In its Sept. 18, 2020, opinion in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park LLC, 2020 IL App (1st) 192398, the Illinois Appellate Court struck down a key defense pursued by employers facing lawsuits for violation of the Illinois...more
The 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing was issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Prepared in consultation with regulators and law enforcement, including the...more
2/19/2020
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• Cases brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to multiply.
• Although BIPA was enacted in 2008, a decision by the Illinois Supreme Court in January 2019 held that an individual does...more
7/22/2019
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Class Action ,
Commercial General Liability Policies ,
D&O Insurance ,
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Fingerprints ,
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Statute of Limitations ,
TCPA
• In China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, et al., a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's previous ruling in American Pipe and Construction Co. v. Utah, holding that it "does not...more
6/12/2018
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China Agritech Inc v Resh ,
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Class Certification ,
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Equitable Tolling ,
FRCP 23 ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Reversal ,
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Statute of Limitations ,
Subsequent Litigation