Describes 4 basic legal tools for ensuring your health care wishes are carried out. Points out that doing so on social media is not one of them.
Discusses terms of Illinois’ Paid Leave for All Workers Act, including who’s covered, how to comply, and consequences for non-compliance.
An analysis of how plaintiffs are increasingly suing brokers and shippers under an agency theory, and tips for protecting against that potential liability.
Analyzes Illinois appellate court decision on law distinguishing between roadway’s intended versus permitted user and effects on municipalities and bicyclists
Summarizes U.S. appellate court decisions in two cases involving how to determine if an Illinois court has personal jurisdiction over a case
Describes FTC’s annual changes to premerger filing fees and reporting thresholds
Analysis of cases where Illinois Supreme Court chose to and not to use its powers of extraordinary intervention via writs of mandamus and prohibition
Discusses an Illinois appellate case where plaintiff unsuccessfully attempted to circumvent sovereign immunity by filing in a circuit court instead of court of claims
Reviews Missouri appellate court ruling that the Prompt Pay Act calls for the interest on late payments to be calculated using simple not compound interest
Reviews Illinois Supreme Court decision addressing whether exception in Section 337 requires possessor of land to warn trespasser of open and obvious danger
