/illinois?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Illinois Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:23:03 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328244?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328244 Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:10:45 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328960?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328960 United Airlines pays flight attendants only for the time they work during flights and declines to pay them any wages or overtime for pre- and post-flight tasks they're required to complete, according to a proposed class action filed in Illinois state court. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:38:22 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328956?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328956 Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's son-in-law Tuesday urged an Illinois federal court to toss a superseding indictment accusing him of helping steal millions from clients of the now-defunct Girardi Keese, saying prosecutors created confusion around the charged offenses by highlighting California legal ethics rules without explaining their relevance, "if any." Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:04:32 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328781?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328781 The Eleventh Circuit signaled Tuesday that it was likely to uphold a $1.1 million verdict entered against a Georgia-based tobacco importer for selling counterfeit rolling papers, throwing cold water on the importer's claims that the verdict constituted a windfall that was prohibited in a 2023 trial. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:15:27 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328707?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328707 Six temporary workers claimed in a potential class action filed Monday that salad kit maker Fresh Express failed to train them to operate dangerous equipment or mitigate safety risks and that the staffing agencies that sent them there failed to pay wages comparable to what their hired employees make in violation of Illinois law. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:32:06 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328265?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328265 Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired two gaming attorneys who focus their practices on regulatory and business-side matters, who bring their practices to the group's Washington, D.C., and Chicago offices, the firm announced Tuesday. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:41:37 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328529?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328529 Boeing said Tuesday it has agreed to sell portions of its digital aviation solutions business to software-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo in a $10.55 billion all-cash transaction steered by Mayer Brown LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:24:25 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328219?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328219 The Seventh Circuit on Monday revived a suit over a Costco customer's slip-and-fall, saying trial is warranted because a jury could find that surveillance video supports the claim that a spilled smoothie was on the floor for at least 28 minutes before the fall. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:19:32 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328008?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328008 An Illinois state senator accused of agreeing to take personal benefits in exchange for helping a red-light camera company should be convicted of bribery because it's clear he illegally put his political position up for sale in 2019, prosecutors told a federal jury on Monday. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:18:12 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328120 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. told a New Jersey federal court that a group of pharmacies and their operators engaged in a criminal, years-long racketeering scheme that resulted in it paying more than $10 million in refunds for short-dated pharmaceutical products. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:46:49 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328215 A Michigan-based trucking company has stopped making payments toward a $10 million bill owed to a Teamsters pension fund after partially withdrawing from the plan, the fund said in a complaint filed Monday in Illinois federal court. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:40:47 +0000 /illinois/articles/2327448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2327448 Hertz and its cloud-based data management host have been hit with proposed class privacy suits claiming the Florida-based car rental giant negligently failed to follow even the most basic information security practices to help protect customers' personal information from a ransomware attack. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:34:20 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328138 U-visa petitioners suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over alleged unreasonable delays of processing their work authorizations sought class certification Friday, a few months after a Michigan federal judge revived the claims. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:05:29 +0000 /illinois/articles/2326999?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2326999 As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:04:28 +0000 /illinois/articles/2327639?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2327639 With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:27:04 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328059?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328059 A photographer alleging the Detroit Lions modeled a statue of legendary running back Barry Sanders from an infringed photo urged a New York federal judge to reconsider his decision to cut the team from the copyright lawsuit, saying the team's dealings with an Empire State-based entity bring it under the court's jurisdiction. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:23:23 +0000 /illinois/articles/2328079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2328079 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case filed by the owner of Minnesota's Mall of America against Sears Holding Corp. over a transfer of a 100-year lease for an anchor store location, leaving in place a lower court's finding that the mall's lease was not a "true" contract. Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:43:36 +0000 /illinois/articles/2326384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2326384 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday skipped a case brought by the winner of a $6.6 million patent infringement verdict who has argued that the Federal Circuit wrongly denied its bid to increase those damages after it said it discovered fraud in the proceedings. Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:09:59 +0000 /illinois/articles/2323979?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2323979 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including the law firms that guided the 10 largest real estate deals of the first quarter, and how dealmakers and companies have been navigating uncertainty in the market. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:33:58 +0000 /illinois/articles/2327460?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /illinois/articles/2327460 A Chicago suburb was correctly rejected in its bid to enforce a contract provision requiring Northern Illinois University Foundation to donate a parcel of land it decided not to develop into a branch campus, a state appellate panel said.