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Brown Publishes Article Updating Illinois Manufacturers on Illinois Pollution Control Board Rulemaking

Melissa Brown’s recent article in The Illinois Manufacturer examines the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s various rulemaking activities during 2024. Topics covered include PFAS groundwater quality standards; startup, malfunction, and breakdown alternative emission limits; nitrogen oxides emissions; car and truck emission standards; coal combustion residuals; and environmental justice. The full article can be read here. Brown, a partner in […]

Brown Published in Illinois Chamber Magazine

The September 2024 issue of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce magazine, Business Leader, includes an article by Melissa Brown. The article, which is a re-print of a previously published HeplerBroom blog, summarizes the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright, which overturned a long-standing doctrine of deferring to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Brown, who has developed a robust […]

Moch Warns Special Investigative Units Against Treating All Claims the Same

In his Summer 2024 SIU Today “Law Update” column, Eric Moch notes that financial distress may not always be the incentive behind insurance fraud. According to Moch, the November 2023 conviction of three former NBA players for healthcare and various other frauds points out the need to carefully evaluate every claim. The full article is available here. Moch, […]

Moch Highlights Impacts of Changes in Insurance Industry on Claims Practices

In his latest Law Update column for SIU Today (the quarterly journal of the International Association of Special Investigation Units), Eric Moch discusses how seismic shifts in claims practices have been accompanied by consequences in three distinct areas: fraud, bad faith exposures, and nuclear verdicts. The full article is available here. Moch, a partner in the firm’s Chicago […]

HeplerBroom Attorneys Published in State Professional Journal

Discover insights from HeplerBroom attorneys in the IDC Quarterly! LaDonna Boeckman discusses immunity for healthcare workers amid COVID-19 negligence claims, while James DuChateau offers guidance on property insurance law. John Hanson examines key arguments regarding the Illinois Human Rights Act, and Julieta Kosiba explores diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. With a dedicated team, HeplerBroom leads in legal expertise. Read on to see how these attorneys are shaping the legal landscape!

Oldenburg and Janowiak Case Results Article Published in Professional Journal

A recent issue of the Medical Professional Liability Association’s Inside Medical Liability Online included a “Case and Comment” article by Anne Oldenburg and Megan Janowiak. In the article, Oldenburg and Janowiak analyzed their recent victories in two appellate court rulings on the issue of long-term care facilities’ immunity from negligence in COVID-19 litigation. (See this Results item […]

Moch Offers 5 Tips for Claims Professionals in Bad Faith Litigation

In his latest SIU Today “Law Update” column, Eric Moch draws upon his decades-long experience defending insurers at trial to offer some hard-won and sometimes inconvenient truths that claims professionals would do well to heed when preparing for breach of policy or bad faith litigation. (SIU Today is the journal of the International Association of Special Investigators.). A downloadable […]

Champlin Discusses Insurance Coverage and Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Litigation

Matthew Champlin recently co-authored an article for the latest issue of IDC Quarterly, the journal of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. The article reviews the various types of insurance policies under which defendants seek coverage for their defense against Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) claims. The article examines how successful insureds have been in obtaining coverage […]

Messina Publishes Opinion Piece in Chicago Sun-Times on Particulate Matter Regulations

On June 26, the Chicago Sun-Times published a commentary by Alec Messina pointing out concerns with the U.S. EPA’s proposed tightening of limits on particulate matter in the air. In the article, entitled “Move Carefully Before Tightening the Limits on Particulate Matter in Air,” Messina described what he characterized as the “cognitive dissonance” between some of the […]