Explains changes made to appropriate venues for challenging Illinois administrative rules, executive orders, and constitutionality of state laws. Includes pros and cons of those changes.
Summarizes recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on personal jurisdiction in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern, including dissenting opinions and what it may mean for corporations going forward.
Analyzes the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements, including what employers should do to prepare for its possible implementation.
Analyzes recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Polansky, M.D. v. Executive Health Resources Inc. False Claims Act case.
U.S. EPA proposes new National Primary Drinking Water Regulation and changes to the Waters of the United States and National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Using Remprex v. Lloyd’s London, this post analyzes the mixed rulings surrounding the question: is the defense of BIPA lawsuits covered by insurance.
Synopsis of the Department of Justice’s recent updates to its corporate voluntary self-disclosure policies, including a new clawback policy to impose costs of corporate crime on responsible executives.
Analyzes an Illinois Supreme Court ruling that in some legal malpractice cases, attorneys may have to pay the punitive damages their clients incurred in the underlying case
Analysis of how forum defendants are able to remove cases to home-state federal courts with the developing practice of snap removal.
Examines the possible environmental, legislative, and litigation after-effects of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment of February 2023.
