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August 11, 2025
Chicago Judge Signals Shift In Handling Counterfeit Cases
A Chicago federal judge, who earlier this year halted lawsuits in his courtroom that anonymously combined numerous alleged online counterfeiters in single complaints, has concluded that the litigation strategy "should no longer be perpetuated in its present form."
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August 11, 2025
Deere Tractor Rivals Get Some Safeguards In FTC Case, MDL
An Illinois federal judge has denied a motion by three of Deere & Co.'s competitors that were seeking to block distribution of confidential information they had provided to the Federal Trade Commission in its wind-up to an antitrust suit against Deere, but said he would amend existing confidentiality orders with additional safeguards.
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August 11, 2025
Kellogg Sued Over 'Misleading' Statement On $3B Acquisition
A WK Kellogg shareholder is asking an Illinois federal judge to block The Ferrero Group's $3.1 billion acquisition of the breakfast food company, alleging WK Kellogg and its board of directors submitted an "incomplete and misleading" proxy statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to convince shareholders to support the transaction.
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August 11, 2025
Chicago Suburb's Ex-Mayor Gets 4 Years For Extortion, Bribery
A former mayor of McCook, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, was sentenced to four years in federal prison Monday for accepting more than $250,000 in bribes and extortion payments.
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August 11, 2025
AGs Target Voice Providers In 'Operation Robocall Roundup'
A bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general from across the U.S. is sending warning letters to 37 voice service providers to demand action against illegal robocalls, alleging they flouted Federal Communications Commission rules, according to an announcement Monday.
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August 11, 2025
Ex-Ill. Speaker's 'False Hope' Won't Delay Prison Sentence
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan must begin serving his seven-year bribery and wire fraud prison sentence as ordered in October, a federal judge has ruled, finding that Madigan "clings to false hope" in arguing his forthcoming appeal to the Seventh Circuit will present an issue substantial enough to overturn his entire conviction.
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August 11, 2025
Posner Accuser Wants Roberts To Pick Judges For Wage Case
The pro se plaintiff seeking to revive wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has filed an opposed motion asking the circuit's chief judge to request U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts assign out-of-circuit judges to preside over the case, arguing the circuit judges cannot be impartial.
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August 11, 2025
Legal Tech Co. Hits Back At Norton Rose With $15M Fraud Suit
Norton Rose Fulbright is facing a $15 million fraud suit in Illinois state court from a legal tech company claiming the firm made false promises to lure its founders to join its new Chicago office and offer its legal workflow product to clients, weeks after Norton Rose sued the company saying it deceived the firm and kept client files without authorization.
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August 11, 2025
Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Jones Day Partner To Finance Team
Mayer Brown LLP expanded its financial advisory resources in Chicago with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his transactional practice after more than seven years at Jones Day.
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August 11, 2025
White & Case Adds Ex-Chicago Prosecutor From Perkins Coie
White & Case LLP has grown its global litigation practice in Chicago with the addition of a longtime Perkins Coie LLP partner who previously was an assistant U.S. attorney in the city, the firm said Monday.
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August 11, 2025
Feds, Wind Farm Backers Cross Swords Over Permitting Halt
The U.S. government and opponents of the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews have made their cases to a Massachusetts federal judge as to why they should prevail in litigation challenging the legality of the moratorium.
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August 09, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Higher Ed, Big 4, Rising Stars
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including creative ways institutions of higher learning are monetizing real estate, second quarter takeaways from top commercial real estate brokerages, and profiles of two of the industry's rising stars.
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August 08, 2025
Urgent Care Operator Must Face Meta Pixel Privacy Claims
A Midwest Express clinic patient can proceed with her lawsuit targeting the urgent care clinic's use of tracking tools including Meta's Pixel to share personal health information with the social media company because she's outlined plausible federal and state privacy violations, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
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August 08, 2025
Consumer Says Gambling Site Can't Force Suit Into Arbitration
A consumer accusing the operator of a casino-oriented gambling website of allegedly creating a dangerous environment that fuels gambling addiction is fighting arbitration, telling an Illinois federal court the agreement does not exist and if it did, it would be unenforceable.
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August 08, 2025
DC Circ. Hands Banker's Estate Win In IRS Whistleblower Bid
A split D.C. Circuit sided with the estate of a former banker at Rabobank in ruling Friday that the Internal Revenue Service used the wrong legal standard to deny him an award for contributing to investigations into two companies' tax avoidance scheme.
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August 08, 2025
Colleges, Universities Sued Over Early Admissions Offers
Thirty-two colleges and universities violated federal antitrust laws by sharing data about students admitted through an "early decision" process, reducing competition and inflating tuition by boxing applicants out of potentially more rewarding financial aid packages elsewhere, students alleged in a proposed federal class action on Friday.
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August 08, 2025
Administration Says States Can't Second-Guess ACA Changes
The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal court to reject a request by a group of states seeking to stay implementation of new rules that will reduce Affordable Care Act healthcare marketplace subsidies and enforce certain enrollment restrictions.
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August 08, 2025
Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Indicted For Role In Client Theft Scandal
Former Girardi Keese attorney Keith Griffin has been criminally indicted in Illinois federal court for his role in the once-mighty firm's spectacular collapse, with prosecutors alleging he violated court orders and covered up the theft of client funds.
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August 08, 2025
Attys Seek Final OK Of $100M Walgreens Rx Cost Settlement
An Illinois federal judge should greenlight a $100 million settlement to claims that Walgreens overcharged insured customers for generic prescription drugs, the plaintiffs' attorneys said, asking the judge to wrap up the 8-year-old consumer protection litigation.
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August 08, 2025
Ford Can Arbitrate Some Claims In Hybrid Engine Fire Suit
A Michigan federal judge has sent to arbitration six plaintiffs in a proposed class action alleging Ford Motor Co. sold hybrid vehicles with engine defects that could lead to fires, finding the automaker did not waive its right to arbitration by participating in earlier stages of the litigation.
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August 07, 2025
7th Circ. Affirms 25-Year Drug Sentence, OKs Voice ID At Trial
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a narcotics distribution conviction of a former owner of a Texas trucking company whose drug ring transporting hundreds of pounds of cocaine and heroin was discovered after a co-conspirator recorded a call with the man and provided a copy to federal agents.
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August 07, 2025
7th Circ. Affirms ExxonMobil's Win In Ex-Worker's Bias Suit
The Seventh Circuit has upheld summary judgment for ExxonMobil in a discrimination and retaliation suit brought by a former employee, saying that, while it was clear she worked in a "toxic" workplace, her allegations weren't supported by the evidence in the record.
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August 07, 2025
Teamsters Say Airgas Released Hazardous Gas On Strikers
Members of a New Jersey-based Teamsters union have sued Airgas, alleging that the company released an unknown hazardous gas on them as they were peacefully picketing outside company facilities in New Jersey and Illinois, with both releases creating a "dense white cloud plume" that enveloped the striking workers.
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August 07, 2025
Tea Dating App Hit With BIPA Suit Over Photo Verifications
Dating safety app Tea has been hit in Illinois state court with proposed class biometric privacy claims by three users who say it illegally analyzes their facial geometry through its identify verification process.
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August 07, 2025
Illinois Co. Fights Texas Insurance Law On Physical Offices
An Illinois-based company has sued the commissioner of the Texas Department of Insurance over a law that requires the company to have a physical presence in the state in order to keep its title insurance producer license, alleging on Thursday the requirement is unconstitutional.
Expert Analysis
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A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.
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Implementation, Constitutional Issues With Birthright Order
President Donald Trump's executive order reinterpreting the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause presents unavoidable administrative problems and raises serious constitutional concerns about the validity of many existing federal laws and regulations, says Eric Schnapper at the University of Washington School of Law.
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Opinion
State FCAs Should Cover Local Fund Misuse, State Tax Fraud
New Jersey and other states with similar False Claims Acts should amend them to cover misappropriated municipal funding, and state and local tax fraud, which would encourage more whistleblowers to come forward and increase their recoveries, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
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As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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How Crypto Firms Should Approach Patchwork Of State Laws
The Money Transmission Modernization Act was designed to create uniformity across state digital regulations, but the reality remains far from consistent — as demonstrated by the patchwork of laws in states like Texas, Vermont, New York and California — so as state legislatures convene in the coming weeks, crypto firms should watch closely for developments that could shape the regulatory landscape, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.
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Questions Remain After Justices' Narrow E-Rate FCA Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wisconsin Bell, holding that requests for reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program are subject to False Claims Act liability, resolves one important question but leaves several others open, says Jason Neal at HWG.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.