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Class OK’d in suit alleging religious exercise in schools

New federal rule would bar noncompete agreements

Christian Luciano Santiago

Cook County jury awards $45M in baby powder suit

New rule mandates minimum staff levels for nursing homes

Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party in 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case filed by Starbucks against the National Labor Relations Board, which raised the issue of courts granting temporary injunctions sought by the agency.

Supreme Court appears to side with Starbucks in dispute with NLRB

Jury finds BNSF Railway contributed to 2 asbestos deaths

Suspend attorney over baseless lawsuits, ARDC board says

Thomas L. Kirsch II

Illinois ban on sex offenders’ phone contact with their children tossed

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By Amanda Monto amonto@lawbulletinmedia.com

Posted August 30, 2021 11:00 AM

The Illinois Supreme Court named Cook County Circuit Court Judge Cara LeFevour Smith as the director of the statewide pretrial services in adult criminal proceedings. Wendy Venvertloh was named deputy director.LeFevour Smith has served as judge since 2019. She started in the 1st Municipal District and now works in the Juvenile Justice Division. She also served as chief policy adviser to Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart before joining the bench.Venvertloh currently is the AOIC’s pretrial services administrator. She …

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Starbucks employees and supporters link arms during a union election watch party in 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case filed by Starbucks against the National Labor Relations Board, which raised the issue of courts granting temporary injunctions sought by the agency.

Supreme Court appears to side with Starbucks in dispute with NLRB

Activists demonstrate Monday at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill as the justices consider a challenge to rulings that found punishing people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.

Ghost guns, outdoor sleeping bans reach U.S. Supreme Court

State Rep. Anna Moeller (right), D-Elgin, speaks on the House floor during debate on her bill to enact several reforms to the state’s insurance industry. The bill is an initiative of Gov. JB Pritzker, who is seated behind Moeller. The measure passed with bipartisan support.

Pritzker’s health insurance reforms clear House

Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, from left, Ed Pierson, executive director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former Boeing engineer; Joe Jacobsen, aerospace engineer and technical adviser to the Foundation for Aviation Safety; and Shawn Pruchnicki, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, are sworn in before a Senate committee Wednesday. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny over safety culture

The Supreme Court unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit Wednesday filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, making it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims.

Ruling eases way to sue for job bias in forced transfers