Law 360

JUNE 30, 2023

An Illinois federal judge on Friday vacated a $228 million fine ordered from the bench against BNSF Railway in the first case under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act to go before a jury, ordering a new trial where jurors will decide damages under the closely watched statute.

Statute 73

Statute 73

Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A negligence suit that Acer accused Amundsen Davis LLC of bungling when it sued an insurance broker in the wrong state didn't turn into the legal malpractice victory the computer company was looking for after an Illinois state appeals court panel rejected Acer's statute of limitations arguments last week.

Statute 75

Statute Court Legal Legal 75

LegalReader

MARCH 4, 2021

Illinois is currently the only state in the country with a statute that allows consumers to seek monetary damages if their biometric information is wrongfully taken.

Statute 98

Statute Litigation Litigating 98

Law 360

MAY 25, 2023

An Illinois state appeals court upheld the dismissal of a proposed class action brought by a Chicago bakery claiming a Farmers unit violated the state's eavesdropping statute when it recorded a phone call between a claim representative and an attorney for the bakery.

Statute 73

Statute Attorney Court 73

JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

States such as California, New York, Illinois and the territory of the District of Columbia joined in the lawsuit against Meta. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul commented on the lawsuit, “Our children are in crisis, and we need to act.” 33 US states filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc.,

Laws 118

Laws Attorney Statute Legal 118

JURIST

JUNE 1, 2023

” The opinion reads: Our country rightfully places great value on the freedom of speech, and any statute or regulation implicating speech receives close scrutiny. Freedom of speech, after all, is expressly protected in the very first of the original amendments to our Constitution. .”

Court 260

Court Statute Education Government 260

The Crime Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Over half of the 102 State’s Attorneys in Illinois have filed lawsuits against the SAFE-T Act, which among other things, eliminates cash bail except in the instance that someone is deemed either an immediate threat or a flight risk and that they say is both unconstitutional and a threat to public safety, reports Nina Burns for WQAD.

Attorney 98

Attorney Statute 98

JonathanTurley

JANUARY 29, 2022

We previously discussed the treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn, who was put on indefinite administrative leave after using a censured version of the n-word in an exam question at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). COUNT II Violation of University of Illinois Statutes. University-of-Illinois-Chicago-—-Complaint1.

Laws 33

Laws Law School Education Construction 33

Law 360

AUGUST 24, 2021

Johnson & Johnson must face an Illinois woman's lawsuit claiming she received a faulty pelvic mesh device that caused her continuing pain and medical issues, the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday, finding that there are still questions as to when the statute of limitations started running.

Statute 72

Statute 72

Mondaq

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 16, a federal judge for the Northern District of Illinois granted WFM's motion to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit that alleged WFM violated consumer protection statutes by selling its private label.

Statute 40

Statute 40

Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2022

A Chicago federal jury's finding that BNSF Railway violated Illinois' landmark Biometric Information Privacy Act in the first such case to go to trial underscores the urgency for employers and companies to comply with the statute, and will likely lead to appellate battles over a company's liability for third-party vendors.

Statute 40

Statute 40

Law 360

APRIL 30, 2021

Nursing home operator Symphony Bronzeville Park urged the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a state appellate court's finding that Illinois' workers' compensation law doesn't preempt claims for statutory damages under its biometric privacy statute, saying a former employee is seeking a new, judicial exception for her alleged workplace injury. (..)

Laws 40

Laws Statute Court 40

SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2023

He sued the agency on behalf of a class of individual consumers, arguing that TVA charged them more for electricity so that it could subsidize its commercial rates in violation of the agency’s founding statute. In Holbrook v. Kelley-Lomax v. Holbrook v.

Statute 97

Statute Court Laws 97

JURIST

JUNE 11, 2023

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed two bills on Friday safeguarding LGBTQ+ rights in the state. HB 1591 amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. The Act previously prohibited out of state couples from obtaining and Illinois marriage license.

Statute 196

Statute Contract Laws Legal 196

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2022

Share The Supreme Court is poised to decide yet another case involving one of the many federal statutes that govern the nation’s railroads and railworkers. The court will hear argument on Monday in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company , a case about the scope of the Locomotive Inspection Act.

Statute 101

Statute Court Government Criminal Law 101

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

However, the constitutions of six states do have provisions with explicit environmental rights – Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. (The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.).

Statute 116

Statute Litigation Litigating Government 116

JURIST

MAY 23, 2023

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a comprehensive report Tuesday naming over 450 child sex abusers within Catholic Church leadership in the state. The report names and provides information for 451 Church leaders within Illinois that account for 1,997 counts of abuse.

Attorney 197

Attorney Statute Legal Legal 197

Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. A clause is contrary to public policy when a statute or a judicial decision declares that enforcement is inconsistent with the policy of the state. The United States legal system is immensely complex.

Court 52

Court Statute Lawyer Lawyers 52

SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

RICO statute; Yegiazaryan’s alleged RICO crimes were committed to prevent Smagin from enforcing a British arbitration award in the United States. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed, holding that Smagin’s case could go forward because he alleged a domestic injury within the meaning of the statute. ” The U.S.

Court 98

Court Statute Real Estate Litigation 98

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

The case involves the Locomotive Inspection Act , a federal statute that requires railroads to regularly inspect and implement safety measures for their locomotives. Bradley LeDure, a former Union Pacific engineer, fell on a locomotive while it was parked in a railyard in Salem, Illinois. Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Statute 93

Statute Tort Government Court 93

Patently O

JANUARY 18, 2024

The court also rejected CyWee’s argument that it was denied meaningful Director review in the timeframe required by statute after the PTAB’s final written decision. Former Illinois Law Professor Jay Kesan represented the patentee here. Citing its recent rulings on this issue in Arthrex, Inc. Smith & Nephew, Inc. , 4th 1328 (Fed.

Statute 45

Statute Court Technology Laws 45

Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 28, 2021

Radio stations in California and television stations in Illinois and Wisconsin should be putting the finishing touches on their license renewal applications, ahead of the August 2 filing deadline. Then, by September 27 , broadcasters must file in ETRS Form Three with detailed post-test data.

Calendaring 110

Calendaring Legal Legal Drafting 110

SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

District Judge Robert Dow, who serves in the Northern District of Illinois, will succeed Minear beginning Dec. Justice Clarence Thomas, asking whether any bodies of water were excluded from the statute, notes that he grew up “in low country Georgia and you had standing water. And the chief breaks some news: U.S. That was normal.”.

Law School 92

Law School Statute Court Drafting 92

The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Howrey Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, state statutes vary widely on defining what constitutes aggression. Santiago , the Illinois Court of Appeals in 2018 found that a defendant’s hostile language constituted aggression and thus invalidated his claim to self-defense. Similarly, in People v.

Law School 105

Law School Court Statute Laws 105

The Crime Report

JANUARY 11, 2023

There are no laws or statutes criminalizing pedophilia. Recently a series of news stories were published in Joliet, Illinois, by Joliet’s local Patch homepage. These are the facts about the term pedophilia. It is a medical term, not a legal one. Not everyone who shoplifts has depression, and not all with depression shoplift.

Laws 105

Laws Statute Legal Legal 105

Patently O

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The court also agreed Siemens AG could not be subject to specific personal jurisdiction in Illinois. .” Given these minimal forum contacts, the court found no error in dismissing for lack of general jurisdiction, citing precedents like Daimler AG v. Bauman , 571 U.S. 117 (2014). and did not directly facilitate U.S. Dos Reis Jr.

Diligence 94

Diligence Court Statute Technology 94

Day on Torts

JUNE 1, 2022

Later, however, defendants filed a motion to dismiss, asserting that “the original complaint was a nullity that did not serve to toll the statute of limitations and that the statute of limitations had now expired.” Illinois Cent. The trial court “reluctantly granted the motion” to dismiss, and this ruling was affirmed on appeal.

Statute 59

Statute Court Laws Attorney 59

LettersBlogatory

AUGUST 23, 2021

In Nestlé , the court held that a “triple-foreign” claim (a foreign plaintiff asserting that a foreign defendant injured him in a foreign country) cannot proceed under the Alien Tort Statute, even if the claim is that a US company aided and abetted the wrong.

Cause of Action 52

Cause of Action Statute Tort Court 52

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There are 33 states with retraction statutes. Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that “although the article drips with disapproval of Wilkow’s (and the judges’) conduct, an author’s opinion about business ethics isn’t defamatory under Illinois law.” .” These retraction letters are often the open salvo in defamation actions.

Punitive Damages 46

Punitive Damages Court Lawyer Lawyers 46

Patently O

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

University of Illinois Foundation (1971), the Supreme Court held that a judgment of invalidity in a suit against one infringer accrues to the benefit of any other accused infringer unless the patent owner shows that he did not have a fair opportunity procedurally, substantively and evidentially to pursue his patent claim the first time.

Stare Decisis 56

Stare Decisis Litigation Litigating Court 56

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

It has limits, however—most notably the standard statute of limitations, which commonly range from one to four years. By alleging a nuisance that creates a continuing injury, litigants can dispense with the statute of limitations. Those cases collapsed, and rightly so. In Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A.

Tort 34

Tort Litigation Litigating Manufacturing 34

SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Beginning in March 2013, Michael Johnson, a state prisoner in Illinois convicted of murder, was held in solitary confinement for over three years. Prentice : In most prisons, those held in solitary confinement are still allowed regular exercise. However, exercise can be denied for a period in response to misconduct. relisted after the Sept.

Court 117

Court Tort Litigation Litigating 117

Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2011

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has been using the term "March Madness" to describe its state high school basketball tournament since the early 1940's. But the development of March Madness is a bit more interesting, and you can probably thank Brent Musburger for that.

Sports 60

Sports Statute Legal Legal 60

Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Georgia and Illinois have reached similar decisions in slightly different cases (see our article here on the Georgia decision). As the Florida Supreme Court noted, the case in California is slightly different as there is a California statute that creates some sort of undefined property right in pre-1972 sound recordings.

Court 40

Court Court Decisions Statute Laws 40

Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 25, 2017

Thus far, New York , Florida , Georgia and Illinois have found there to be no right of compensation under state laws (though some of these cases are on appeal). Even if adopted, this statute would not address all issues raised by the state litigation over the pre-1972 recordings. The state applies only to digital services.

Litigation 45

Litigation Litigating Laws Drafting 45

The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

Food and Drug Administration-approved medications, herbal remedies, or other non-medical methods “will be falsely arrested on charges of violating abortion bans, homicide laws, and other criminal statutes. See also: Illinois Plans for Influx of 30,000 Patients if Roe Fall s, Chicago Tribune, May 4, 2022.

Court 128

Court Court Reporting Court Reporter Felony 128

InHouseOps

JULY 16, 2021

In January, a group of New York state legislators introduced a biometrics regulation bill that contains a private right of action similar to the already enacted Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Third, Holiday Inn was sued in Illinois by its own insurance company for making a coverage claim for a biometric class action.

Laws 52

Laws Litigation Litigating Personal Injury 52