Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Clair Long, owner of a law firm in Illinois, what are some of the top skills or traits that you look for in paralegals that you also look for in your associates? Olivia purchased that paralegal training program years ago, and she also put a few of her law clerks (associates in training) through the Litigation Paralegal Boot Camp.

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JURIST

AUGUST 17, 2022

Additionally, there are state court cases filed against GSK in California and Illinois set to begin in February 2023. Bayer’s case was set to begin Monday in an Illinois state court. The post First plaintiff in Zantac litigation drops suit against drug manufacturers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Some of the year's most significant rulings handed down by Illinois' appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit could add even more cases to the state's already steady flood of biometric privacy cases and prevent businesses from litigating in federal court. Here, Law360 looks at some of 2021's biggest decisions in Illinois courts.

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Law 360

JULY 19, 2023

State and federal courts have handed down rulings in Illinois cases so far this year that have altered the legal landscape for biometric privacy claims in the state, opened up an area of uncertainty for False Claims Act litigants and upheld a state statute tacking 6% prejudgment interest onto personal injury and wrongful death verdicts.

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Law 360

MARCH 15, 2022

Though two recent rulings by Massachusetts and Illinois federal courts add to the growing body of case law denying discovery into litigation funding arrangements, prudence necessitates that lawyers, clients and funders follow certain best practices to ensure that their communications are not discoverable by opposing parties, says Stewart Ackerly at (..)

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

.” In a statement to The Verge , a TikTok spokesperson refuted these claims, but also said , “Rather than go through lengthy litigation, we’d like to focus our efforts on building a safe and joyful experience for the TikTok community.”

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Attorney at Work

MAY 20, 2022

Abraham Lincoln, licensed to practice law in 1837 in Illinois, may be the archetypal general practice attorney. The paper trail revealed scores of cases involving debt collection, business partnerships, estate settlements, divorce and real estate litigation. Drivers Behind Practice Specialization. Increased profitability.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

One of the biggest players in Illinois politics faces a criminal racketeering trial, a host of lawsuits filed under a decades-old genetic information privacy law will advance and the state's high court is expected to further weigh in on insurance coverage for litigation under the state's biometric privacy statute in some of the Illinois cases to watch (..)

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Attorneys described in lurid detail the allegedly horrific conditions at the Northern Reception and Classification Center outside Joliet, Illinois.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

Here in Illinois, www.2.illinois.gov At the Federal level, the position can be classified as a Paralegal Specialist, whereas working for the State of Illinois Attorney General’s office can be classified as Paralegal I or Paralegal II. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? How to Find a Government Job. Meet the Author.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Agri Stats has asked a Minnesota federal court to transfer the government's case accusing the company of operating an illegal information exchange for meat processors to Illinois, where a judge has already rejected similar claims in multidistrict litigation over chicken prices.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 27, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, it’s likely that jurors will be spread… If you have a trial coming up in the U.S.

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Law 360

JULY 22, 2024

Chicago-based Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres LLC has added a former Illinois Supreme Court justice and a former Hinshaw & Culbertson attorney as litigation partners.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2022

State and local governments with lawsuits against Teva—excluding New York, which is pursuing separate litigation—are all potentially party to the settlement Teva announced Tuesday.

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Law 360

JUNE 25, 2024

A New York federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over Visa and Mastercard merchant fees rejected a proposed settlement for equitable relief and recommended a case from Grubhub be sent back to Illinois, making good on a suggestion she shared at a previous hearing.

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Law 360

AUGUST 5, 2024

An Illinois federal judge awarded a win to an insurer Monday in a suit over coverage of underlying Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation, finding a contractual exclusion prevented coverage for a machine and plastics manufacturer accused of failing to secure employee data.

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Law 360

APRIL 26, 2022

Amazon's top brass has misled investors as to the e-commerce giant's compliance with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act as well as the substantial litigation risks associated with its lackluster compliance, according to a stockholder derivative suit filed Tuesday in Washington federal court.

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Law 360

JUNE 17, 2024

and a class of truck drivers who challenged the railroad's gate-access practices neared final approval Monday, resolving litigation that had been pending in Illinois' state and federal courts. A $75 million biometric privacy settlement between BNSF Railway Co.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Illinois Supreme Court's anticipated rulings in Tims v. White Castle could alter the outlook for Biometric Information Privacy Act litigation, putting an end to companies' and insurers' willingness to pour money into expensive settlements, say Pamela Signorello and Megan Brown at Wiley. Black Horse and Cothron v.

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Law 360

MAY 6, 2024

No-poach antitrust litigation against McDonald's is getting back underway in Illinois federal court following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal of the fast food giant's appeal, spurring the district court judge to consider whether more discovery might be needed to determine the appropriate standard that will govern the case.

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Law 360

JULY 1, 2024

The Brooklyn federal judge handling multidistrict litigation over Visa and Mastercard merchant fees on Monday suggested that a case alleging the credit card companies had agreements with Apple that violated antitrust law should be sent back to Illinois federal court, saying the facts in the case are not similar enough.

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Law 360

AUGUST 6, 2024

Jones Day wants to prevent former client Soverain Software LLC from exiting a decade-long spat over $2 million in unpaid legal fees, telling an Illinois state court that Soverain's bid to bring the litigation to a close "is a house of cards that collapses with the slightest breeze."

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Law 360

AUGUST 26, 2024

An Illinois federal judge trimmed a lawsuit Friday filed by two former Papa John's workers who claim the chain violated the state's biometric privacy law, but refused to dismiss it as duplicative of a putative class action raising similar claims, saying the plaintiffs have every right to "grab the litigation wheel."

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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

JANUARY 1, 2025

Jurors will decide the fate of one of Illinois' most powerful politicians after a monthslong criminal racketeering trial and appellate courts could settle the debate over the retroactivity of damage limits to the state's much-litigated biometric privacy law, in just a few of the Illinois cases to watch in 2025.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2024

An Illinois federal judge on Thursday agreed to allow an affiliate of legal investment firm Burford Capital to substitute for food giant Sysco in price-fixing litigation against broiler chicken producers, a ruling that comes a month after a Minnesota federal judge refused to allow the same Burford unit to substitute for Sysco in similar pork and beef (..)

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Law 360

APRIL 5, 2024

An Illinois federal judge refused on Friday to spell out exactly what Hytera Communications should tell a Chinese court to lift the U.S. judge's hefty sanctions and halt the foreign litigation that the company participated in against her orders, saying it is Hytera's responsibility to unwind the situation the company created for itself.

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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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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2023

Seeking to undo an unusual order blocking it from signing settlements in high-value antitrust litigation, food industry giant Sysco Corp. told an Illinois federal court that an arbitrator's recent injunction belies "uniform, nationwide public policy" in favor of settlements.

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Law 360

JUNE 15, 2023

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday granted preliminary approval to a $48 million deal settling CBS, Cox and Fox out of multidistrict litigation by ad buyers over an alleged scheme among U.S. broadcasters to fix television ad prices, saying the settlement "will likely be granted final approval."

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 15, 2022

In litigation, for example, in a large firm, as a litigation paralegal , you may perform only discovery tasks whereas, in a small firm, you may be handling case intakes, case management, writing demands, filing lawsuits, performing discovery, legal research, motion practice, and trial practice.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 6, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit addressed several key issues in intellectual property litigation, including the scope of "absolute litigation privilege" under Illinois law, trade dress functionality, and the consequences of discovery sanctions. Toyo Tire Corp. Atturo Tire Corporation , No.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

that group dozens of online sellers into a single complaint for allegedly peddling counterfeit products, with Chicago emerging as the preferred venue for the litigation and inspiring a local federal judge to declare it has become "Illinois vs. The Internet." Brands have unleashed a torrent of lawsuits across the U.S.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

QUESTION: I’ve represented an individual client for almost 20 years in various transactional and litigation matters. In addition, rules of procedure in litigation sometimes provide that minors or persons with diminished capacity must be represented by a guardian or next friend if they do not have a general guardian.

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LegalReader

JUNE 15, 2021

Three of the four guards involved in the deadly incident have since been indicted on federal charges.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 8, 2023

The college then prolonged the litigation, virtually forcing the family into insolvency. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board needlessly spent millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

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Day on Torts

JUNE 1, 2023

Faced with no Illinois law directly on point, the federal court determined that the reasoning in Haley v. A federal judge in Chicago has agreed to allow a jury to consider whether airplane crash victims experience preimpact terror before their deaths. Pan American World Airways, Inc., 2d 311, 314-15 (5th Cir. 1984), was persuasive.

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