Legal Roundup

22 Bclp Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in France Ranking 2025

By The Madison County Record |
The Best Lawyers™ in France has recognized 22 lawyers in 20 practice areas in the 2025 edition.
Medium law1

Notice of Vacancy for Resident Circuit Judge In Woodford County – Eleventh Judicial Circuit

By The Madison County Record |
Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for a Resident Circuit Judge vacancy in Woodford County in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.
Medium charles

HeplerBroom Updates State Chamber of Commerce on Employment Issues on June 25, 2024

By The Madison County Record |
On June 25, Charles Insler is presenting a webinar for the Illinois Chamber of Commerce on recent employment law cases.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit Over Release of Asbestos in Lake Behavioral Hospital Demolition

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit against V Covington Realty LLC and V Covington LLC, Reed Illinois Corporation, K.L.F. Enterprises Inc. and Alliance Environmental Control Inc. over the alleged improper handling and removal of materials containing asbestos during a demolition project at Lake Behavioral Hospital in Waukegan, Illinois.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul Charges Suburban Man Over Allegedly Lying on Foid Card Application

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that his office charged a DuPage County man with forgery and falsifying information on a Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) card application submitted to the Illinois State Police (ISP).
Medium law

Illinois Supreme Court Assigns Hon. Raylene Dewitte Grischow to Fourth District Appellate Court

By The Madison County Record |
Justice Lisa Holder White and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the assignment of Seventh Circuit Judge Raylene DeWitte Grischow to the Fourth District Appellate Court.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul Advocates for Increased Oversight of Private Equity Health Care Transactions and Practices

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a multistate coalition of 11 attorneys general, submitted a comment letter in response to the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ request for information regarding consolidation in health care by private equity.
Medium law1

Fox Rothschild Attorneys Nationwide Selected to 2024 Chambers USA List

By The Madison County Record |
Fox Rothschild is pleased to announce that the following attorneys were selected for inclusion in the list of 2024 Chambers USA ranked lawyers.*
Medium law1

Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the First Judicial Circuit

By The Madison County Record |
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the First Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Kelly R. Phelps as associate judge of the First Judicial Circuit.

Illinois Supreme Court Amends Rules Of Professional Conduct

By The Madison County Record |
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court announced amendments to Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC).
Medium 3

Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Amy B. Christiansen As Circuit Judge in Will County

By The Madison County Record |
Justice Mary K. O’Brien and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Amy B. Christiansen as a Will County Circuit Judge in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, First Subcircuit.

Sheppard Mullin Awarded “Best Law Firm for Women and Diversity” for Seventh Consecutive Year

By The Madison County Record |
Seramount selected Sheppard Mullin as one of the 2024 “Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity” for its initiatives and best practices in recruiting, retaining, promoting and developing women lawyers and lawyers from underrepresented groups, including people of color.
Medium law

Littler Recognized Among the “Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity” by Seramount

By The Madison County Record |
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has been selected as one of the “Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity” for the 15th time by Seramount, a professional services and research firm dedicated to advancing inclusion, equity and diversity (IE&D) in the workplace for over four decades.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul and Bipartisan Allies Score Major Win for College Athletes

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with the offices of 10 state attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), announced a landscape-changing settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that permanently eases restrictions on Division I college athletes who have transferred schools multiple times and otherwise enhances their rights and opportunities.
Medium 3

Illinois Adopts New Bar Exam for 2028

By The Madison County Record |
Law school graduates will take a new bar examination starting in 2028 to become licensed to practice law in Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Board of Admissions to the Bar (Board) announced.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul’s Legislation to Expand Worker Protections Against Retaliation Headed to Governor’s Desk

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul applauded the Illinois General Assembly’s passage of legislation that would protect workers from retaliatory conduct by employers, strengthen current protections under state law and codify the authority of Raoul’s Workplace Rights Bureau to investigate and hold employers who retaliate or threaten to retaliate accountable.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul Files Brief to Defend Protections for Pregnant Workers

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general, is defending a rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022.
Medium 3

Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Third Judicial Circuit

By The Madison County Record |
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Third Judicial Circuit judges voted to select John P. Hackett as an associate judge of the Third Judicial Circuit.
Medium 3

John Hackett Appointed Associate Judge for Third Judicial Circuit of Illinois’ Madison and Bond Counties

By The Madison County Record |
Lewis Brisbois is pleased to announce that Madison County, Illinois Attorney John Hackett has been appointed to the bench as an Associate Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, Madison and Bond Counties, Illinois.
Medium 45454545

Attorney General Raoul Charges St. Clair County Man With Sexual Assault, Manufacturing and Disseminating Child Pornography

By The Madison County Record |
Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Mascoutah man with sexual assault and manufacturing and disseminating child pornography.

Most Popular
1
Yandle to decide jurisdiction in dispute between Schlafly brewer and Highland developer
2
Treasurers in tax sale lawsuits: Sue the property buyers
3
'Centreville Citizens' on raw sewage: We need faster relief than regulators propose
4
Megan M. Olson Joins Tressler's Government Practice Group
5
Attorney General Raoul Defends Nationwide Pfas Forever Chemicals Drinking Water Standards