The Illinois Supreme Court issued 27 pages of case dispositions last week, its largest number by page count in quite some time with three (really two because the appeals were consolidated) petitions ...

Where state disclaimed intent to seek relief from environmental contamination that resulted from work undertaken for the U.S. Army, defendant could not rely on federal government contractor defense to ...

Where employee was fired for refusal to take unconscious bias training, employee could not show that he had an objectively reasonable belief that training violated the law, as was required for a claim ...

At this time of year, Chicago-area commuters often find themselves dealing with transportation issues and delays as the winter weather impacts commute times. In the last few weeks, small-business ...

Where city’s application of zoning ordinance to religious school prevented school from installing lights at its athletic fields, school failed to carry burden on RLUIPA claims.The 7th U.S. Circuit ...

TD Bank will pay approximately $3 billion in a historic settlement with U.S. authorities who said Thursday that the financial institution’s lax practices allowed significant money laundering over ...

Jackson Lewis P.C. named Kirsten A. Milton managing principal of its Chicago office. She represents management in labor and employment issues with a focus on complex litigation.

Where an insured has medical bills paid pursuant to a CBA with the City, this triggers any insurance setoff provisions for payments under a pension code or municipal ordinance.The 1st District ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe ...

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president’s authority.

DeKalb Community Unit District 428 must face Title IX claims a minor and her parents brought against it after the girl was allegedly groomed and sexually abused by a student teacher when she was in ...

Donald “Pat” Eckler is a partner at Freeman, Mathis, & Gary LLP, focusing on professional liability defense, insurance coverage litigation, and general tort defense. He is the secretary/treasurer of ...