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What Are Costs That You Can Recover on State Law Actions Filed in Federal Court? By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, December 2020 A look at the costs that can be recovered on state law actions filed in federal court.
What does the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act require employers to do? By Ambrose V. McCall Privacy and Information Security Law, February 2019 Illinois employers must take several steps before obtaining or transferring their employees’ biometric identifiers or biometric information.
Summary judgment motion practice in the Central and Southern districts By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, February 2016 The case law and practice in the Central and Southern District suggest being mindful of all the local rules, including the following specific rules when preparing summary judgment motions and response briefs.
In Re: Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation—Aircraft Check Services Co., et al., v. Verizon Wireless et al., No. 14-2301 (7th Cir. April 9, 2015) By Ambrose V. McCall April 2015 The opinion provides a roadmap for the type of evidence plaintiffs must assemble and organize in order to take a Section 1 Sherman Act price-fixing conspiracy claim to trial.
Survey of recent jurisdictional caselaw By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, September 2014 Keep current on the issues with this useful guide to recent decisions.
The Forum-Defendant rule bars removal of citation action By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, September 2013 Before pursuing removal, counsel should check the statutory maps related to their causes of action to see if they show an exit ramp leading back to state court.
Reply briefs: Who speaks last to the court? By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, September 2012 The Smith v. Bray opinion aids efforts to provide reply arguments, within the context of summary judgment, because the Seventh Circuit clarified that parties who were prevented from responding to new evidentiary issues at the trial court level will receive that opportunity on appeal.
FRCP 45—The toolbox of discovery has pending amendments By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, March 2012 All Illinois counsel who practice in federal court may want to calendar a few dates in late 2012 or early 2013 to not only check on the status of FRCP 45, but to review their office procedures to see if they comply with the provisions detailing how we use one of our primary tools for conducting discovery.
A reader on service of process under FRCP 4 By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, September 2011 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) provides that a complaint to serve a defendant must be filed within 120 days.
Title II of GINA and the EEOC regulations By Ambrose V. McCall Labor and Employment Law, June 2011 A brief overview of some of the legislative and regulatory highlights of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act.
To disclose or not to disclose under FRCP(a)(2) —That now is the question! By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, June 2011 The Seventh Circuit has issued a trio of opinions during the past six months or more that stress the need for counsel to evaluate what opinion testimony at trial might require counsel to make disclosures beforehand under FRCP 26(a)(2).
Why you might use stick pins when thinking about statutory coverage By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, December 2010 When reading the Supreme Court's analysis of Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., one might find stick pins helpful to post the legislative framework on our walls for easier viewing.
Parley—Settlement or something else? By Ambrose V. McCall Labor and Employment Law, October 2010 When negotiating a settlement, what terms bind the parties, and what later interpretations produce non-binding “guidelines,” or something even less forceful?
Before you rush to file a petition for writ of certiorari, you’d better think about a stay By Ambrose V. McCall Federal Civil Practice, September 2010 You are past the point of moving for rehearing. Now, as counsel for your client, you must recommend whether to file a petition for writ of certiorari. When so doing, you also wonder whether you can successfully move for a stay of the mandate.

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