Illinois asbestos judge likely to allow broad jurisdictional discovery before ruling on specific jurisdiction for out-of-state defendants
Property insurers should be cautious interpreting and applying vacancy exclusions since interpretations of them vary widely by jurisdiction
Illinois Court constricts ways to bring Human Rights Act claims for workplace discrimination against defunct employers’ corporate successors
Illinois appellate court is poised to determine SOL for BIPA claims: one-year invasion of privacy, two-year statutory, or five-year general
Seventh Circuit rules that based on unambiguous contract language, a construction contractor owed no duty to plaintiff
Seventh Circuit rules tie between alleged trade secret infringement and Illinois sales too attenuated to support specific personal jurisdiction
Analysis of new guidelines Illinois employers face for increasing minimum wages and gas taxes, as well as workplace harassment rules
Recently, Alameda County Superior Court in California conducted a jury trial on a products liability claim for asbestos exposures. The jury selection process was carried out electronically via Zoom, and the entire trial was conducted virtually. Several issues were raised about conducting the trial remotely, including judge, jurors, witness, and/or counsel speaking without muting and jurors being inattentive (e.g., handling other tasks while the trial was being conducted). Nonetheless, the trial went forward and the jury deliberated via teleconference. After the ...
As Missouri gears up for medical marijuana to possibly become available this month (with one licensed dispensary already doing a “dry run”), the nation has been slowly addressing the legality of marijuana. Just last month, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (“MORE”) Act was slated to be on the House floor, only to be delayed by urgent COVID-19 measures. This bill would remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act and decriminalize manufacturing, distribution, and possession of marijuana. And no one ...
Illinois appeals court holds that statute on allowing only one substitution of judge applies only to the immediate case
