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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As we have written about previously, shareholders in a corporation have two different types of claims they can assert, direct claims and derivative claims.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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

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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

JULY 12, 2021

Former McDonald's workers, suing over the company's past use of no-poach provisions in its franchise agreements, told an Illinois federal court that the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on student-athlete compensation supports their class certification bid.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Two rail unions and Amtrak asked an Illinois federal judge Thursday to hold off on considering the unions' bids for an injunction blocking the rail service's companywide vaccination policy, in the wake of a Georgia federal court ruling blocking a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

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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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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A Ritz-Carlton in Texas, a Quality Inn in Illinois and a handful of other businesses urged a Seventh Circuit panel Friday to undo a slate of lower court rulings axing their claims that insurers wrongfully denied coverage for their losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing government shutdown orders.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

Share Amid the debate over free speech on university campuses, the justices on Monday set aside a decision by a federal appeals court in a case involving whether so-called “bias-response team policies” – procedures created by universities to solicit, track, and investigate reports of bias – chill students’ speech. The order in Speech First v.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 23, 2024

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has handed down a major ruling in Worth v. The opinion by Judge Duane Benton upholds a lower court in striking down a Minnesota law limiting gun permits for persons 21 years old. Jacobson in favor of the Second Amendment. ” That argument is meritless.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2022

Transgender Attorney Sheryl Ring Monday won a lawsuit in US district court with a stipulation that Illinois attorney ethics rules do not allow discrimination based on gender identity. Ring petitioned for the state of Illinois to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression.

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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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Attorney at Work

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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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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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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Attorney at Work

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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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2022

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation heard oral argument in a case under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act concerning choice-of-law rules. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in early 2019. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s commercial-activity exception.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

This means that the court must find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant meant to harm the individual before being provoked or engaging in a mutually combated altercation. Courts have struggled to define “initial aggression” since at least 1925 when, in Scott v. Similarly, in People v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court will consider a whopping 472 petitions and applications at this Friday’s conference, making it the biggest conference since the behemoth end-of-summer “long conference.” A panel of the U.S.

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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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