https://www.law360.com/illinois?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Illinois Copyright 2024 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Wed, 27 Nov 2024 20:43:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2262439?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2262439 After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised a red flag five years ago that heartburn drug Zantac and its generics contained levels of a chemical that could cause cancer, litigation kicked off in federal and state courts. Here, Law360 presents a timeline of the lawsuits, trials and settlements that ensued. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:31:15 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266612?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266612 An Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday that an AIG subsidiary has a duty to defend a Burger King franchisee in a suit brought by employees claiming its timekeeping practices violated Illinois' biometric privacy law, but only after the limits of all other insurance have been exhausted. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:26:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266693 The Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court's decision striking state utility regulators' approval to build part of the $7 billion Grain Belt Express high-voltage transmission line. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266597?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266597 The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for its December arguments session, which will include blockbuster questions about the constitutionality of state laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors and whether Hungary can be held liable for property stolen during World War II. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:17:54 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266182?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2266182 A pharmacy technician claims in Illinois state court that she was fired from Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago for making complaints both internally and to state regulators that the medications for pediatric patients were being compounded in an unsanitary manner and that the facilities weren't being properly cleaned. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:27:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2261782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2261782 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. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:49:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2264076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2264076 Law firms are increasingly embracing the use of artificial intelligence, wary of its limitations but enchanted by its potential to transform the practice of law through smaller headcounts and cheaper litigation. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:23:50 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265504?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265504 A Bulgarian contractor has asked an Illinois federal court not to pause a local bank's litigation seeking to determine the proper owner of $7 million it's holding in escrow related to a dispute over a natural gas construction project, saying a parallel arbitration proceeding is irrelevant. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:13:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265522 The Second Circuit has rejected a rehearing bid by two investors seeking to revive their proposed class action accusing Wells Fargo Securities LLC of causing a Chicago fund manager lose at least $500 million by wrongfully forcing the liquidation of its mutual fund and other investments. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:11:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265958?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265958 A former Chicago alderman testifying against ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan told jurors Tuesday he connected prospective developers to Madigan, who lobbied to take on their legal work and soon after pushed legislation that would clear the way for their project. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:32:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265913 The National Labor Relations Board should nix a United Food & Commercial Workers local's 11-10 win in a 2021 representation election at a Chicago cannabis dispensary due to an issue with the vote, the dispensary said, adding NLRB and D.C. Circuit precedent supports its stance. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:30:12 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/1883600?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/1883600 Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:14:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265812?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265812 The Federal Energy Regulatory unlawfully amended a negotiated rate authority for the $7 billion Grain Belt Express high-voltage power line despite not sanctioning a 2020 change in project ownership, Illinois residents, farmers and landowners told the D.C. Circuit Monday. Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:08:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265886?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265886 An architectural design firm's commercial general liability insurer must defend it and its owner against faulty work claims seeking more than $3.4 million in damages, the Seventh Circuit ruled, after the Illinois Supreme Court overturned prior appellate precedent siding with insurers in such disputes. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:55:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265620?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265620 Democratic senators on Monday lit into the Big Three credit bureaus for allegedly backing out of preelection commitments to testify last week before the Senate Banking Committee, calling the move "shortsighted and shameful." Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:54:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265321?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265321 An ex-Chicago alderman who wore a wire to meetings with former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was back on the stand Monday describing how he arranged a meeting with developers of a Chicago apartment building at Madigan's law office, with jurors hearing a call in which Madigan said to "go ahead and process" a zoning change for that project after the alderman asked if the developer gave him legal work. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:42:54 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265157 An Illinois federal judge has ruled there is no evidence the three major credit bureaus conspired with the Fair Isaac Corporation to engage in a monopoly, reasoning there was no impetus for them to do so, but also found that credit score buyers sufficiently backed some of their antitrust claims against FICO.  Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:26:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265335 The Seventh Circuit said a Black call center worker can't revive her suit claiming Charles Schwab blocked her from career advancements because of her race, ruling that an attorney's error led her to file the case too late, preventing the court from granting her any leeway. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:19:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2264349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2264349 Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of requests to halt implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's methane rule in two suits, and given the outcome of the election, a complete reversal of the methane rule is expected, but state-level policymaking and enforcement will continue, says John Watson at Spencer Fane. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:42:02 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2265350 An arbitrator must decide whether prior arbitral awards issued in a billing dispute between Nationwide insurers and a CNA unit preclude a new arbitration proceeding between the parties, the Seventh Circuit ruled, saying the court's precedent required that outcome.