$19.3M awarded to Illinois woman who alleged sex abuse as inmate

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers

Legal malpractice suit over opt-out notices revived

Supreme Court lets drawing of new Alabama map proceed

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kimberly D. Lewis is sworn in as president of the Illinois Judicial Council last week.

Kimberly Lewis sets agenda as new leader of Illinois Judicial Council

Alderman Gardiner can’t bar Facebook critics, must set policy fitting 1st Amendment

Airbnb can’t compel arbitration for injured party guest, panel rules

Cameras, pressure are on for judges in high-profile cases

Online bettor wins second chance to recoup losses

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By Adam J. Glazer

Adam J. Glazer is a partner at Schoenberg Finkel Newman & Rosenberg, LLC, and an adjunct professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. His practice focuses on business litigation, and he is available at adam.glazer@sfnr.com.

Posted June 7, 2018 10:53 AM

Legal gambling on pro and college sports outside Nevada hit the jackpot on May 14 when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act passed by Congress in 1992.That act, preventing states from authorizing sports betting, was ruled unconstitutional in Murphy v. NCAA. The court determined the federal statute “commandeered” the states to enforce federal laws or policies in violation of the 10th Amendment.The upshot of the Murphy case, originally named for former New Jersey …

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Judge erred in weighing factors for qui tam case

Reinstating a qui tam case against Care Alternatives Inc. that involved a hospice provider allegedly submitting false certifications to the federal government, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals explained that the district judge erred in giving “dispositive weight” to a single factor in what should have been a “holistic” three-factor analysis of materiality.
By Steven P. Garmisa
Judge draws line between deceit, wire fraud in school dean case

Concurring in a decision that affirmed the wire fraud conviction of a business school dean charged with sending doctored data to U.S. News and World Report to boost his school’s ranking, Circuit Judge Cheryl Ann Krause wrote separately to reinforce the important line between “deceit and federal wire fraud,” because “the constitution requires us to police it rigorously.”
By Steven P. Garmisa
Derailed BIPA suit settles in wake of call for damages trial

In 2022, a federal jury awarded $228 million to a class of truck drivers after finding that BNSF Railway Company had collected the drivers’ fingerprints without consent, in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The case was then remanded for damages. It now appears to be settled.
By Daniel A. Cotter
Major questions doctrine dooms plausible claim in case against shrimp trawlers

Taking a textualist approach by looking solely at the plain language of the Clean Water Act, a fisheries reform group in North Carolina plausibly alleged valid claims against shrimp trawlers that dumped “bycatch” in the Pamlico Sound lagoon without a CWA permit.
By Steven P. Garmisa
Judge erred on ‘personal injury’ in RICO civil action case

Douglas Horn tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol and lost his job as a trucker after ingesting “Dixie X CBD Dew Drops Tincture,” an elixir he purchased because it was advertised as having “zero percent THC.”
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Social media posts could cost millions in vacated verdicts

Social media is a boon and scourge at the same time, and that is nowhere more in evidence than in two recent circumstances in the Circuit Court of Cook County — one that has resulted in an order for a new trial, White v. Chicago Transit Authority, 19 L 2083, and one that may yet yield a second retrial after in-court conduct led to the first retrial in Kroft v. Viper Trans, Inc., 16 L 9466.
By Donald P. Eckler
Federal judge reviews split on bankruptcy transfers

A fully briefed motion to dismiss BRH-Garver LLC’s breach-of-contract case against an Illinois-based bank was pending in the Dirksen Courthouse when Garver petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in Houston and asked U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall to transfer the Chicago case to her colleagues in the southern district of Texas so they could send it to the local bankruptcy court.
By Steven P. Garmisa
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Plaintiff Sonja Petermann was a nurse for defendant Aspirus, Inc. until she was terminated in December 2021.
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$19.3M awarded to Illinois woman who alleged sex abuse as inmate

Judge rules Donald Trump defrauded banks, insurers

Legal malpractice suit over opt-out notices revived

Supreme Court lets drawing of new Alabama map proceed

Kimberly Lewis sets agenda as new leader of Illinois Judicial Council

Alderman Gardiner can’t bar Facebook critics, must set policy fitting 1st Amendment

Airbnb can’t compel arbitration for injured party guest, panel rules

Cameras, pressure are on for judges in high-profile cases

Online bettor wins second chance to recoup losses

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Judge erred in weighing factors for qui tam case

Judge draws line between deceit, wire fraud in school dean case

Derailed BIPA suit settles in wake of call for damages trial

Major questions doctrine dooms plausible claim in case against shrimp trawlers

Judge erred on ‘personal injury’ in RICO civil action case

Social media posts could cost millions in vacated verdicts

Federal judge reviews split on bankruptcy transfers

Title VII: Can medical care giver refuse to vaccinate a patient?

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