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May 15, 2025
7th Circ. Doubts Officers' Vaccine Reporting Exemption Claim
A Seventh Circuit panel seemed skeptical Thursday that a group of COVID-19 vaccine-exempt police officers in Chicago should be allowed to pursue religious discrimination claims targeting the suspensions and other adverse actions they faced for not reporting their vaccination status in the city's data portal.Â
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May 15, 2025
Enterprise Inks $11.5M Deal In Wrongful Death Suit
The family of an Illinois man who died after being struck by an Enterprise Rent-A-Car employee while doing utility work has reached an $11.5 million settlement with the car rental company to end litigation over his death, marking the highest known wrongful death recovery in McHenry County history.
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May 15, 2025
Justices Wary Of Pausing Sweeping Injunctions In Birthright Case
A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed eager Thursday to limit lower courts' use of universal injunctions generally, but several justices voiced concerns about the effect such a ruling would have on lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order that aims to limit birthright citizenship.
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May 15, 2025
NBA Gets Ban On Knockoff Sales Extended
An Illinois federal judge has granted the NBA's licensing arm's request to extend a ban on the sale of counterfeit goods and freeze the alleged culprits' assets amid a copyright infringement suit against the retailers, saying the NBA could be irreparably harmed without court intervention.
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May 15, 2025
Troutman Adds Transactional Insurance Partner From McDermott
Business law firm Troutman Pepper Locke LLP announced Thursday that it has added a new partner from McDermott Will & Emery LLP to its insurance transactional and regulatory practice group's Chicago office.
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May 15, 2025
9th Circ. Doubts Anti-Trans Orgs Can Nix Youth Runaway Law
Ninth Circuit judges questioned Thursday if anti-transgender groups and parents had standing to challenge a Washington state law intended to ensure shelter for runaway teens seeking gender-affirming care, with one judge asking "where are the parents" who have been adversely affected.
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May 15, 2025
Hillrom Says Missing Attachment Could End Antitrust Case
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. told an Illinois federal court Thursday that a missing attachment from an email turned over by Linet Americas Inc. should show the rival hospital-bed maker waited too long to file its antitrust case.
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May 15, 2025
Apple Accused Of False IPhone AI Promises In 50-State Suit
Apple pulled a bait-and-switch on phone buyers when it promised that new artificial intelligence features would be available on the iPhone 16, despite knowing it hadn't yet developed those features, according to a sprawling proposed class action that brings claims under consumer protection laws in all 50 states.
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May 15, 2025
Walgreens Settles TM Suit With Founder's Great-Grandson
Walgreen Co. has settled its trademark infringement suit against the great-grandson of the company's founder for his operation of Walgreen Health Solutions LLC, according to a filing Thursday in Illinois federal court.
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May 14, 2025
Girardi's Son-In-Law Should Face Ill. Theft Case, Feds Say
Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's son-in-law should be ordered to face Chicago charges that he helped the once-celebrated plaintiffs' lawyer steal client money because he "blew through" the deadline for dismissal motions and supported them with arguments that lack merit, federal prosecutors argued Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
Chicken Price-Fixing Atty Fees Challenged Again At 7th Circ.
A class objector in Chicago's massive consolidated suit over broiler chicken price-fixing is again urging the Seventh Circuit to vacate an attorney fee award for class counsel in a $181 million deal for chicken buyers, saying the district court erred in calculating the $51.66 million awarded on remand.
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May 14, 2025
NFT Team Says Founder Stole Millions From Bitcoin Project
A group of investors who helped develop a marketable nonfungible token that funds their bitcoin mining operation have sued their business partner in Illinois federal court for allegedly keeping the project's millions in profits for his own personal use.
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May 14, 2025
7th Circ. Partially Revives Pregnancy Bias Suit Against Ill. DHS
A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reversed an Illinois federal court's decision giving the Illinois Department of Human Services a win on two former workers' claims of illegal pregnancy-related firings, saying that there are still open factual questions as to one worker.
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May 14, 2025
7th Circ. Judge Skeptical Of Bias In Exxon Worker's Firing
A Seventh Circuit judge on Wednesday questioned what evidence a former employee asking the court to revive her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against ExxonMobil had to refute the company's assertion that it fired her after she behaved unprofessionally and stormed out of a negative performance review.
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May 14, 2025
Holding Co. Beats Suit Over 401(k) Investment Roster
A Berkshire Hathaway-owned industrial holding company doesn't have to face a proposed class action claiming it filled its 401(k) plan with underperforming proprietary target date funds, with an Illinois federal judge faulting plan participants' efforts to compare those funds with other potential investments.
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May 14, 2025
FERC Chair Floats Plan To Slash Grid Project Perks
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of financial perks for $3 billion worth of transmission projects has prompted Chair Mark Christie to suggest a way to scale back the awarding of additional rate incentives to grid developers.
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May 14, 2025
States Ask Court To End Trump's Wind Project Freeze
A coalition of states on Wednesday asked a Massachusetts federal judge for a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to end its freeze on wind energy project permitting, saying the policy could erase nearly $100 billion in investments and cost 40,000 jobs if left in place throughout the president's term.
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May 13, 2025
'Are We Dating The Same Guy?' Defamation Suit Gets Tossed
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday threw out a Chicago-area man's suit over allegedly false sexual misconduct accusations on an "Are We Dating the Same Guy?" Facebook page, ruling that the comments made in the group were statements of opinion and thus not actionable.
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May 13, 2025
States Say Trump Can't Link Immigration To DHS, DOT Funds
A 20-state coalition hit the Trump administration with lawsuits Tuesday in Rhode Island federal court asking the court to stop the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation from conditioning billions of state grant dollars on enforcing the president's immigration agenda.
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May 13, 2025
Lawsuit Challenging Trump Energy Order May Be Premature
States may have good reasons to fight President Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency, but courts may be unwilling to evaluate the strength of a new suit from 15 states in the absence of expedited energy project approvals.
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May 13, 2025
Industrial Retailer Misused Forfeited 401(k) Funds, Suit Says
Industrial supply company W.W. Grainger Inc. unlawfully used forfeited 401(k) funds to reduce its contributions to the retirement plan rather than cover expenses, costing plan participants millions of dollars in potential retirement benefits, according to a proposed class action in Illinois federal court.
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May 13, 2025
Judge Trims Ex-Law Student's Bias Suit Against Northwestern
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday pared down a lawsuit brought by a Palestinian Muslim ex-law student who claims Northwestern University failed to protect her from the publication of false allegations of assault and harassment that cost her a job at DLA Piper, allowing her discrimination claim to move forward but tossing her claim of a hostile education environment.
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May 13, 2025
The Man Who Ended Affirmative Action Is Just Getting Started
Nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, the legal strategist who brought the landmark case is using the ruling in a bid to end race-based programs in the public and private sectors, bolstered by allies in the executive branch.
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May 13, 2025
Climate NGOs Attack EPA Appeal In Funding Clawback Fight
Climate investment groups asked the D.C. Circuit to affirm a district court ruling blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from clawing back billions of dollars disbursed to them under the Inflation Reduction Act, characterizing its actions as "textbook arbitrariness."
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May 13, 2025
Walmart Settles Biometric Privacy Suit Ahead Of June Trial
Walmart and a driver for Walmart's grocery delivery platform have resolved his claims that the platform's identity verification process violates Illinois' biometric privacy law by scanning geometric facial data in their selfies and licenses to authenticate an applicant's identity without informed consent.
Expert Analysis
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Using Contracts As Evidence Of Trade Secret Protection
Recent federal and U.S. International Trade Commission decisions demonstrate an interesting trend of judges recognizing that contracts and confidentiality provisions can serve as important evidence of the reasonable secrecy measures companies must take to prove the existence of protected trade secrets, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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7th Circ. Ruling Muddies Split On Trade Secret Damages
The Seventh Circuit's recent endorsement in Motorola v. Hytera of a Second Circuit limit on avoided-cost damages under the Defend Trade Secrets Act contradicts even its own precedents, and will further confuse the scope of a developing circuit conflict that the U.S. Supreme Court has already twice declined to resolve, says Jordan Rice at MoloLamken.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog — For Now
While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements — paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Why State Captive Audience Laws Matter After NLRB Decision
As employers focus on complying with the National Labor Relations Board's new position that captive audience meetings violate federal labor law, they should also be careful not to overlook state captive audience laws that prohibit additional types of company meetings and communications, says Karla Grossenbacher at Seyfarth.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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7th Circ. Travel Time Ruling Has Far-Reaching Implications
In a case of first impression, the Seventh Circuit’s recent holding in Walters v. Professional Labor Group will have significant implications for employers that must now provide travel time compensation for employees on overnight assignments away from home, says Anthony Sbardellati at Akerman.
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Service Providers Must Mitigate 'Secondary Target' Risks
A lawsuit recently filed in an Illinois federal court against marketing agency Publicis over its work for opioid manufacturers highlights an uptick in litigation against professional service providers hired by clients that engaged in alleged misconduct — so potential targets of such suits should be sure to conduct proper risk analysis and mitigation, say attorneys at Dechert.