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A woman removed from a Chicago Board of Education meeting in July 2014 and restricted from attending meetings for the next 2½ years for disruptive behavior does not have a claim for a First Amendment rights violation, a federal judge held.
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A 2018 American Bar Association study found that 49 percent of female lawyers in the country’s 350 largest law firms “received unwanted sexual contact.”
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A federal judge acted too hastily when she ruled in favor of two doctors sued by the estate of a Lake County Jail inmate who starved herself to death, a federal appeals court held.
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SPRINGFIELD — People pulled over for texting and driving will face stricter penalties under a new measure signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner Tuesday.
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A sports memorabilia dealer who alleges a customer asked him to obtain certain NHL trading cards and then failed to come up with the agreed $485,000 purchase price does not have a claim for breach of contract, a federal judge held.
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Trial Notebook
Asking the Illinois Appellate Court to refrain from extending to malpractice litigation against an insurance broker the common-interest exception to the attorney-client privilege that the Illinois Supreme Court adopted in an insurance coverage case, two tort plaintiffs relied on Allianz v. Guidant, 373 Ill. App. 3d 652 (2007).
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Lawyers' Forum
The Illinois Supreme Court has held that all Illinois courts have a duty to vacate convictions for facially unconstitutional offenses, even where those convictions are only indirectly before a court that is hearing a civil matter.
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Prosecution and Procedure
Earlier this month, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court reversal of the termination of parental rights and remanded the matter for further proceedings.
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Federal Courts
In today’s case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals provides guidance on when a court may reduce attorney fees and so-called incentive pay in a suit for unsolicited faxes.
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Cotter’s Corner
As we move toward the end of summer, our nation appears to continue on a slow but certain erosion of the Rule of Law. Several things have happened this past week or so that suggest such erosion.
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Tully’s Law
For litigants, access to the federal courts is often a highly sought-after commodity. However, jurisdiction is not always easy to establish.
Sporting Judgment
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NEW YORK — Indiana safety Jonathan Crawford is very clear about what he thinks of colleges releasing information on player injuries. — Free read
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Sports Marketing Playbook
Virtual reality (aka VR) has not been on the sports scene for long but the emerging technology is becoming a must-have for sports broadcasting companies..
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The Power of Lifting
You have worked hard all spring and during the summer to be in your best shape. As summer wanes, keep that momentum going.
Non-Billable Hours
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Opening Statement
As I sat in the darkened Broadway Theater at the Pride Arts Center, 4130 N. Broadway, practically in the shadow of Chicago’s Boystown, watching a bare-bones performance of “Holding the Man,” I couldn’t help but think about and compare it with many of the earlier theatrical productions concerning gay and lesbian lives in this country.
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Balancing Life and the Law
My 16-year-old son started “clerking” for our firm this summer. A fractured back prematurely ended his football career.
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Non-Billable Hours
On Thursday, Dave Thomas learned this movie is being made. This is his review of the film-to-be purely as he imagines it. — Free read