Legal Roundup
Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit Challenging Ncaa Transfer Eligibility Rule
Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a federal antitrust lawsuit challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) transfer eligibility rule as an illegal restraint on college athletes’ ability to market their labor and control their education.
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Attorney General Raoul Obtains Guilty Pleas in St. Clair County Organized Retail Theft Case
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced two St. Clair County men pleaded guilty to organized retail crime charges over the alleged possession, purchase and sale of stolen retail merchandise.
Attorney General Raoul Charges Rockford Man for Falsifying Concealed Carry Certifications
Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Winnebago County man for falsifying training certificates required to obtain a concealed carry license in Illinois.
Time Well Spent Session 4: Arbitration of Wage-Hour Claims on December 5, 2023
A lot has happened in the 10 years since our national Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group wrote ALM’s authoritative Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation treatise.
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judges Appointed in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Twelfth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Zachary B. Pollack and Shenonda R. Tisdale as associate judges of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.
Jones Day named "Law Firm of the Year" in Antitrust Litigation among 296 rankings in 2024 Best Law Firms®
The Firm is recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®, which ranks firms based on peer and industry-driven evaluation, with 296 rankings across multiple tiers and national and metropolitan areas.
Littler Receives 15th Consecutive Perfect Score in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, earned the top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the 15th consecutive year.
Attorney General Raoul Files Brief Supporting Transgender Students Fighting Discriminatory Idaho Law
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of transgender students in Idaho and against an Idaho law that bars students from using school facilities consistent with their gender identity.
Illinois Supreme Court Announces Creation of Executive Committee on Practice of Law
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the creation of the Supreme Court Executive Committee on the Practice of Law (Executive Committee).
Attorney General Raoul and Cfpb Obtain Order Requiring Student Lender Prehired to Provide Students More Than $30 Million in Relief
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and 11 attorneys general, announced today that student lender Prehired will provide more than $30 million in relief to student borrowers for making false promises of job placement, trapping students with income share loans that violated the law, and resorting to abusive debt collection practices when borrowers could not pay.
Multiple Polsinelli Litigation Practices Recognized Among the Nation’s Best by BTI Consulting Group
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to announce it has once again been recognized in six categories in BTI Consulting Group’s newly published 2024 Litigation Outlook guide.
Attorney General Raoul Files Brief to Protect Access to Lifesaving Gender-affirming Care
Attorney General Kwame Raoul is opposing a state law in Oklahoma that severely limits the ability of transgender youth to access critical, lifesaving gender-affirming care.
Attorney General Raoul Charges Stark County Man for Disseminating Child Pornography
Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Stark County man with dissemination of child pornography.
Blank Rome Recognized by TIME Magazine Among America’s Top Law Firms of 2024
TIME Magazine and Statista, a data and business intelligence platform, recognized Blank Rome among America’s Top Law Firms of 2024.
Polsinelli Intellectual Property Department Ranks Highly in Patexia's 2023 ANDA, PTAB and CAFC Reports
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to share that it has once again received high rankings in three recent Patexia reports – the 2023 ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report, the 2023 PTAB Intelligence Report and the 2023 CAFC Intelligence Report.
Keating to Speak at 2023 DRI Retail and Hospitality Litigation Seminar
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Partner Richard J. Keating, Jr. present “Warning: Danger Will Robinson! Are Waivers and Warning Signs Enough or Do We Need a Big Robot to Follow Us Around?” at the 2023 DRI Retail and Hospitality Litigation Seminar on November 16 in Austin, Texas.
Tressler Attorneys Successfully Defend Property Management Company
Tressler attorneys Daniel R. Formeller, Jennifer L. Smith, Simone E. Haugen and Sarah E. Melendez successfully represented the Defendant in a complex management liability case in the Illinois Appellate Court.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Sponsors 73rd Annual Hellenic Bar Association Scholarship Ball
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP is proud to sponsor the Hellenic Bar Association’s 73rd Annual Scholarship Ball on November 18 in Rosemont, Illinois.
Mayer Brown named “Distinguished” litigation firm in BTI’s Litigation Outlook 2024
Mayer Brown has been recognized as a “Distinguished” litigation firm for its litigation prowess across four categories in BTI’s Litigation Outlook 2024.