/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/class-certified-in-wage-suit-against-pizza-hut-franchisee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appellate panel affirms privilege shields attorney from suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A property company cannot pursue a lawsuit alleging that an attorney and his former law firm deliberately sabotaged a property sale, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-privilege-shields-attorney-from-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appellate-panel-affirms-privilege-shields-attorney-from-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘44: The (un)Official, (un)Sanctioned Obama Musical’ is rockin’ great]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Never expect anything and you&rsquo;ll never be disappointed &hellip; and sometimes you&rsquo;ll be pleasantly surprised.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/44-the-unofficial-unsanctioned-obama-musical-is-rockin-great/</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/44-the-unofficial-unsanctioned-obama-musical-is-rockin-great/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — identity theft]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a plaintiff in a civil action seeks damages for identity theft, none can be provided because identity theft is not a civil action, only a criminal offense.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-identity-theft/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-identity-theft/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Litigation over arbitration still gets state, US courts’ attention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arbitration disputes continue to populate the dockets of the U.S. Supreme Court, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Illinois Appellate Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/litigation-over-arbitration-still-gets-state-us-courts-attention/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/litigation-over-arbitration-still-gets-state-us-courts-attention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurance — mental-health parity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiffs could not show that insurer treated coverage requirements for substantially all physical conditions more leniently than mental conditions, district court correctly ruled for insurer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurance-mental-health-parity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurance-mental-health-parity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal appeals court revives antitrust suit against Amazon]]></title><description><![CDATA[An antitrust lawsuit the District of Columbia brought against Amazon was revived Thursday after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court&rsquo;s decision to dismiss the complaint.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-appeals-court-revives-antitrust-suit-against-amazon/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-appeals-court-revives-antitrust-suit-against-amazon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expand public access to court records, Zoom proceedings]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I read Patrick Eckler&rsquo;s column about access to court records (&ldquo;Illinois review courts should open access to more records,&rdquo; Aug. 15), I was applauding. I hope the court takes his words to heart. The technology is easily available to allow licensed lawyers to access all court records online in Illinois trial and reviewing courts. Some but not all of those records are accessible online. Of those not accessible, it is not necessarily because they contain sensitive information. B]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/expand-public-access-to-court-records-zoom-proceedings/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/expand-public-access-to-court-records-zoom-proceedings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divided panel nixes bid to revive challenge to mail-in ballot law]]></title><description><![CDATA[A divided federal appeals court declined to revive a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of an Illinois law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day and received within two weeks after that.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/divided-panel-nixes-bid-to-revive-challenge-to-mail-in-ballot-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/divided-panel-nixes-bid-to-revive-challenge-to-mail-in-ballot-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democratic convention ends Thursday with the party’s new standard bearer, Kamala Harris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vice President Kamala Harris will close out the Democratic National Convention Thursday night when she accepts her party&rsquo;s historic presidential nomination and seizes one of her few remaining opportunities to appeal to an audience of millions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/democratic-convention-ends-thursday-with-the-partys-new-standard-bearer-kamala-harris/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/democratic-convention-ends-thursday-with-the-partys-new-standard-bearer-kamala-harris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coal company parent held not to owe widow benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former parent corporation of a bankrupt coal company does not have to pay benefits to the widow of a retired miner who died of lung cancer, a federal appeals panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/coal-company-parent-held-not-to-owe-widow-benefits/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/coal-company-parent-held-not-to-owe-widow-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters clash with police near Chicago’s Israeli consulate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Tuesday after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protesters-clash-with-police-near-chicagos-israeli-consulate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protesters-clash-with-police-near-chicagos-israeli-consulate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritzker leans into role of benevolent billionaire at DNC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cheered on by an Illinois delegation watching from the floor of the United Center on Tuesday night, Gov. J.B. Pritzker embraced an identity that&rsquo;s generally proven alienating in both Democratic and Republican politics: being extremely wealthy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-leans-into-role-of-benevolent-billionaire-at-dnc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-leans-into-role-of-benevolent-billionaire-at-dnc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme Court to hear 6 civil cases next term]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court will hear six civil cases in its September term, including challenges to a certification process for a new casino, a Cook County fuel tax ordinance as it applies to &ldquo;intangible interests&rdquo; and Illinois&rsquo; minimum wage law as it relates to alleged wage abuse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-to-hear-6-civil-cases-next-term/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-court-to-hear-6-civil-cases-next-term/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home insurance makes ownership possible, but how much longer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insurance is an arrangement by which a person has a guarantee of compensation for a specified loss or damage in exchange for the payment of a premium.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/home-insurance-makes-ownership-possible-but-how-much-longer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/home-insurance-makes-ownership-possible-but-how-much-longer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FTC bid to ban noncompetes rejected by federal judge in Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Federal Trade Commission that would have made it easier for employees to quit a job and work for a competitor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ftc-bid-to-ban-noncompetes-rejected-by-federal-judge-in-texas/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ftc-bid-to-ban-noncompetes-rejected-by-federal-judge-in-texas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens arrested near Chicago’s Israeli consulate]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least 55 protesters were arrested following violent clashes with police in Chicago on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, a situation the police chief called &ldquo;a danger to our city.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/dozens-arrested-near-chicagos-israeli-consulate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/dozens-arrested-near-chicagos-israeli-consulate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law &amp;#x2014; operating an overweight vehicle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant is charged with operating an overweight vehicle, the state must show the scales were certified and the officer properly trained to evaluate them to prove the charge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-ampx2014-operating-an-overweight-vehicle/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-ampx2014-operating-an-overweight-vehicle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — mistaken identity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a defendant claims they have been mistaken for another party with an identical name, the burden of proof that they are not the named party is on the defendant.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-mistaken-identity/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-mistaken-identity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titleholder lost insurable interest in property following foreclosure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a homeowner whose house was in foreclosure with the redemption period having expired, lacked sufficient insurable interest to collect the replacement value of the home for loss after a fire, even though he continued to hold legal title.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/titleholder-lost-insurable-interest-in-property-following-foreclosure/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/titleholder-lost-insurable-interest-in-property-following-foreclosure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over landfill insurance must wait for Missouri result]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County judge correctly stayed a lawsuit between a landfill owner and its insurers pending the resolution of a suit between the parties in Missouri, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-landfill-insurance-must-wait-for-missouri-result/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-landfill-insurance-must-wait-for-missouri-result/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Illinois law bans corporal punishment in all schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[This school year, Illinois will become just the fifth state in the nation to prohibit corporal punishment in all schools.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-illinois-law-bans-corporal-punishment-in-all-schools/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-illinois-law-bans-corporal-punishment-in-all-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigration — ineffective assistance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where petitioners did not raise ineffective assistance claim before the BIA, panel could not consider it on appeal.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/immigration-ineffective-assistance/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/immigration-ineffective-assistance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney dropping bid to have allergy-death suit tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disney will no longer ask a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim&rsquo;s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+, the company said in a statement Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disney-dropping-bid-to-have-allergy-death-suit-tossed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/disney-dropping-bid-to-have-allergy-death-suit-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th Circuit rejects challenge to Indiana ballot access law]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court declined to revive a challenge to the constitutionality of an Indiana law that sets out the process for independent and minor-party candidates to petition for a spot on the ballot in a general election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-rejects-challenge-to-indiana-ballot-access-law/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-rejects-challenge-to-indiana-ballot-access-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2nd suit tied to disbarred attorney’s failure to serve tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The legal malpractice of a disbarred attorney was the subject of an appeal to the 1st District Appellate Court in a second case involving his alleged failure to serve a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2nd-suit-tied-to-disbarred-attorneys-failure-to-serve-tossed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/2nd-suit-tied-to-disbarred-attorneys-failure-to-serve-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[13 protesters arrested during first day of DNC, police say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirteen people were arrested during protests on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, most them related to a &ldquo;brief breach&rdquo; of security fencing &ldquo;within sight and sound of the United Center,&rdquo; the city&rsquo;s police superintendent said Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/13-protesters-arrested-during-first-day-of-dnc-police-say/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/13-protesters-arrested-during-first-day-of-dnc-police-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over inheritance once worth $300M revived]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit over the alleged mismanagement of a trust once valued at more than $300 million can proceed, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-inheritance-once-worth-300m-revived/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-inheritance-once-worth-300m-revived/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — colloquy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where possible error court committed during Rule 11 colloquy was not plain because alleged basis of error depended on internal disagreement within 7th Circuit precedent.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-colloquy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-colloquy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS keeps new rules for sex discrimination in education on hold]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-keeps-new-rules-for-sex-discrimination-in-education-on-hold/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-keeps-new-rules-for-sex-discrimination-in-education-on-hold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters rally outside of DNC, Chicago pledges to keep peace]]></title><description><![CDATA[Protesters rallied outside the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday, saying they were determined to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza and other issues. Chicago officials said they were committed to keeping the demonstrations peaceful.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protesters-rally-outside-of-dnc-chicago-pledges-to-keep-peace/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protesters-rally-outside-of-dnc-chicago-pledges-to-keep-peace/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters plan large marches and rallies as DNC kicks off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crowds of activists are expected to gather in Chicago for protests outside the Democratic National Convention this week, hoping to call attention to such issues as economic injustice, reproductive rights and the war in Gaza.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protesters-plan-large-marches-and-rallies-as-dnc-kicks-off/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protesters-plan-large-marches-and-rallies-as-dnc-kicks-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man’s copyright infringement claims over celebrity photos fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Media outlets reporting on an actor&rsquo;s arrest in an extortion scheme did not violate copyright law by publishing photographs he had posted online earlier of himself posing with celebrities, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mans-copyright-infringement-claims-over-celebrity-photos-fail/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/mans-copyright-infringement-claims-over-celebrity-photos-fail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man&amp;#x2019;s copyright infringement claims over celebrity photos fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Media outlets reporting on an actor&rsquo;s arrest in an extortion scheme did not violate copyright law by publishing photographs he had posted online earlier of himself posing with celebrities, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/manampx2019s-copyright-infringement-claims-over-celebrity-photos-fail/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/manampx2019s-copyright-infringement-claims-over-celebrity-photos-fail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kagan speaks candidly on need for enforcement of ethics rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[In acandid discussion, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan admittedthe lack of any enforcement of the ethics rules for her and her fellow justices is an issue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kagan-speaks-candidly-on-need-for-enforcement-of-ethics-rule/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kagan-speaks-candidly-on-need-for-enforcement-of-ethics-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daley Center ready to operate remotely during DNC activities]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Daley Center will be unusually quiet this week asChicago handles an influx of people,protests and an overall spike in activity due to the Democratic National Convention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/daley-center-ready-to-operate-remotely-during-dnc-activities/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/daley-center-ready-to-operate-remotely-during-dnc-activities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — rebuttal witness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an expert witness for the defense presents an alternative theory of cause of death during deposition, the plaintiff must have the opportunity to present a rebuttal witness.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-rebuttal-witness/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-rebuttal-witness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applications open for five judicial vacancies in Cook County]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court is accepting applications for four Cook County subcircuit vacancies and one Cook County at-large vacancy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/applications-open-for-five-judicial-vacancies-in-cook-county/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/applications-open-for-five-judicial-vacancies-in-cook-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals court tosses proposal for new transmission line]]></title><description><![CDATA[An appeals court last week reversed state regulators&rsquo; approval of a permit for the Illinois portion of an 800-mile, high-voltage transmission line, setting up a possible fight at the state&rsquo;s Supreme Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-court-tosses-proposal-for-new-transmission-line/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeals-court-tosses-proposal-for-new-transmission-line/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge tells Google to brace for shakeup of Android app store]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Wednesday indicated he will order major changes in Google&rsquo;s Android app store to punish the company for engineering a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly that has hurt millions of consumers and app developers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tells-google-to-brace-for-shakeup-of-android-app-store/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-tells-google-to-brace-for-shakeup-of-android-app-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Republicans see Harris&amp;#x2019; polling surge as &amp;#x2018;honeymoon period&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois Republicans say they are still as united about the upcoming election as they were at their national convention in Milwaukee last month, despite surge of enthusiasm for the Democrats&rsquo; new presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-republicans-see-harrisampx2019-polling-surge-as-ampx2018honeymoon-periodampx2019/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-republicans-see-harrisampx2019-polling-surge-as-ampx2018honeymoon-periodampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvard, graduate students settle sexual harassment suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harvard University and three graduate students have settled a federal lawsuit accusing the Ivy League school of ignoring complaints of sexual harassment by a renowned professor and allowing him to intimidate students by threatening to hinder their careers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harvard-graduate-students-settle-sexual-harassment-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harvard-graduate-students-settle-sexual-harassment-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family accepts $18M settlement with hospital over birth injury]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of a now 3-year-old boy who sustained brain injuries and is disabled from an allegedly delayed cesarean section during delivery at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital in Chicago accepted an $18 million settlement out of Cook County Circuit Court.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-accepts-18m-settlement-with-hospital-over-birth-injury/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-accepts-18m-settlement-with-hospital-over-birth-injury/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence &amp;#x2014; recordings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant seeks to suppress a recording as large portions are inaudible, the presence of inaudible portions goes to weight of evidence, not trustworthiness or admissibility.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-ampx2014-recordings/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-ampx2014-recordings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wire fraud — railroad disability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where evidence presented at trial was sufficient to sustain conviction of wire fraud because amount of income defendant earned from employment was irrelevant to ineligibility for railroad disability benefits]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wire-fraud-railroad-disability/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/wire-fraud-railroad-disability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — legal malpractice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff asserts legal malpractice, they must show that but for the legal advice given they would have pursued a different course of action.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-legal-malpractice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-legal-malpractice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspend attorney for meth use, ARDC panel says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former assistant state&rsquo;s attorney who resigned from his position due to his methamphetamine use should be suspended for two years, according to the Illinois Attorney Disciplinary and Registration Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-for-meth-use-ardc-panel-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-for-meth-use-ardc-panel-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Fair draws Democrats from across Illinois for Governor&amp;#x2019;s Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democrats gathered in Springfield Wednesday for their annual rally at the Illinois State Fair amid a surge of enthusiasm and a renewed sense of optimism about their chances of retaining the White House in November.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-fair-draws-democrats-from-across-illinois-for-governorampx2019s-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-fair-draws-democrats-from-across-illinois-for-governorampx2019s-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois review courts should open access to more records]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cook County Circuit Court internet portal has been a great boon to practice in the county as it has, together with Zoom court appearances, made the promise of open courts a reality and allowed for practice to be quicker, easier and less costly.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-review-courts-should-open-access-to-more-records/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-review-courts-should-open-access-to-more-records/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caterpillar to face claims it violated GIPA]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to throw out claims in a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Caterpillar Inc. of violating Illinois law by requiring job applicants to submit their past medical records to the company.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/caterpillar-to-face-claims-it-violated-gipa/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/caterpillar-to-face-claims-it-violated-gipa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorneys for Sonya Massey’s family call for legislative change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of Sonya Massey&rsquo;s family and their attorneys called a news conference Wednesday to push for federal and state legislation in the wake of Massey&rsquo;s shooting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorneys-for-sonya-masseys-family-call-for-legislative-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorneys-for-sonya-masseys-family-call-for-legislative-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal Justice Act: Protecting the Right to Counsel for 60 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[For 60 years, the Criminal Justice Act has ensured that defendants who cannot afford to retain an attorney receive professional legal counsel by providing funding for court-appointed counsel in federal cases.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-justice-act-protecting-the-right-to-counsel-for-60-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-justice-act-protecting-the-right-to-counsel-for-60-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ohio family reaches $7M settlement in fatal police shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of an Ohio man who was shot and killed by a former sheriff&rsquo;s deputy will receive $7 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over the December 2020 shooting.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ohio-family-reaches-7m-settlement-in-fatal-police-shooting/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ohio-family-reaches-7m-settlement-in-fatal-police-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Malicious prosecution claims against Chicago can proceed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who spent two years in pretrial custody can continue to pursue claims of malicious prosecution against the City of Chicago overa drive-by shooting that killed a 15-year-old boy and injured a woman.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/malicious-prosecution-claims-against-chicago-can-proceed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/malicious-prosecution-claims-against-chicago-can-proceed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DoorDash drivers’ BIPA claims can’t be arbitrated, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A software company cannot compel arbitration of class-action claims by DoorDash drivers that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doordash-drivers-bipa-claims-cant-be-arbitrated-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doordash-drivers-bipa-claims-cant-be-arbitrated-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — final and appealable order]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where summary judgment is granted against a counterclaim and the original claim has been voluntarily dismissed but still may be refiled, there is not a final and appealable order.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-final-and-appealable-order/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-final-and-appealable-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Border security agency set to pay $45M over pregnancy bias]]></title><description><![CDATA[The agency responsible for securing the country&rsquo;s land and air border crossings is settling a case that alleged the agency discriminated against pregnant employees, lawyers for the employees said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/border-security-agency-set-to-pay-45m-over-pregnancy-bias/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/border-security-agency-set-to-pay-45m-over-pregnancy-bias/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book examines justice, white privilege via telling vignettes]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was recently part of a panel organized by Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. Also present were Appellate Justices Rena Van Tine and Carl A. Walker. We spoke before an audience of mostly Black students, though Latinx and Asian students were present as well.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/book-examines-justice-white-privilege-via-telling-vignettes/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/book-examines-justice-white-privilege-via-telling-vignettes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blanket social media requests may run afoul of discovery rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social media has been a fact-finding, investigatory tool in personal injury cases, and other litigation, for well over a decade. Between LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and other platforms, there is a wealth of information on the internet about witnesses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/blanket-social-media-requests-may-run-afoul-of-discovery-rule/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/blanket-social-media-requests-may-run-afoul-of-discovery-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — downward adjustment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant was not entitled to downward sentencing reduction because he was required to satisfy both criteria relating to sentence rather than just one.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-downward-adjustment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-downward-adjustment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge orders Stateville prison population moved by Sept. 30]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge is ordering Gov. J.B. Pritzker&rsquo;s administration to move the vast majority of those incarcerated at Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet out of the aging prison by the end of September, citing health and safety concerns posed by the facility.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-orders-stateville-prison-population-moved-by-sept-30/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-orders-stateville-prison-population-moved-by-sept-30/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes negligence suit alleging tires ‘shot off’ shelf]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who alleges she was injured when two tires &ldquo;shot off&rdquo; a shelf at a Menard Inc. store in Melrose Park and struck her does not have a case for negligence against the home improvement retailer, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-negligence-suit-alleging-tires-shot-off-shelf/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-negligence-suit-alleging-tires-shot-off-shelf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge denies protestors’ motion to expand parade route at DNC]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge denied a motion by pro-Palestinian protesters to order the city of Chicago to modify the route they must follow when demonstrating during the Democratic National Convention next week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-protestors-motion-to-expand-parade-route-at-dnc/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-protestors-motion-to-expand-parade-route-at-dnc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-police chief who led Kansas newspaper raid charged]]></title><description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. &mdash; A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness for an investigation into his conduct of withholding information from authorities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ex-police-chief-who-led-kansas-newspaper-raid-charged/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ex-police-chief-who-led-kansas-newspaper-raid-charged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment — disability benefits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff receives disability benefits from a government employer, the Public Employee Disability Act does not prohibit the employer from withholding employment tax from the benefits.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-disability-benefits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-disability-benefits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Campers can’t sue park over injuries from fallen hammock]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pair of campers who were injured when a pole they hung a hammock on broke and fell on them at a Peoria Park District campground lost a bid to revive their personal injury lawsuit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/campers-cant-sue-park-over-injuries-from-fallen-hammock/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/campers-cant-sue-park-over-injuries-from-fallen-hammock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritzker signs hundreds of bills into law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed a measure designating the &ldquo;giant puffball&rdquo; as the state&rsquo;s mushroom after signing hundreds of bills on Friday, completing action on legislation sent to him by lawmakers this spring.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-signs-hundreds-of-bills-into-law/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-signs-hundreds-of-bills-into-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury selection set to begin in Las Vegas reporter&amp;#x2019;s killing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The trial of a Las Vegas-area politician accused of killing an investigative reporter who wrote articles critical of him will take center stage in Nevada on Monday, with jury selection scheduled to start in a case that stunned Sin City and the world of journalism.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-set-to-begin-in-las-vegas-reporterampx2019s-killing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-selection-set-to-begin-in-las-vegas-reporterampx2019s-killing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois sheriff to step down after Sonya Massey shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey announced Friday that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her home.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-sheriff-to-step-down-after-sonya-massey-shooting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-sheriff-to-step-down-after-sonya-massey-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment law — employer liability]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where employer was not liable for hostile work environment because it was either not put on notice of employee&rsquo;s racial harassment, or, when on notice, it promptly investigated and remedied the situation by firing offending employees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-law-employer-liability/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-law-employer-liability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bid fails to revive suit over bike crash on sidewalk]]></title><description><![CDATA[The village of Palatine does not have to face a lawsuit that its allegedly negligent upkeep of a sidewalk caused a bicyclist&rsquo;s accident and injuries, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bid-fails-to-revive-suit-over-bike-crash-on-sidewalk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bid-fails-to-revive-suit-over-bike-crash-on-sidewalk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agencies want to make it easier to click &amp;#x2018;unsubscribe&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring payment services.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/agencies-want-to-make-it-easier-to-click-ampx2018unsubscribeampx2019/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/agencies-want-to-make-it-easier-to-click-ampx2018unsubscribeampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABA House of Delegates passes resolutions on rule of law, ERA]]></title><description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association House of Delegates is the policymaking body of the association. It meets twice each year, at the ABA annual and midyear meetings. On Aug. 5 and 6, it met in Chicago to attend to its business.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/aba-house-of-delegates-passes-resolutions-on-rule-of-law-era/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/aba-house-of-delegates-passes-resolutions-on-rule-of-law-era/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunil Harjani calls his ascension to court &amp;#x2018;American dream&amp;#x2019;]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Sunil R. Harjani of the Northern District of Illinois said he follows three words of advice U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave him when they met at a 2019 orientation program for new federal jurists.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sunil-harjani-calls-his-ascension-to-court-ampx2018american-dreamampx2019/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sunil-harjani-calls-his-ascension-to-court-ampx2018american-dreamampx2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawsuit over Titan sub could be tough to win, experts say]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawsuit-over-titan-sub-could-be-tough-to-win-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lawsuit-over-titan-sub-could-be-tough-to-win-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latest ‘Alice’ production shines at Chopin Studio Theatre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since its publication in 1865, Lewis Carroll&rsquo;s &ldquo;Alice&rsquo;s Adventures in Wonderland&rdquo; has provided endless inspiration for plays, musical theater, dance, films and television. No less than Tim Burton, Disney Studios, and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon have taken a hand at the story&rsquo;s clever world of fancy and imagination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/latest-alice-production-shines-at-chopin-studio-theatre/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/latest-alice-production-shines-at-chopin-studio-theatre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kathy Byrne dies at 66; recalled as ‘first-rate advocate’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kathy Byrne, a prominent asbestos attorney and the only child of former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne, is being remembered by colleagues as a humble, highly skilled lawyer with a strong sense of humor.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kathy-byrne-dies-at-66-recalled-as-first-rate-advocate/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kathy-byrne-dies-at-66-recalled-as-first-rate-advocate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asbestos attorney Kathy Byrne, daughter of late mayor, dies at 66]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kathy Byrne, a prominent asbestos attorney and the only child of former Chicago mayor Jane Byrne, died Thursday after a short illness, her firm said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/asbestos-attorney-kathy-byrne-daughter-of-late-mayor-dies-at-66/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/asbestos-attorney-kathy-byrne-daughter-of-late-mayor-dies-at-66/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th Circuit clears way for city&amp;#x2019;s DNC security rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court declined to enjoin the city of Chicago from enforcing an ordinance restricting the items that may be brought inside the security zone that will surround McCormick Place and the United Center during the Democratic National Convention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-clears-way-for-cityampx2019s-dnc-security-rules/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-clears-way-for-cityampx2019s-dnc-security-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts — general release]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a prior settlement included a release of all claims relating to a prior contract, this includes claims against a non-party for defamation relating to the performance of that contract.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-general-release/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-general-release/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immigration — discretionary decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where panel lacked jurisdiction to review decision of immigration judge because decision was based on immigration judge&rsquo;s power of discretionary review.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/immigration-discretionary-decision/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/immigration-discretionary-decision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Has 7th Circuit charted new course for Rooker-Feldman?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly everything about Gilbank v. Wood County Department of Human Services, 2024 WL 3616798, is extraordinary. The facts involve a mother of minor child whose child was taken from her by local authorities because of alleged drug use.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/has-7th-circuit-charted-new-course-for-rooker-feldman/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/has-7th-circuit-charted-new-course-for-rooker-feldman/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eugene Doherty appointed to 4th District Appellate Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Justice Eugene G. Doherty to the 4th District Appellate Court, where he currently serves on assignment, effective immediately.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/eugene-doherty-appointed-to-4th-district-appellate-court/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/eugene-doherty-appointed-to-4th-district-appellate-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denise Baker-Seal aims to grow IDC in 60th anniversary year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Denise Baker-Seal is steppinginto her role as president of the Illinois Defense Counsel as the organization celebrates 60 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/denise-baker-seal-aims-to-grow-idc-in-60th-anniversary-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/denise-baker-seal-aims-to-grow-idc-in-60th-anniversary-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney can’t arbitrate ex-partner’s suit over $9.5M in fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Downstate lawyer accused of wrongfully collecting $9.5 million in attorney fees cannot arbitrate claims in a lawsuit by his former business partner, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-cant-arbitrate-ex-partners-suit-over-95m-in-fees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-cant-arbitrate-ex-partners-suit-over-95m-in-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney can&amp;#x2019;t arbitrate ex-partner&amp;#x2019;s suit over $9.5M in fees]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Downstate lawyer accused of wrongfully collecting $9.5 million in attorney fees cannot arbitrate claims in a lawsuit by his former business partner, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-canampx2019t-arbitrate-ex-partnerampx2019s-suit-over-95m-in-fees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-canampx2019t-arbitrate-ex-partnerampx2019s-suit-over-95m-in-fees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th Circuit tosses forced labor suit against Salvation Army]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of former participants in the Salvation Army&rsquo;s rehabilitation program who claim the charitable organization subjected them to forced labor in violation of federal law lost a bid to revive theirsuit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-tosses-forced-labor-suit-against-salvation-army/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-tosses-forced-labor-suit-against-salvation-army/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritzker calls for sheriff in Sonya Massey shooting to quit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gov. J.B. Pritzker called Wednesday for the resignation of the sheriff whose deputy fatally wounded Sonya Massey in her home last month after the Black woman called 911 for help.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-calls-for-sheriff-in-sonya-massey-shooting-to-quit/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-calls-for-sheriff-in-sonya-massey-shooting-to-quit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical, not mental, ailments form basis for disability claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[In cases brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the standard of judicial review applied by the district court is critical to the outcome of the litigation, and when the district court makes factual findings, courts of appeals review those findings under the clear error standard.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/physical-not-mental-ailments-form-basis-for-disability-claim/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/physical-not-mental-ailments-form-basis-for-disability-claim/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurer spared from coverage in BIPA class action]]></title><description><![CDATA[An insurance company does not have to defend a client in a putative class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurer-spared-from-coverage-in-bipa-class-action/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/insurer-spared-from-coverage-in-bipa-class-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearing seeks insight into Boeing jet blowout]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boeing factory workers say they were pressured to work too fast and asked to perform jobs that they weren&rsquo;t qualified for, including opening and closing the door plug that later blew off an Alaska Airlines jet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hearing-seeks-insight-into-boeing-jet-blowout/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hearing-seeks-insight-into-boeing-jet-blowout/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after order]]></title><description><![CDATA[Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were in upheaval Wednesday following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin&rsquo;s decision to throw out a plea agreement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/911-hearings-at-guantanamo-bay-in-upheaval-after-order/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/911-hearings-at-guantanamo-bay-in-upheaval-after-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge denies scanner maker’s motion to dismiss BIPA suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing a company that manufactures the hardware and provides the software for biometric timekeeping systems of violating the privacy rights of its customers&rsquo; employees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-scanner-makers-motion-to-dismiss-bipa-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-scanner-makers-motion-to-dismiss-bipa-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge denies scanner maker&amp;#x2019;s motion to dismiss BIPA suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge declined to throw out a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing a company that manufactures the hardware and provides the software for biometric timekeeping systems of violating the privacy rights of its customers&rsquo; employees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-scanner-makerampx2019s-motion-to-dismiss-bipa-suit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-denies-scanner-makerampx2019s-motion-to-dismiss-bipa-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in a campaign barreling toward Election Day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harris-selects-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-as-running-mate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harris-selects-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-as-running-mate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to debut as 2024 Democratic ticket]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, turning to an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in a campaign barreling toward Election Day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harris-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-to-debut-as-2024-democratic-ticket/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harris-minnesota-gov-tim-walz-to-debut-as-2024-democratic-ticket/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal jury awards $22.5M for wrongful murder conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal jury awarded $22.5 million to the estate of a man who was wrongfully convicted and served over 20 years in prison for a 1995 arson and murder of his mother-in-law.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-jury-awards-225m-for-wrongful-murder-conviction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/federal-jury-awards-225m-for-wrongful-murder-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family law — extension of plenary order of protection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party seeks to extend a plenary order of protection, the court may grant the extension based on behavior from before the initial order of protection was granted.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-extension-of-plenary-order-of-protection/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-extension-of-plenary-order-of-protection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court finds professional services exclusion bars coverage for suits]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 4th District Appellate Court recently addressed liability coverage for allegations of negligence against a design consulting company for carbon monoxide injuries to students and others due to faulty venting of water heaters in a new school building addition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-finds-professional-services-exclusion-bars-coverage-for-suits/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/court-finds-professional-services-exclusion-bars-coverage-for-suits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas took undisclosed trip with GOP megadonor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow&rsquo;s private jet, a top Democratic senator who is backing an election-year push to tighten the high court&rsquo;s ethics rules said Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/clarence-thomas-took-undisclosed-trip-with-gop-megadonor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/clarence-thomas-took-undisclosed-trip-with-gop-megadonor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy — exemption]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where debtor&rsquo;s foreign retirement savings plan did not qualify for bankruptcy estate exemption under Illinois law, as exemption applied only to plans organized under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-exemption/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-exemption/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeal in suit against attorney tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A state appellate panel held that it lacked jurisdiction to decide an appeal filed in a lawsuit against a Chicago attorney.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeal-in-suit-against-attorney-tossed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/appeal-in-suit-against-attorney-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well informed bar leader is versed in wide range of topics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The American Bar Association was on its home turf in Chicago for its own version of Lollapalooza &mdash; but without the glitter. Let&rsquo;s call it Barlapalooza. A number of major events took place last week and over the weekend.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-well-informed-bar-leader-is-versed-in-wide-range-of-topics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-well-informed-bar-leader-is-versed-in-wide-range-of-topics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SCOTUS shuts down Missouri&amp;#x2019;s push to lift Trump&amp;#x2019;s gag order]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-shuts-down-missouriampx2019s-push-to-lift-trumpampx2019s-gag-order/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/scotus-shuts-down-missouriampx2019s-push-to-lift-trumpampx2019s-gag-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gorsuch says Americans get ‘whacked’ by too many laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Ordinary Americans are &ldquo;getting whacked&rdquo; by too many laws and regulations, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies and the power they wield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/gorsuch-says-americans-get-whacked-by-too-many-laws/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/gorsuch-says-americans-get-whacked-by-too-many-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gorsuch says Americans get &amp;#x2018;whacked&amp;#x2019; by too many laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said ordinary Americans are &ldquo;getting whacked&rdquo; by too many laws and regulations in a new book that underscores his skepticism of federal agencies and the power they wield.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/gorsuch-says-americans-get-ampx2018whackedampx2019-by-too-many-laws/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/gorsuch-says-americans-get-ampx2018whackedampx2019-by-too-many-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google loses massive antitrust case over search dominance]]></title><description><![CDATA[A judge on Monday ruled that Google&rsquo;s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world&rsquo;s best-known companies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-loses-massive-antitrust-case-over-search-dominance/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/google-loses-massive-antitrust-case-over-search-dominance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitutional law — Second Amendment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff is unable to purchase her choice of firearm due to a statute limiting the commercial sale of zinc alloy firearms, her Second Amendment rights have not been violated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/constitutional-law-second-amendment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/constitutional-law-second-amendment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constitutional law &amp;#x2014; Second Amendment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff is unable to purchase her choice of firearm due to a statute limiting the commercial sale of zinc alloy firearms, her Second Amendment rights have not been violated.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/constitutional-law-ampx2014-second-amendment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/constitutional-law-ampx2014-second-amendment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BIPA claim accrual changes signed into law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Claims related to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act will now accrue on a per-person basis, rather than with every scan violation, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a major reform bill into law Friday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bipa-claim-accrual-changes-signed-into-law/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bipa-claim-accrual-changes-signed-into-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th Circuit affirms tossing of suit over billboard rule]]></title><description><![CDATA[An outdoor advertising company cannot pursue claims that the city of Evansville violated its constitutional rights by not allowing an exception for a billboard that did not abide by an ordinance, a federal appeals panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-affirms-tossing-of-suit-over-billboard-rule/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-affirms-tossing-of-suit-over-billboard-rule/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 — substantive due process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff alleged that city employee verbally harassed him with racial epithets, that conduct was not sufficiently severe to meet the shock the conscience bar required for substantive due process claims.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/42-usc-sec-1983-substantive-due-process/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/42-usc-sec-1983-substantive-due-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts &amp;#x2014; fraudulent inducement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff claims fraudulent inducement, they must show the statement on which they detrimentally relied was explicit and specific, an indefinite statement will not suffice.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-fraudulent-inducement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-fraudulent-inducement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madigan, allies seek to leverage newly narrowed bribery law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorneys on both sides of the federal corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan didn&rsquo;t agree on much this past month, but they are aligned on one thing: they&rsquo;re prepared to go to trial on Oct. 8 in Chicago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-allies-seek-to-leverage-newly-narrowed-bribery-law/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/madigan-allies-seek-to-leverage-newly-narrowed-bribery-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kendall takes reins of federal court amid guests, gifts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall didn&rsquo;t end her first day as the top federal trial judge in the Northern District of Illinois empty-handed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kendall-takes-reins-of-federal-court-amid-guests-gifts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kendall-takes-reins-of-federal-court-amid-guests-gifts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge overturns $4.7B jury verdict in &amp;#x2018;Sunday Ticket&amp;#x2019; suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge overturned a jury&rsquo;s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by &ldquo;Sunday Ticket&rdquo; subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-overturns-47b-jury-verdict-in-ampx2018sunday-ticketampx2019-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-overturns-47b-jury-verdict-in-ampx2018sunday-ticketampx2019-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOJ alleges TikTok violated children’s online privacy law]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children&rsquo;s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-alleges-tiktok-violated-childrens-online-privacy-law/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/doj-alleges-tiktok-violated-childrens-online-privacy-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applications Open for PACER User Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal Judiciary is accepting applications for membership in its public user group that provides advice and feedback on ways to improve electronic public access (EPA) services.The EPA Public User Group consists of up to 12 members representing a cross section of people who use the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system to access federal court records, including representatives of the legal sector, commercial enterprises, the media, academia, government agencies, and the pu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/applications-open-for-pacer-user-group/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/applications-open-for-pacer-user-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updates on civil practice issues: arbitration to service of process]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arbitration has become an increasing ground for conflict as businesses are selecting this means of dispute resolution with greater frequency. With that increase, litigation over the validity of arbitration agreements has grown. For instance, see my columns from Jan. 25 and Nov. 16, 2023.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/updates-on-civil-practice-issues-arbitration-to-service-of-process/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/updates-on-civil-practice-issues-arbitration-to-service-of-process/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over disbarred attorney’s failure to serve nixed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man attempting to pursue a personal injury suit failed to convince a state appellate panel that his more than two year-delay in serving the defendant was a &ldquo;special circumstance&rdquo; resulting from the misconduct of his former attorney, who was disbarred for misleading clients.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-disbarred-attorneys-failure-to-serve-nixed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-disbarred-attorneys-failure-to-serve-nixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit over disbarred attorney&amp;#x2019;s failure to serve nixed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man attempting to pursue a personal injury suit failed to convince a state appellate panel that his more than two year-delay in serving the defendant was a &ldquo;special circumstance&rdquo; resulting from the misconduct of his former attorney, who was disbarred for misleading clients.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-disbarred-attorneyampx2019s-failure-to-serve-nixed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suit-over-disbarred-attorneyampx2019s-failure-to-serve-nixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schumer to propose No Kings Act on presidential immunity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation Thursday reaffirming that presidents do not have immunity for criminal actions, an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court&rsquo;s landmark decision last month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/schumer-to-propose-no-kings-act-on-presidential-immunity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/schumer-to-propose-no-kings-act-on-presidential-immunity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real estate — appraisal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a lender prepares an appraisal of a borrower&rsquo;s collateral, the lender does not take on a duty of care towards the borrower to make sure that the appraisal is correct.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/real-estate-appraisal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/real-estate-appraisal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NCAA targets boosters, collectives with mandatory disclosure]]></title><description><![CDATA[The NCAA and college sports leaders believe they have found a way through a massive antitrust settlement to finally separate &ldquo;true NIL&rdquo; for athletes from booster-funded payments they say are actually pay-for-play or recruiting inducements masquerading as endorsement deals.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ncaa-targets-boosters-collectives-with-mandatory-disclosure/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ncaa-targets-boosters-collectives-with-mandatory-disclosure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Supreme, appellate court to work remote during DNC]]></title><description><![CDATA[In anticipation of logistical challenges downtown Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, judges and staff of the Illinois Supreme Court and 1st District Appellate Court are being encouraged to work remotely the week of Aug. 19-22, the high court said Thursday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-appellate-court-to-work-remote-during-dnc/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-supreme-appellate-court-to-work-remote-during-dnc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — attorney motion to withdraw]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant sought multiple continuances of sentencing hearing, and then instructed attorney to file motion to withdraw the day before hearing, district court did not err in denying motion after finding there was no breakdown in communication.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-attorney-motion-to-withdraw/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-attorney-motion-to-withdraw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As chief judge, Virginia Kendall aims to uplift colleagues]]></title><description><![CDATA[As U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall becomes the Chicago area&rsquo;s top federal trial jurist on Thursday, she&rsquo;s making it a priority to ensure that the many judges who have recently joined the court enjoy the same collegiality she&rsquo;s felt there over the past 18 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/as-chief-judge-virginia-kendall-aims-to-uplift-colleagues/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/as-chief-judge-virginia-kendall-aims-to-uplift-colleagues/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump falsely questions Harris’ race in Chicago appearance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump falsely questioned Kamala Harris&rsquo; race during an appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago that quickly turned hostile on Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-falsely-questions-harris-race-in-chicago-appearance/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-falsely-questions-harris-race-in-chicago-appearance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 1824 referendum that failed – and kept Illinois a ‘free’ state]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Aug. 2, 1824, Illinoisans voted against calling a constitutional convention to legalize slavery in Illinois. If the vote had been different, Illinois might have been expelled from the union.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-1824-referendum-that-failed-and-kept-illinois-a-free-state/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/the-1824-referendum-that-failed-and-kept-illinois-a-free-state/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal to end his personal bankruptcy case and pay about $400,000 to a financial adviser hired by his creditors, avoiding a potential deep-dive into the former New York City mayor&rsquo;s finances that was threatened by a federal judge.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rudy-giuliani-agrees-to-deal-to-end-his-bankruptcy-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/rudy-giuliani-agrees-to-deal-to-end-his-bankruptcy-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — summons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff does not properly serve summons, she may not invoke the good faith exception where she relied on erroneous advice from the clerk and did not seek to remedy the service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-summons/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-summons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure &amp;#x2014; summons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff does not properly serve summons, she may not invoke the good faith exception where she relied on erroneous advice from the clerk and did not seek to remedy the service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-ampx2014-summons/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-ampx2014-summons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advocates want the state to act after Sonia Massey death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calls of &ldquo;Justice for Sonya&rdquo; rang through the sanctuary of a church on Chicago&rsquo;s West Side Tuesday at a rally hosted in response to the death of Sonya Massey on July 6.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocates-want-the-state-to-act-after-sonia-massey-death/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/advocates-want-the-state-to-act-after-sonia-massey-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[7th Circuit upholds sanctions for incident at deposition]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who misled the district court about an alleged assault on opposing counsel after a &ldquo;heated&rdquo; deposition must pay sanctions for her conduct, but her co-counsel does not have to, a federal appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-upholds-sanctions-for-incident-at-deposition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/7th-circuit-upholds-sanctions-for-incident-at-deposition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Title VII — retaliation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where employee was fired for refusal to take unconscious bias training, employee could not show that he had an objectively reasonable belief that training violated the law, as was required for a claim for retaliation under Title VII.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/title-vii-retaliation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/title-vii-retaliation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutor elected after George Floyd murder facing backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voters in Minnesota&rsquo;s largest county elected Mary Moriarty as their top prosecutor after she promised to deliver change in a community where George Floyd was murdered and a nationwide reckoning on racism in the criminal justice system was born.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-elected-after-george-floyd-murder-facing-backlash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prosecutor-elected-after-george-floyd-murder-facing-backlash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritzker signs birth equity initiative into law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law Monday that expands insurance coverage during and after pregnancy with the goal of lowering infant and maternal mortality rates, especially for Black Illinoisans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-signs-birth-equity-initiative-into-law/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pritzker-signs-birth-equity-initiative-into-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel sends injury waiver challenge to arbitrator]]></title><description><![CDATA[An arbitrator, not the court, must decide whether a waiver agreement for a Vernon Hills trampoline park is valid in a case where a boy was injured on one of the attractions, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-sends-injury-waiver-challenge-to-arbitrator/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-sends-injury-waiver-challenge-to-arbitrator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta, Texas end biometrics suit for record $1.4B]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday. The amount is more than twice Illinois&rsquo; settlement of $650 million in 2021 with the company, formerly known as Facebook, over similar allegations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/meta-texas-end-biometrics-suit-for-record-14b/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/meta-texas-end-biometrics-suit-for-record-14b/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury apartment rentals on the rise as housing market slumps]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the Great Recession taught us nothing else, it is that the annual increase in value of residential real estate of 5% a year that Boomers and their parents came to expect was illusory.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/luxury-apartment-rentals-on-the-rise-as-housing-market-slumps/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/luxury-apartment-rentals-on-the-rise-as-housing-market-slumps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil procedure — attorney-client privilege]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party claims that documents are protected by attorney-client privilege, that party has the burden of establishing the essential elements of that privilege.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-attorney-client-privilege/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/civil-procedure-attorney-client-privilege/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon liable for hazardous items sold on its platform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon is responsible under federal safety law for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers and shipped by the company, a U.S. government agency ordered Tuesday. In a unanimous vote, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said it determined that the e-commerce company was a &ldquo;distributor&rdquo; of faulty items sold on its site and packed and shipped through its fulfillment service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/amazon-liable-for-hazardous-items-sold-on-its-platform/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/amazon-liable-for-hazardous-items-sold-on-its-platform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killing time with attorney who represented John Wayne Gacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Dec. 21, 1978,local news stations werebroadcasting live from a house less than five miles from where I lived. The owner, John Wayne Gacy, had been arrested after the disappearance of 15-year-old Robert Piest.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/killing-time-with-attorney-who-represented-john-wayne-gacy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/killing-time-with-attorney-who-represented-john-wayne-gacy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fourteenth Amendment — class-of-one]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiffs could not succeed on class-of-one equal protection claim as complaint revealed rational basis for city&rsquo;s proposed eminent domain action.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fourteenth-amendment-class-of-one/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fourteenth-amendment-class-of-one/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal law — arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where an officer approaches the defendant in his car and asks for his keys, she may do so based on reasonable, articulable suspicion as such action does not amount to an arrest.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-arrest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-law-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden unveils plan for Supreme Court changes]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden has unveiled a long-awaited proposal for changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court&rsquo;s nine justices. He&rsquo;s also pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-unveils-plan-for-supreme-court-changes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-unveils-plan-for-supreme-court-changes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABA ties generative AI guidelines to existing rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[In its first formal opinion regarding the use of generative AI (GAI) in the legal profession, the American Bar Association (ABA) urged attorneys to evaluate any use of the rapidly developing technology in the context of existing rules related to competence, communication, confidentiality and fees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/aba-ties-generative-ai-guidelines-to-existing-rules/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/aba-ties-generative-ai-guidelines-to-existing-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts &amp;#x2014; duty of care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the employee of a subcontractor is injured, the general contractor does not owe that employee a duty of care unless it enforced actual control over the subcontractor&rsquo;s actions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-duty-of-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-duty-of-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prison worker loses bid to revive suit over suspension]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois prison officials did not run afoul of the U.S. Constitution when they suspended a corrections sergeant for 10 days for posting messages on Facebook containing derogatory remarks about Islam and expressing a desire to overthrow the U.S. government, a federal appeals court held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prison-worker-loses-bid-to-revive-suit-over-suspension/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/prison-worker-loses-bid-to-revive-suit-over-suspension/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kagan calls for way to enforce court&amp;#x2019;s new ethics code]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday became the first member of the U.S. Supreme Court to call publicly for beefing up its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kagan-calls-for-way-to-enforce-courtampx2019s-new-ethics-code/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/kagan-calls-for-way-to-enforce-courtampx2019s-new-ethics-code/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College athletes&amp;#x2019; payouts from pact to vary dramatically]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting regulate payments from boosters.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/college-athletesampx2019-payouts-from-pact-to-vary-dramatically/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/college-athletesampx2019-payouts-from-pact-to-vary-dramatically/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney emails protected by  privilege, panel affirms]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawyer did not defame a man accused in a lawsuit of misappropriating more than $6 million in abusiness venture, a state appellate panel held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-emails-protected-by-privilege-panel-affirms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-emails-protected-by-privilege-panel-affirms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Torts &amp;#x2014; negligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a party stipulates it will not produce evidence that a particular employee checked an area for hazardous conditions, it cannot use that sweep to establish fulfillment of its duty.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-negligence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/torts-ampx2014-negligence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procedural lessons learned in fighting BIPA class actions]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Gov. J.B. Pritzker considers Senate Bill 2979 &mdash; which would limit the damages recoverable under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) &mdash; the 1st District Appellate Court had the occasion in Bayeg v. The Admiral at the Lake, 2024 IL App (1st) 231141 to be the first court of review to consider the propriety of a motion for class certification in a BIPA case.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/procedural-lessons-learned-in-fighting-bipa-class-actions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/procedural-lessons-learned-in-fighting-bipa-class-actions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here&amp;#x2019;s how courts in Chicago will run during the DNC]]></title><description><![CDATA[State and federal courts in Chicago will ramp up services and encourage some employees to work remotely around the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19-22, with impacts on both civil and criminal proceedings at the Daley Center and Dirksen Federal Courthouse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hereampx2019s-how-courts-in-chicago-will-run-during-the-dnc/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hereampx2019s-how-courts-in-chicago-will-run-during-the-dnc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence — chain of custody]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where government presented witnesses who testified to an unbroken chain of custody, the presumption of regularity applied even though some witnesses in the chain did not testify to their discrete role in handling evidence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-chain-of-custody/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-chain-of-custody/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidence &amp;#x2014; chain of custody]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where government presented witnesses who testified to an unbroken chain of custody, the presumption of regularity applied even though some witnesses in the chain did not testify to their discrete role in handling evidence.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-ampx2014-chain-of-custody/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/evidence-ampx2014-chain-of-custody/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daniel Trevino aims to put students in the path of   inspiration]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Cook County Circuit Court Judge Daniel A. Trevino was in elementary school, he distinctly remembers tagging along with his mother, a Chicago Public Schools teacher, and her class on a field trip to City Hall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/daniel-trevino-aims-to-put-students-in-the-path-of-inspiration/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/daniel-trevino-aims-to-put-students-in-the-path-of-inspiration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago courts to shift resources during  DNC]]></title><description><![CDATA[State and federal courts in Chicago will ramp up services and encourage some employees to work remotely around the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19-22, with impacts on both civil and criminal proceedings at the Daley Center and Dirksen Federal Courthouse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-courts-to-shift-resources-during-dnc/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-courts-to-shift-resources-during-dnc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago courts to shift resources during  Democratic convention]]></title><description><![CDATA[State and federal courts in Chicago will ramp up services and encourage some employees to work remotely around the Democratic National Convention Aug. 19-22, with impacts on both civil and criminal proceedings at the Daley Center and Dirksen Federal Courthouse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-courts-to-shift-resources-during-democratic-convention/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/chicago-courts-to-shift-resources-during-democratic-convention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of prison bureau]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-signs-bill-strengthening-oversight-of-prison-bureau/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-signs-bill-strengthening-oversight-of-prison-bureau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARDC panel limits suspension sought in courthouse harassment]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who repeatedly sexually harassed female courthouse employees in Will County should be suspended for six months followed by probation rather than until further order of the court, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission review board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-panel-limits-suspension-sought-in-courthouse-harassment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ardc-panel-limits-suspension-sought-in-courthouse-harassment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Filings Rise 16.2 Percent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 16.2 percent in the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2024, compared with the previous year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-162-percent/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/bankruptcy-filings-rise-162-percent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protecting your brand requires looking out for trademark fraud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fraudulent practices within the trademark industry have threatened brand owners for years, with scammers continuously refining their methods.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protecting-your-brand-requires-looking-out-for-trademark-fraud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/protecting-your-brand-requires-looking-out-for-trademark-fraud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Process service can skip Cook sheriff&amp;#x2019;s office under new law]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bipartisan bill that has now been signed into law is poised to reform process serving and reduce delay-induced litigation costs in Cook County by expanding options for how litigants can serve legal documents, supporters say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/process-service-can-skip-cook-sheriffampx2019s-office-under-new-law/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/process-service-can-skip-cook-sheriffampx2019s-office-under-new-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel finds no tort claim in alleged promise of employment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former police chief who alleged he was directed to resign or face termination after he was falsely promised that he would be &ldquo;favorably considered&rdquo; for a contract extension lost a bid to revive his fraud claims.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-finds-no-tort-claim-in-alleged-promise-of-employment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/panel-finds-no-tort-claim-in-alleged-promise-of-employment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CrowdStrike blames bug for global tech outage]]></title><description><![CDATA[CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week&rsquo;s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/crowdstrike-blames-bug-for-global-tech-outage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/crowdstrike-blames-bug-for-global-tech-outage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$400K that defendant stashed away will go toward restitution]]></title><description><![CDATA[The victims of a home-remodeling scam are entitled to the more than $400,000 that one of the perpetrators hid in a safety deposit box before going to prison, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/400k-that-defendant-stashed-away-will-go-toward-restitution/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/400k-that-defendant-stashed-away-will-go-toward-restitution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Umbrella insurer not obliged to cover defense, court says]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an umbrella insurer had no duty to defend its insured where the insured also had coverage under a primary policy that contained, not a duty to defend, but a duty to pay legal fees as part of an insured&rsquo;s total net loss.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/umbrella-insurer-not-obliged-to-cover-defense-court-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/umbrella-insurer-not-obliged-to-cover-defense-court-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing — oral vs. written]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court judge included payment condition in judgment but did not mention it during oral sentencing pronouncement, panel vacated condition, as oral sentence controlled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-oral-vs-written/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-oral-vs-written/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentencing &amp;#x2014; oral vs. written]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court judge included payment condition in judgment but did not mention it during oral sentencing pronouncement, panel vacated condition, as oral sentence controlled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-ampx2014-oral-vs-written/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sentencing-ampx2014-oral-vs-written/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret Service director steps down after  shooting outcry]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/secret-service-director-steps-down-after-shooting-outcry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/secret-service-director-steps-down-after-shooting-outcry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privilege ruling remanded in sex-abuse suit involving priest]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge must rule on whether documents related to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago&rsquo;s policies on clerical sexual abuse of minors are protected from disclosure by attorney-client privilege, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/privilege-ruling-remanded-in-sex-abuse-suit-involving-priest/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/privilege-ruling-remanded-in-sex-abuse-suit-involving-priest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privilege ruling remanded in sex-abuse suit against priest]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge must rule on whether documents related to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago&rsquo;s policies on clerical sexual abuse of minors are protected from disclosure by attorney-client privilege, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/privilege-ruling-remanded-in-sex-abuse-suit-against-priest/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/privilege-ruling-remanded-in-sex-abuse-suit-against-priest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Menendez to resign from Senate after corruption conviction]]></title><description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. &mdash; U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will resign from office Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/menendez-to-resign-from-senate-after-corruption-conviction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/menendez-to-resign-from-senate-after-corruption-conviction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois legislator seeks stronger laws on homeschooling]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois lawmaker heading a child welfare committee said the state must strengthen its laws and policies to protect homeschooled children facing inadequate education, abuse and neglect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-legislator-seeks-stronger-laws-on-homeschooling/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-legislator-seeks-stronger-laws-on-homeschooling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure &amp;#x2014; successive postconviction petition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant is asserting in a successive postconviction petition that his confession was coerced, he may establish cause by showing the evidence was not available to him previously.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-ampx2014-successive-postconviction-petition/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-ampx2014-successive-postconviction-petition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probation and Pretrial Officers Help Bring Positive Change in the Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. probation and pretrial officers must balance two very important goals: protecting public safety and helping people they oversee make positive changes in their lives. In recognition of National Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision (PPPS) Week, a new video explains the work of officers and their unique roles in the administration of justice, providing insight into how they do their jobs effectively.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/probation-and-pretrial-officers-help-bring-positive-change-in-the-community/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/probation-and-pretrial-officers-help-bring-positive-change-in-the-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video shows deputy killing Black woman who sought help]]></title><description><![CDATA[Body camera video released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her home by a white sheriff&rsquo;s deputy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/video-shows-deputy-killing-black-woman-who-sought-help/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/video-shows-deputy-killing-black-woman-who-sought-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unions join suit to defend handling of voter rolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge gave the go-ahead for the Illinois AFL-CIO and the Illinois Federation of Teachers to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit accusing state election officials of failing to remove ineligible voters from the voter rolls.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/unions-join-suit-to-defend-handling-of-voter-rolls/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/unions-join-suit-to-defend-handling-of-voter-rolls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[L.A. County trial court shut by ransomware attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[A ransomware attack has shut down the computer system of the largest trial court in the country, officials with the Superior Court of Los Angeles County said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/la-county-trial-court-shut-by-ransomware-attack/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/la-county-trial-court-shut-by-ransomware-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury Instructions &amp;#x2014; felon in possession, unanimity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where defendant simultaneously constructively possessed revolver and assault rifle, no unanimity instruction was required for jury on Sec. 922(g)(1) count.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-instructions-ampx2014-felon-in-possession-unanimity/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/jury-instructions-ampx2014-felon-in-possession-unanimity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Hubris Squared’? Majority draws fiery dissent from Justice Kagan]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of the term, the Supreme Court issued several opinions that will have a significant impact on the future of the administrative state. One important decision, though not unexpected, was Loper Bright.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hubris-squared-majority-draws-fiery-dissent-from-justice-kagan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/hubris-squared-majority-draws-fiery-dissent-from-justice-kagan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harris moving quickly to lock up the Democratic nomination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their party that he would be unable to defeat Republican Donald Trump.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harris-moving-quickly-to-lock-up-the-democratic-nomination/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/harris-moving-quickly-to-lock-up-the-democratic-nomination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense verdict for Northwestern Memorial Hospital upheld]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge did not incorrectly bar evidence in a medical negligence case over a premature birth, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-verdict-for-northwestern-memorial-hospital-upheld/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/defense-verdict-for-northwestern-memorial-hospital-upheld/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&amp;#x2018;Hubris Squared&amp;#x2019;? Majority draws fiery dissent from Justice Kagan]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of the term, the Supreme Court issued several opinions that will have a significant impact on the future of the administrative state. One important decision, though not unexpected, was Loper Bright.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ampx2018hubris-squaredampx2019-majority-draws-fiery-dissent-from-justice-kagan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/ampx2018hubris-squaredampx2019-majority-draws-fiery-dissent-from-justice-kagan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New law lays out requirements for future CO2 pipeline projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[New safety requirements for carbon dioxide pipelines as well as a temporary ban on their construction are now in effect after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a bill that passed the General Assembly earlier this year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-law-lays-out-requirements-for-future-co2-pipeline-projects/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/new-law-lays-out-requirements-for-future-co2-pipeline-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders pass the torch as Republican National Convention wraps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois Republicans marked a changing of the guard Thursday morning as delegates met for breakfast ahead of the final day of the GOP national convention.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/leaders-pass-the-torch-as-republican-national-convention-wraps/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/leaders-pass-the-torch-as-republican-national-convention-wraps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge nixes request to enjoin Chicago’s security rules for DNC]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Friday declined to enjoin the enforcement of a Chicago ordinance that restricts the items that may be brought into the &ldquo;Security Footprint&rdquo; &mdash; a protected area around McCormick Place and the United Center &mdash; during the Democratic National Convention next month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-request-to-enjoin-chicagos-security-rules-for-dnc/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-nixes-request-to-enjoin-chicagos-security-rules-for-dnc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois law doesn’t help man fired for positive marijuana test]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who was fired for testing positive for marijuana does not have a case against his former employer under the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-law-doesnt-help-man-fired-for-positive-marijuana-test/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-law-doesnt-help-man-fired-for-positive-marijuana-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois law doesn&amp;#x2019;t help man fired over drug test results]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who was fired for testing positive for marijuana does not have a case against his former employer under the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-law-doesnampx2019t-help-man-fired-over-drug-test-results/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-law-doesnampx2019t-help-man-fired-over-drug-test-results/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois law doesn&amp;#x2019;t help man fired for positive marijuana test]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man who was fired for testing positive for marijuana does not have a case against his former employer under the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act, a federal judge held.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-law-doesnampx2019t-help-man-fired-for-positive-marijuana-test/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-law-doesnampx2019t-help-man-fired-for-positive-marijuana-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — expungement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where a defendant received judgment on bond forfeiture for a traffic case, it is not a conviction under the Criminal Identification Act and cannot be sealed under the act.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-expungement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-expungement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cook County jury awards $6.7M to electrician injured in fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Cook County jury awarded $6.7 million to an electrician and his wife over injuries the man sustained from a flash fire that sparked while he was working in a fuel pit at a Chicago gas station.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-67m-to-electrician-injured-in-fire/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cook-county-jury-awards-67m-to-electrician-injured-in-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adaptation of ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ shows promise]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was not surprised when I learned that &ldquo;Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,&rdquo; a 1994 nonfiction book by John Berendt, was made into a musical.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/adaptation-of-midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-shows-promise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/adaptation-of-midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-shows-promise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspend attorney over hotel room incident, ARDC panel says]]></title><description><![CDATA[An attorney who rented a hotel room with an 18-year-old girl and provided her with alcohol should be suspended for nine months, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-over-hotel-room-incident-ardc-panel-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/suspend-attorney-over-hotel-room-incident-ardc-panel-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State GOP chair urges members to call people out on infighting]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the parlance of Washington D.C. Republican strategists, deep-blue Illinois is sometimes referred to as an &ldquo;orphan&rdquo; state &mdash; along with other Democratic strongholds like California, New York and Hawaii.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-gop-chair-urges-members-to-call-people-out-on-infighting/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-gop-chair-urges-members-to-call-people-out-on-infighting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small battle story of trial carries lessons, illustrates new decision]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recent 2nd District Appellate Court decision in Arteaga v. Watson, 2024 IL (2d) 220406-U, brought to mind my first civil jury trial, Joseph Sandoval v. Kara LaFerrara, 04 AR 26, in the summer of 2005 in Rock Island County, Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/small-battle-story-of-trial-carries-lessons-illustrates-new-decision/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/small-battle-story-of-trial-carries-lessons-illustrates-new-decision/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pallmeyer praises legal community in final State of the Court address]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer might have thought she knew the type of tasks that lay ahead of her when she became the top federal trial judge of the Northern District of Illinois five years ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pallmeyer-praises-legal-community-in-final-state-of-the-court-address/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/pallmeyer-praises-legal-community-in-final-state-of-the-court-address/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ISBA, CBA object to proposed rule on diminished capacity]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a rare joint stance of opposition, the Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association spoke out against a proposal before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee that would create reporting obligations for attorneys on the &ldquo;diminished capacity&rdquo; of their peers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/isba-cba-object-to-proposed-rule-on-diminished-capacity/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/isba-cba-object-to-proposed-rule-on-diminished-capacity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment — pay discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where identified comparators either worked in different roles or were hired at a higher pay grade under CBA than plaintiff, record did not support inference of race discrimination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-pay-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-pay-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employment &amp;#x2014; pay discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where identified comparators either worked in different roles or were hired at a higher pay grade under CBA than plaintiff, record did not support inference of race discrimination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-ampx2014-pay-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/employment-ampx2014-pay-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boeing case places spotlight on plea agreements]]></title><description><![CDATA[After two jetliner crashes killed 346 people, a $2.5 billion settlement that let Boeing avoid criminal prosecution failed to resolve questions about the safety of the aerospace giant&rsquo;s planes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/boeing-case-places-spotlight-on-plea-agreements/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/boeing-case-places-spotlight-on-plea-agreements/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Republicans urged to look beyond traditional base]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former Republican congressman from New York told Illinois Republicans Tuesday that to win more elections in their deeply blue state, they need to reach beyond the traditional conservative voting base.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-republicans-urged-to-look-beyond-traditional-base/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-republicans-urged-to-look-beyond-traditional-base/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal procedure — right to be present]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where the court holds significant hearings via videoconferencing, it must obtain an explicit waiver from defendant of his right to be present, not merely his consent to proceed as it was already.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-right-to-be-present/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/criminal-procedure-right-to-be-present/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[City to pay $11M to paramedics who alleged  discrimination]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $11.2 million to 12 current and former paramedics who alleged in a federal lawsuit that they were terminated from the Chicago Fire Department because of sex discrimination.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/city-to-pay-11m-to-paramedics-who-alleged-discrimination/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/city-to-pay-11m-to-paramedics-who-alleged-discrimination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biden considering Supreme Court term limits, sources say]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable, according to three people briefed on the plans.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-considering-supreme-court-term-limits-sources-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/biden-considering-supreme-court-term-limits-sources-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian American scholar explores contours of ‘anti-Black’ nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month has passed, the book I placed on hold at the Chicago Public Library has just arrived. It&rsquo;s Claire Jean Kim&rsquo;s &ldquo;Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World&rdquo; (Cambridge University Press 2023).]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/asian-american-scholar-explores-contours-of-anti-black-nation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/asian-american-scholar-explores-contours-of-anti-black-nation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$2.5M payout OK’d for estate of woman killed in police chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $2.5 million to the estate of a woman who died after her vehicle was hit by the suspect in a high-speed police chase.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/25m-payout-okd-for-estate-of-woman-killed-in-police-chase/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/25m-payout-okd-for-estate-of-woman-killed-in-police-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$2.5M payout OK&amp;#x2019;d for estate of woman killed in police chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city of Chicago will pay $2.5 million to the estate of a woman who died after her vehicle was hit by the suspect in a high-speed police chase.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/25m-payout-okampx2019d-for-estate-of-woman-killed-in-police-chase/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/25m-payout-okampx2019d-for-estate-of-woman-killed-in-police-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty on all counts in corruption trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday on all counts at his corruption trial, including accepting bribes of gold and cash from three New Jersey businessmen and acting as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sen-bob-menendez-found-guilty-on-all-counts-in-corruption-trial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sen-bob-menendez-found-guilty-on-all-counts-in-corruption-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of written retainer doesn’t bar fee, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The estate of a woman whose pancreatic cancer treatment prompted a medical malpractice action must pay a law firm more than $255,000 despite the lack of a written retainer agreement, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lack-of-written-retainer-doesnt-bar-fee-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lack-of-written-retainer-doesnt-bar-fee-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of written retainer doesn&amp;#x2019;t bar fee, panel rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The estate of a woman whose pancreatic cancer treatment prompted a medical malpractice action must pay a law firm more than $255,000 despite the lack of a written retainer agreement, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lack-of-written-retainer-doesnampx2019t-bar-fee-panel-rules/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/lack-of-written-retainer-doesnampx2019t-bar-fee-panel-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois&amp;#x2019; beleaguered GOP portrays calm amid internal storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Illinois Republicans appeared upbeat and optimistic as the GOP&rsquo;s national convention got underway Monday, calling for unity and showing little sign of the internal party struggles that have been brewing for years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinoisampx2019-beleaguered-gop-portrays-calm-amid-internal-storm/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinoisampx2019-beleaguered-gop-portrays-calm-amid-internal-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois bar exam should add state-specific test supplement]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin recently reported that the Illinois Supreme Court will employ the NetGen Bar Exam (&ldquo;Illinois to Adopt Next-Gen Bar Exam in 2028,&rdquo; May 29). Surely Illinois will continue to employ the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) to supplement the UBE 2.0. It should also consider adding a state-specific test component.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-bar-exam-should-add-state-specific-test-supplement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/illinois-bar-exam-should-add-state-specific-test-supplement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How itemized verdict form aids plaintiff, defense in damages case]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I grew up, I was a picky eater. Truth be told, I still am. I remember going to my Grandma Lottie&rsquo;s apartment and she would occasionally make beef stew. I am not a food connoisseur, but the beef was magnificent. I could tolerate the potatoes. The rest of the &ldquo;stew&rdquo; was notsomething I craved.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-itemized-verdict-form-aids-plaintiff-defense-in-damages-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/how-itemized-verdict-form-aids-plaintiff-defense-in-damages-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to shutter U.S. operations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it&rsquo;s shutting down all of its operations in the United States, just weeks after the Commerce Department banned the use of the company&rsquo;s software in the country.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cybersecurity-firm-kaspersky-to-shutter-us-operations/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/cybersecurity-firm-kaspersky-to-shutter-us-operations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney fees — contingent-fee agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where district court determined reasonableness of attorney fees in Social Security case by starting with hourly rate it considered appropriate, court abused its discretion and remand was required.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-fees-contingent-fee-agreement/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/attorney-fees-contingent-fee-agreement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to watch as Republican National Convention kicks off]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Republican National Convention starts Monday in Milwaukee, two days after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt, with the violent scene at his campaign rally horrifying the country and amplifying already intense political divisions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/what-to-watch-as-republican-national-convention-kicks-off/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/what-to-watch-as-republican-national-convention-kicks-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump picks Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as running mate]]></title><description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE &mdash; Former President Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, picking a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America&rsquo;s political leaders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-picks-ohio-sen-jd-vance-as-running-mate/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/trump-picks-ohio-sen-jd-vance-as-running-mate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tossing of fraud claims in ownership interest sale affirmed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A trial judge correctly relied on a newly issued Illinois Supreme Court decision when dismissing a counterclaim over an allegedly fraudulent membership interest sale, a state appellate panel ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tossing-of-fraud-claims-in-ownership-interest-sale-affirmed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/tossing-of-fraud-claims-in-ownership-interest-sale-affirmed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[State of the administrative state: SCOTUS nixes Chevron doctrine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Talk of overturning the Chevron doctrine meaning the end of the administrative state were, to paraphrase Mark Twain, an exaggeration on the report of its death. But the end of Chevron was among a quartet of decisions in the Supreme Court&rsquo;s end of term sprint.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-of-the-administrative-state-scotus-nixes-chevron-doctrine/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/state-of-the-administrative-state-scotus-nixes-chevron-doctrine/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Star-naming business is denied injunction against rival]]></title><description><![CDATA[A star-naming business waited too long after suing a competitor for allegedly infringing its trademarks to seek a preliminary injunction, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-naming-business-is-denied-injunction-against-rival/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/star-naming-business-is-denied-injunction-against-rival/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents lose bid to sue hospitals over DCFS reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of parents who refused certain medical treatments for their children at birth lost another bid to sue hospitals for reporting them to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for medical neglect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/parents-lose-bid-to-sue-hospitals-over-dcfs-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/parents-lose-bid-to-sue-hospitals-over-dcfs-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents lose bid to sue hospital over DCFS reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of parents who refused certain medical treatments for their children at birth lost another bid to sue hospitals for reporting them to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for medical neglect.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/parents-lose-bid-to-sue-hospital-over-dcfs-reports/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/parents-lose-bid-to-sue-hospital-over-dcfs-reports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge dismisses Trump classified documents case]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-dismisses-trump-classified-documents-case/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/judge-dismisses-trump-classified-documents-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family law &amp;#x2014; tortious interference with custodial rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where plaintiff seeks to recover, asserting tortious interference with her custodial rights, she cannot do so as it is not a cause of action recognized in Illinois.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-ampx2014-tortious-interference-with-custodial-rights/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/family-law-ampx2014-tortious-interference-with-custodial-rights/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religious discrimination suit over COVID-19 vaccine tossed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pharmacy technician who was fired from John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine failed to show she was a victim of religious discrimination, a federal judge ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/religious-discrimination-suit-over-covid-19-vaccine-tossed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/religious-discrimination-suit-over-covid-19-vaccine-tossed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police officer can pursue privacy claim over phone  data]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Joliet police officer whose phone was searched after she allegedly texted a witness in a case involving her won another chance to bring privacy claims involving a detective allegedly viewing nude photos of her without authorization.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/police-officer-can-pursue-privacy-claim-over-phone-data/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/police-officer-can-pursue-privacy-claim-over-phone-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fired worker who refused bias training fails to revive suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A software engineer who contends Honeywell International Inc. fired him because of his opposition to a training course on unconscious bias and his complaints about a company executive&rsquo;s allegedly racist email does not have a case for retaliation, a federal appeals court ruled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fired-worker-who-refused-bias-training-fails-to-revive-suit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/fired-worker-who-refused-bias-training-fails-to-revive-suit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data of nearly all AT&amp;#x26;T customers taken in security breach]]></title><description><![CDATA[The data of nearly all customers of the telecommunications giant AT&amp;T was downloaded to a third-party platform in a security breach, the company said Friday, as cyberattacks against businesses, schools and health systems continue to spread globally.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/data-of-nearly-all-atampx26t-customers-taken-in-security-breach/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/data-of-nearly-all-atampx26t-customers-taken-in-security-breach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student athletes&amp;#x2019; suit against NCAA over wages withstands appeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday in a setback to the NCAA.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/student-athletesampx2019-suit-against-ncaa-over-wages-withstands-appeal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/student-athletesampx2019-suit-against-ncaa-over-wages-withstands-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seizure — reasonable suspicion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where police had evidence of package sender&rsquo;s criminal convictions, recorded phone calls, and history of sending packages containing narcotics, reasonable suspicion existed to justify seizure of package that was discovered to contain fentanyl.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/seizure-reasonable-suspicion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/seizure-reasonable-suspicion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruler Foods to pay $11.7M to resolve class-action BIPA suit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge approved a settlement agreement calling for Kroger-owned Ruler Foods Inc. to pay more than $11.7 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the discount grocery store chain of violating its employees&rsquo; 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Sciaccotta, the newly installed president of the Chicago Bar Association, said he&rsquo;s always been an &ldquo;ideas guy&rdquo; and will bring that approach to leading the organization that just celebrated its 150th anniversary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/legal-museum-wide-outreach-top-john-sciaccottaampx2019s-cba-agenda/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/legal-museum-wide-outreach-top-john-sciaccottaampx2019s-cba-agenda/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 legal malpractice cases show multitude of outs for lawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three recent Illinois Appellate Court decisions in legal malpractice cases show powerful defenses to such claims: statute of limitations, causation, successor counsel doctrine, and absence of an assignment of a claim where there was no pre-existing attorney-client relationship upon which to sue.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/3-legal-malpractice-cases-show-multitude-of-outs-for-lawyers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/3-legal-malpractice-cases-show-multitude-of-outs-for-lawyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[$11.7M settlement approved in BIPA suit against grocery chain]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge approved a settlement agreement calling for Kroger-owned Ruler Foods Inc. to pay more than $11.7 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the discount grocery store chain of violating its employees&rsquo; privacy rights.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/117m-settlement-approved-in-bipa-suit-against-grocery-chain/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/117m-settlement-approved-in-bipa-suit-against-grocery-chain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transit agencies reject proposals for oversight reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was standing room only in a downtown Chicago committee hearing Tuesday as activists, transit experts and lobbyists hung on the words of the region&rsquo;s transit agency chiefs.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/transit-agencies-reject-proposals-for-oversight-reform/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/transit-agencies-reject-proposals-for-oversight-reform/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sotomayor&amp;#x2019;s security shoots alleged carjacker]]></title><description><![CDATA[A member of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor&rsquo;s security detail shot an armed man during an attempted carjacking in the early morning hours, according to court documents.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sotomayorampx2019s-security-shoots-alleged-carjacker/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/lawyer_newslocker/sotomayorampx2019s-security-shoots-alleged-carjacker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pritzker signs law banning health insurers from ‘predatory tactics’]]></title><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD &mdash; Illinois Gov. 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