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Illinois - February, 2024

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• Ill. Court Unwinds $17.5M Forced Northstar Ownership Sale
• 'ComEd Four' Bribery Sentences Must Wait For Justices' Input
• Black Detective Costume Not Protected Speech, Kraft Says
• TransUnion Pegs Potential DOJ Data Unit Settlement At $37M
• Hiring Co. Can't Avoid BIPA Suit Over AI-Based Screening
• Judiciary Panel Sends 5 Red State Judges To Full Senate
• 7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves
• 7th Circ. Revives Health System Worker's FMLA Suit For Trial
• Millionaire Dating Site's Arb. Bid Goes Broke In BIPA Suit
• Trump Kicked Off Ill. Ballot, But Ruling On Hold For Appeal
• Elite Schools Get OK For $166M More Aid-Fixing Deals
• Netflix Kanye Doc Didn't Defame Dancing Woman, Judge Says
• Fish & Richardson Adds Ex-Jenner & Block Life Sciences Duo
• No AI FRAUD Act Is A Significant Step For Right Of Publicity
• Meta Trims BIPA Voiceprint Privacy Suit, For Now
• Tribes Urge Biden To Break Silence On Pipeline Dispute
• Subcontractor Seeks Sanctions In Amazon Warehouse Fight
• Cheering In The NFL Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Plastic-Maker Says Insurers Must Cover Worker Death Suit
• DOJ Atty, University Of Chicago Prof Returns To MoloLamken
• 7th Circ. Says Renewed Removal Orders Must Wait On CAT
• Insurer Gets BIPA Coverage Win After Ill. Appeals Court Ruling
• FTC Puts Labor Focus In Merger Basket For 1st Time
• 7th Circ. Won't Disrupt Volvo's Veteran Bias Suit Win
• Veradigm To Acquire ScienceIO, Face Potential Nasdaq Delisting
• Keeping Up With Class Actions: Data Breach Litigation In Flux
• BNSF Made $75M BIPA Deal After Landmark Award Wiped Out
• Chicago Board Will Appeal Transfer Tax Referendum Decision
• 7th Circ. Chief Defends Discrimination Rules In GOP Letter Reply
• Ascension Unit Will Pay $2.6M To End Time Clock BIPA Suit
• A Rare Look At Judicial Interpretation Of LEG Exclusions
• Food Co. Gets Inflated ESOP Deal Suit Kicked To Arbitration
• Ohio Jury Shuts Down Door Co.'s Patent Defense
• Vape Wholesaler TM Dispute Booted From Illinois Court
• Chicago Can't Count Any Votes In Transfer Tax Referendum
• Texas Justices Say $220M Cobalt Deal Is A Loss Under Policy
• Energizer Zaps Most Portable-Charger False Ad Claims
• Chicago Cubs Say Private Jet Co. 'Ghosted' Sponsorship
• Blackwells Calls Out Disney For 'AI Mediocrity' In Proxy Battle
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Insurance Co. Beats Claims Analysts' OT Exemption Suit
• Teamsters Tell 7th Circ. Sysco Must Arbitrate Benefits Dispute
• Sheppard Mullin Adds 2nd Healthcare Partner This Month
• FTC Challenges Kroger's $25B Albertsons Buy
• Vanderbilt, 3 Other Elite Schools Ink $166M Aid-Fixing Deals
• Meta Unlikely To Beat Most Of BIPA Suit Over Voiceprints
• The New BIPA? Attys Warn GIPA Is A 'Live Grenade'
• Restaurants Blast 'Fatal Flaws' In Chicken Price-Fix Deal
• Homebuyers' NAR Antitrust Claims Still Fail, Ill. Judge Says
• Walgreens Investors Near Deal In Suit Over Opioid Epidemic
• Dickinson Wright Pulls In IP Atty From Steptoe
• Judge Nixes Walmart 'Raw Honey' False Ad Class Action
• Insurance M&A Partner From Sidley Joins Kirkland
• 6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media
• Ex-Major Lindsey Worker Fights Arbitration In Sex Assault Suit
• CVS Says Redbox Won't Remove Kiosks Despite Expired Deal
• YouTube Privacy Judge 'Flummoxed' By Kids' Liability Theory
• R. Kelly Fights Chicago Child Porn Conviction At 7th Circ.
• Instant Brands Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK After Win In Supplier Row
• 5 Lessons For SaaS Companies After Blackbaud Data Breach
• Convicted Chicago Pol Seeks Acquittal Or New Trial
• Locke Lord Settles Failed Health Plan Malpractice Suit
• Taft Stettinius Adds 6 Dinsmore Attys In Detroit, Chicago
• GAO Backs VA's Need For Licensed Contractor
• Ill. Court Vacates R. Kelly Victim's $4M Default Judgment
• Judge Won't Strike 'Excessive' $2.3M Tobacco TM Verdict
• Justices Squabble Over Emergency Review Of EPA Smog Plan
• 7th Circ. Says Excavator's Kickback Appeal Doesn't Add Up
• Irish Pub Chain's Ex-CFO Gets 1.5 Years For $1M Tax Fraud
• CoStar, Hotel Giants Accused Of Data-Driven Price-Fixing
• Appliance Parts Maker Can Mediate Creditor Suits In Ch. 11
• A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise
• Collector Gets 'One Final Shot' To Pay Famed Artist's Estate
• Miner Barnhill Vet Among Biden's Latest Judicial Picks
• Ill. Public Defender Sues Over Display Of Israeli Army Photo
• Chicago Sues Oil Giants, Alleging Climate Change Deception
• Walgreens Defeats $200M Investor Suit Over Insulin Billing
• 7th Circ. Backs McDonald's Win Over 'Bad Faith' Hot Tea Suit
• Developers Deny 'Shell Game' Amid Push For More Sanctions
• Insurer Must Pay Defense Costs In Newspaper Shooting Row
• Ill. Judge Scolds Defense Attys On Discovery: 'This Is Insanity'
• Ill. Cardiologist Keeps Trial Win In Med Mal Death Suit
• Legislative And Litigation Trends In Environmental Advertising
• Posner Says Ex-Staffer's 'Lies' Warrant Harsh Sanctions
• Former EDNY Prosecutor, Bomb Expert Joins McGuireWoods
• Boomerang In Default For Silence On $7M Del. Contract Suit
• No Coverage For Firm In Haiti Malpractice Suit, Insurer Says
• Insurers Say Pollution Exclusion Bars Cancer Suits Defense
• Fiji Water Microplastics Suit Heads To Illinois Federal Court
• Feds Charge Ex-Commodities Trader With $3.7M Scheme
• Samsung Ordered To Arbitrate Hundreds Of BIPA Claims
• PTAB To Review Engine Patent After Court Axed It
• Boeing And Lion Air Families Spar In 7th Circ. Jury Trial Bid
• The Congressman Who Reps Cannabis Reform On Capitol Hill
• Up Next At High Court: Deadlines, Delivery Drivers & Smog
• Voters Urge Keeping Trump Off Ill. Ballot As Primary Looms
• NCAA, Hoopster Settle Dispute Over Betting Suspension
• Ex-Ill. Senator Admits Campaign Fund Misuse After Trial
• Ex-Jenner & Block Litigator Joins Holland & Knight In Chicago
• 7th Circ. Rejects Ancestry.com's Arbitration Bid In Privacy Suit
• 7th Circ. Questions $4M Samsung Arbitration Fee Order
• Instant Brands May Have Rights Against Supplier, Judge Says
• Marketing Co. Asks Justices To Hear 'Impossible' TM Row
• AGs Press FDA On Safeguards Against Metal In Baby Food
• Pilots Union Requests Dismissal Of Retirement Age Row
• Baker McKenzie Can't Send Malpractice Suit To London
• Trian Decries Disney's 'Spaghetti-Against-The-Wall' Strategy
• What Rescheduling Pot Would Mean For Criminal Justice Reform
• Biggest Tiremakers Sued Over Alleged Price-Fixing
• Tax On Tribune's Cubs Sale Troubling, 7th Circ. Judge Says
• Petition Watch: Classes, Litigation Changes & Fraud Theories
• Appliance Parts Co. Robertshaw Hits Ch. 11 With $833M Debt
• Trucking Groups Score Win In Ocean Carriers FMC Dispute
• Investors Urge Prison As Developers Seek More Briefing Time
• Ill. Judge Says Rezoning Of Historic Hotel Damaged Developer
• Chicago Eatery Biz Exec's Bid For Atty Privilege Challenged
• McDonald's In US Lack Adequate Lactation Spaces, Suit Says
• Split Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Patent Case Against Bank
• Dad Sues Hacked Chicago Children's Hospital Again
• Coaching High School Wrestling Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Kirkland-Led PE Shop Raises $887M Across 2 Industrial Funds
• BofA Unit Hit With Trader's Suit Over Alleged Spoofing
• Judge Says Suit Over Dyson Warranties Relies On 'Conjecture'
• Food Co. Whole Earth Brands Taken Private In $209M Deal
• Restaurants Trying To Derail Chicken Deals, 7th Circ. Told
• Immigrants Seek To Certify Class Of 170,000 With Visa Delays
• Enbridge, ExxonMobil Accused Of Monopolizing Oil Transport
• SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap
• Former Federal Prosecutor Returns To McDermott In Chicago
• Justices Asked To Ignore 'Unremarkable' McDonald's Ruling
• 7th Circ. Says Plaintiffs' Strategy Doomed Lead Paint Appeal
• Ex-CEO Of Health Co. Found Guilty Of Fraud After $195M Loss
• Ex-Madigan Aide Gets 2.5 Years For Lying In Grand Jury Probe
• Schools' $104M Aid-Fixing Deal OK'd, Vanderbilt Deal Coming
• Illinois Supreme Court Forms Generative AI Task Force
• Tubi Can't Tune Out Viewing History Privacy Suit
• Biden Admin. Seeks Suppliers For Major Clean Energy Deals
• Freight Co. Workers Fight To Keep Fingerprint Data Suit Alive
• Navigating New Regulations In Healthcare And Other M&A
• Ex-Ill. Senator Detained Pending Trial After Ignoring Feds
• FTC Clears AbbVie To Proceed With $10.1B ImmunoGen Buy
• 2023 Patent Litigation: A Year In Review
• DOJ Investigating Metropolis Tech's $1.5B SP Plus Deal
• Renderings Pitch White Sox Ballpark In Chicago's South Loop
• Dentists In $13B Delta Dental Suit Want Class Status
• Judicial Nominee Assures GOP Sens. She's Not A Marxist
• McDonald's Ends Suit Accusing Managers Of Racist Abuse
• EDTX Eclipses WDTX As Top Patent Venue
• New Patent Suits Fall To Lowest Level In Over A Decade
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear Fight Over FERC's Price-Cap Rule
• Longford Argues Patent Settlement Row Must Be Arbitrated
• Pratt & Whitney Docs Shielded From Airline's $30M Suit
• CoinDeal Fraud Promoters Ordered To Repay Profits
• Haynes Boone Partner Faces Suit Over Fund Transfer In Ch. 7
• Facebook User Fights Uphill To Revive BIPA Case At 9th Circ.
• Ill. Atty's Conviction Over Embezzlement Scheme Sticks
• BDO Inks $2.25M Deal In 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Ill. Jury Convicts Trader Of $30M Bond Fraud
• Orrick Adds Ex-Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro In Chicago
• GOP Sens. Blast Ill. Judges' Moves For Diversity In Oral Args
• Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout
• Feds' Fraud Case Based On Faulty Assumptions, Jury Hears
• JPML Consolidates Suboxone Dental Decay Suits In Ohio
• Man Used Investment Fund To Run Ponzi Scheme, Feds Say
• Perkins Coie Can't Duck Claims It Aided Client's $12M Theft
• Blackwells Starts Disney Proxy Fight, Blasts Fellow Activist
• Competing In Dressage Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Trader Tells Jury $30M Losses Were Mistakes, Not Fraud
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 7th Circ. Wary Of Bid To Revive Abbott Formula Claims
• Wendy's Not Covered In Freezer Injury Suit, Insurer Says
• Insurer Owes $1.3M In Defects Row Defense Costs, Co. Says
• Biotech Co. Hit With Investor Suit Over Alzheimer's Drug Trial
• States, Enviro Groups Expand Suits Over USPS' New Vehicles
• Brokerage Asks Justices To Apply Arbitration To $1.8B Verdict
• BCLP Sees 2nd Group Depart As 7 Head To Arnold & Porter
• Suspect In $400M Crypto Theft Put Under Monitoring
• NCAA Hoopster Reinstated As Judge Questions Transfer Rule
• Ill. COVID Wrongful Death Claims Can't Be Arbitrated
• Ill. Towns, Metra Ask DC Circ. To Void CP-KCS Rail Merger
• Ascension Says Medical Queries Don't Breach Genetic Privacy
• Clyde & Co. Hires Ex-Lewis Brisbois Team In Chicago
• Major Lindsey Says Ex-Worker Wants 'Media Splash' In Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Wachtell Lipton
• Ill. Bar Freed From Suit Over Staffer's Alcohol-Fueled Fatal Fall
• Pharma Hikma Reaches $150M Opioid Settlement With States
• Farm Equipment Cos. Settle Patent Dispute After $12M Verdict
• Ill. Genetics Law Spares Life Insurance Sector, Prudential Says
• Sanderson Says Chicken Buyers' Retrial Bid Ignores Evidence
• Publicis Reaches $350M Opioid Settlement With All 50 States
• The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift