For his accomplishments as a Judge on the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, Reserve Officer and Heyl Royster Shareholder Mike Schag received a rare ninth Meritorious Service Medal.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with a coalition of 22 attorneys general, urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt regulations to prevent consumers from being deceived by negative option marketing schemes.
The city of Bunker Hill in Illinois has selected Rick Stewart, Managing Principal of HM’s Springfield, Illinois Office, to represent its contract negotiations.
Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation to accelerate the implementation of Public Act 101-0121, a law signed on July 23, which allows immigrant youth to obtain Special J visas.
Bradley Keffer of Keffer Hirschauer LLP has been named to the 2019 class of Distinguished Fellows and was honored by the Indianapolis Bar Association and Foundation on Tuesday, November 19, 2019.
Governor JB Pritzker was joined by federal, state and local leaders to announce the next phase of the Springfield Rail Improvements Project and break ground on the construction of double-track rail bridges at Fifth and Sixth Streets - also known as Business Loop 55 - as well as the Laurel Street underpass.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in encouraging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to use its rulemaking authority to limit the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general to file an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in support of public servants who were promised federal student loan debt forgiveness in exchange for 10 years of public service, but who, after serving that time, have been denied debt relief due to the U.S. Department of Education’s mismanagement of the program.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a settlement totaling $250,000 in relief for consumers with vacation club Global Connections, Inc. (Global Connections) and its distributors, GVN Illinois, Inc. (GVN), and Madmol, Inc. (Madmol).
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that nearly 1,000 former Illinois Institute of Art students will have their federal student loans discharged at the request of Raoul and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.
The EEOC recently announced that it will not collect EEO-1 Component 2 data -- pay information broken down by job category, race, sex and ethnicity -- moving forward.
Jennifer Martin, Alec Messina, and Michael Murphy have published an article in the Illinois Manufacturer that highlights how recent cases involving alleged violations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act have set some alarming precedents for Illinois companies.