Analyzes several Illinois and Missouri cases that illustrate the differences in how Illinois and Missouri interpret strict liability for products.
Describes good risk management steps dentists and other dental practitioners should take to protect themselves against claims that they knew or should have known of outside implications affecting dental care and treatment related to Suboxone.
Summarizes U.S. EPA’s and Illinois Pollution Control Board’s major legislative, regulatory, and policy updates to PFAS in first half of 2024.
Summarizes the significance of Illinois SB 2979, which significantly reduces the damages available under Illinois’ BIPA and limits the danger of catastrophic damages awards that could bankrupt smaller employers.
Explains resolution of False Claims Act qui tam claim against KareFirst. This independent nurse practitioner group will pay nearly $2 million to settle allegations it overbilled Medicare/Medicaid for services provided in skilled nursing facilities.
Illinois Supreme Court: no rights of action exist/implied in state’s Environmental Protection Act or its LUST (leaking underground storage tank) Program. Made clear distinction between legal remedies to protect environment and ones for recovery from personal injuries when those laws violated.
Offers guideposts to answering three key insurance coverage issues in benzene liability cases: when is coverage triggered, how is coverage allocated among multiple insurers, and what method triggers umbrella coverage.
Announces U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright, which overturns a long-standing doctrine of deferring to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes.
Examines how the Supreme Court’s ruling in Taveski and the CMS’ final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities have expanded private parties’ rights to sue long-term care facilities.
Explains how Illinois’ federal courts apply the control group test and common interest doctrine to determine whether attorney-client privilege applies to communications with non-employees.
