The new supreme-court-appointed commission is working to improve access to the courts for people living in poverty or who have disabilities and language barriers.
Family businesses are the backbone of today's corporate world, but lawyers who counsel them must deal with some very "noncorporate" emotional and psychological issues.
In 2011, the seventh circuit gave employee plaintiffs a powerful weapon by holding that an FLSA collective action and a state wage and hour class action may be joined in a single action.
The Barber court made clear that defendants can stop a class action by tendering full relief to the named plaintiffs - the so-called "pick off" maneuver. Here's a review and practice advice.
Difficulty in transporting documents, witnesses residing in Mississippi, and the fact that the alleged wrongful acts occurred in Mississippi were not enough to demonstrate an inconvenient forum under the doctrine of interstate forum non conveniens, according to the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District.
The unexplained absence of a party to an arbitration made the award voidable but not void and accrued attorney fees because his attorneys had a professional obligation to be diligent in keeping track of dates and important information in relation to client matters.
The Board of Higher Education (“the Board”) recently adopted amendments to the regulations governing public colleges and universities. 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1050.
More clients - and lawyers for that matter - are looking for value-based alternatives to the billable hour. The good news? They can be a win-win for attorney and client.
A legislative proposal would remove the statute of limitation for prosecuting sex crimes against minors, but both prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers have misgivings.
Pending legislation would require that debtors get personal service, not merely notice by mail, before courts begin key legal processes that could put them behind bars.
On October 12, 2012, the first district appellate court held that a borrowing employer's workers' compensation insurer had no obligation to repay the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund ("Fund") for disbursements the Fund made to an injured employee when the lending employer's workers' compensation insurer became insolvent.
Here's a look at the pilot programs underway in state and federal court, along with a few pointers from lawyers who have conducted trials in the media spotlight.
In Staub, the Supreme Court expanded the "cat's paw" theory, which holds that an unbiased decisionmaker can be liable for employment discrimination. The article looks at what the decision means for Illinois practitioners.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services ("the Department") recently adopted amendments to the regulations governing the practice in administrative hearings. 89 Ill. Adm.
The Illinois Pollution Control Board ("the Board") recently adopted amendments to the regulations governing special waste hauling. 35 Ill. Adm. Code 809.
The Office of the State Fire Marshall (OSFM) recently added a new subpart to the regulations governing underground storage tanks. 41 Ill. Admin. Code 176.600. The statutory authority for these changes is the Gasoline Storage Act (430 ILCS 15).
