SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Richard Glossip, who is on death row in Oklahoma for his role in the 1997 murder of motel owner Barry Van Treese, should get a new trial. In 2023, Glossip returned to state court in another effort to set aside his conviction and sentence. Both requests were unsuccessful.

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HowAppealing

MAY 8, 2023

“Naperville, state of Illinois urge U.S. Supreme Court not to block ban on assault-style weapons; Gun shop owner Robert Bevis has asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court rulings upholding the ban”: Andy Grimm of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report. ” You can access the U.S.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 2, 2024

A bicyclist who wasn’t on a designated bicycle route when he was injured by a pothole can’t recover from the city of Chicago, even though there was a Divvy bicycle rental station nearby, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last month.

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HowAppealing

JULY 18, 2023

“Illinois Supreme Court upholds law eliminating cash bail, sets Sept. ” Mitch Smith of The New York Times reports that “ Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Measure Designed to End Cash Bail; A law ending cash bail was supported by Democratic legislators and Gov.

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LegalReader

JULY 3, 2021

A federal appellate court recently ruled that an insurer has to defend an Illinois equestrian business from a lawsuit.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 4, 2022

Note that it is an incomplete list with Illinois and possibly others omitted.). As you know by now, especially if you live in one of the over 30 states that has adopted it, ABA Model Rule 1.1 As the Illinois opinion states: Pursuant to Rules 1.6 About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

For example, you may find great benefits in certain automated options that can help you send out simple communications (such as meeting and court reminders, quick case updates, and billing reminders, similar to using a chatbot on your website). About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.

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APRIL 4, 2022

The Model Rules and related comments make clear that a client has a right to terminate your relationship at any time. The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. For instance, Ohio Supreme Court Ethics Op. Rule of Prof. They cannot be bought, sold, or traded.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An Illinois federal judge granted a win to an insurer in a coverage dispute with a condiment company over biometric privacy litigation, changing course Tuesday in response to a state appeals decision concerning an identical policy exclusion.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Chicago-based federal appeals court ruled Friday that Illinois and several municipalities may enforce bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines while challenges continue in…

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The ‘Reasonable Test’ Remains Universal Resources About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Model Rule 1.5(a)(1)-(8) For an example, see Illinois State Bar Association Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion No. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.

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LawInSport

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

A recent United States district court decision on copyright infringement has brought the issue of recreation of tattoos in video games back into the spotlight and has diverged from an earlier ruling from another district court in a different judicial circuit.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 2, 2024

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss bribery charges against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling limiting the reach of a bribery statute that once criminalized gratuities, while also refusing to sever his case from his co-defendant's.

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American Legal Net

MAY 6, 2021

New Court Rule Sets Available : New York Supreme Court, 5 th Judicial District, Oneida County ( NYODSC ). USDC, Illinois, Northern District, Hon. Courts Removed. New York Supreme Court, New York County, C.D., New York Supreme Court, New York County, C.D., Franklin U. Valderrama ( ILFUV ).

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American Legal Net

JULY 7, 2021

New Court Rule Sets Available : California Superior Court, Shasta County, Probate Division ( CAPRSH ) Illinois Circuit Court, 8 th Circuit, Menard County ( IL08ME ) JAMS—International Arbitration Rules (6-1-21 Rules) ( IARP ) New York Supreme Court, 1 st J.D., Courts Removed. Fernando L.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An Illinois appellate court ruled Tuesday that two insurers are not responsible for part of a $19 million settlement in underlying biometric privacy litigation based on a broad violation-of-law policy exclusion, saying the Seventh Circuit's recent analysis of nearly identical language is not "an accurate reflection of Illinois law."

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Law 360

JULY 30, 2024

Prosecutors accusing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of corruption said Monday night his case is unaffected by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling limiting the reach of a bribery statute that once criminalized gratuities, saying the government's allegations do not rely on gratuities, so "this dog will not hunt."

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Law 360

APRIL 1, 2025

An Illinois appellate panel affirmed the dismissal of a Fair Credit Reporting Act complaint filed by a man who was dismissed from federal class action litigation against TransUnion after a U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision, rejecting the plaintiff's argument that he pursued the claims in a timely manner.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Michael Johnson is a former state prisoner in Illinois. The district court ruled for the officials, and a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit affirmed 2-1. In Johnson v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 11, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: A Supreme Court Ruling the Fossil-Fuel Industry Doesn’t Like (Bill McKibben, The New Yorker) Is the debt ceiling constitutional?

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

An insurer doesn't owe coverage to an attorney embroiled in a business dispute with his nephew, an Illinois federal court ruled, saying a policy issued to the lawyer's firm excludes coverage for claims that involve a business enterprise other than the named insured.

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Law 360

JULY 27, 2023

A Chicago-area supermarket's insurer must defend it in a proposed class action alleging it violated employees' biometric privacy rights, an Illinois federal court ruled Thursday, finding three separate exclusions in the supermarket's policies contained no "unifying thread" limiting their broadness.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 27, 2021

About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism was established by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2005 under Supreme Court Rule 799(c) to foster increased civility, professionalism, and inclusiveness among lawyers and judges in Illinois.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is hitting its stride in sorting through the relists. The court also agreed to take up a twice-relisted challenge to Colorados ban on conversion therapy.

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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2022

Harold was a 2014 Republican primary candidate for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District and the 2018 Republican nominee for Illinois attorney general. She was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003. Since 2015, she has served on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Equality. Champaign, Ill.,

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

A lawyer can abandon representation only when they’re unable to establish or maintain a lawyer-client relationship imposed by Rule 1.14. In this event, the lawyer must seek permission from the court to withdraw, if applicable, or take further protective actions allowed under Rule 1.14(b)

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Law 360

MARCH 6, 2023

A truck driver who won a $228 million judgment against BNSF Railway in the first case under Illinois' biometric privacy law to go before a jury argued Friday that a highly anticipated Illinois Supreme Court ruling last month offers no grounds to disturb that verdict, despite the railroad's claims it bolsters its bid for a new trial.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

On Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC that the exclusivity provisions of the state's workers' compensation statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Share Twice in the past decade the Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing Richard Glossip. But even with the Oklahoma’s rare confession of error, both the state’s highest court for criminal cases and the state’s pardon and parole board turned down Glossip’s pleas for relief. 9, two former U.S.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 27, 2021

In Illinois Union Ins. 3d 459 (1st Dep't 2017), the New York State Appellate Division, First Department, overturned a lower court's ruling that had denied Plaintiffs. Grandview Palace Condominiums Assoc.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

An Illinois federal judge has refused to release Grubhub from a putative class action accusing it of unlawfully blasting consumers with robocalls, rejecting the argument that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision temporarily freed companies from liability for such alleged violations.

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The Fashion Law

MAY 5, 2021

Ugg boots are going to court. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit just over five years after UGG-owner Deckers Outdoor Corporation filed suit against Australian Leather in March 2016, alleging that the unrelated company’s sale of “virtually identical” boots using the “ugg” name in the U.S. a trademark).

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Law 360

MARCH 3, 2025

An Illinois federal judge on Monday ordered a retrial on four bribery charges in the case against an ex-Commonwealth Edison executive and three lobbyists convicted of conspiring to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding the jury was improperly instructed in the wake of a recent U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 25, 2021

Last week, a three-justice panel of the Illinois First District Appellate Court in Chicago ruled against MLB and the Cubs in seeking to enforce the boilerplate language on arbitration printed on the back of baseball tickets. Now the Appellate court has agreed.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The recent Delaware Superior Court ruling in Harman International v. Illinois National Insurance offers a critical framework for interpreting bump-up exclusions in management liability insurance policies, and follows the case law trend of narrow interpretation of such exclusions, says Simone Haugen at Tressler.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The Illinois Supreme Court’s recent ruling in McDonald v.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 23, 2024

subsidiary that owned a Montana paper mill later identified as a Superfund site isn't entitled to additional coverage from its AIG insurer, an Illinois state appeals court ruled, saying two pollution conditions on the property were related and subject to a single $5 million limit of liability. A WestRock Co.

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