On May 27, 2022, Judge Marcia Maras in the Circuit Court of Cook County issued a memorandum, holding Illinois’s recently enacted prejudgment interest statute unconstitutional, and holding that the legislation violated both...more
On November 5, 2021, Presiding Judge Hon. James P. Flannery, entered General Administrative Order 21-3, which mandates use of a new Standard HIPAA Qualified Protective Order (QPO) in the Cook County Law Division pursuant to...more
We are all aware of the Illinois Immunity Orders put in place to provide protections for health care providers related to care and treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent federal court opinion suggests...more
On January 13, 2021, the Illinois Legislature passed House Bill 3360, which tentatively added prejudgment interest on all personal injury and wrongful death claims. Since then, the bill has been awaiting the signature or veto...more
On January 13, 2021, the Illinois Legislature passed House Bill 3360. Although the original purpose of the bill was to amend a statute relating to mortgage foreclosures and abandoned property, an amendment was added on...more
On April 19, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidelines for health care providers in re-opening to provide non-emergent in-person services. This follows upon on its recommendations issued on...more
During the early weeks of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-n-CoV) outbreak, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recognized that HIPAA-covered entities and business associates had questions about how to share needed PHI relating...more