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Government Contracts and Cybersecurity Compliance

USA - March 24 2023 Government Contracts attorneys Chris Nagel and Eric Crusius spoke on a Holland & Knight webinar about the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification…

SEC Chair Takes Heat for Agency's Continuing Workforce Challenges

USA - November 3 2022 SEC Chair Gary Gensler is facing criticism from lawmakers concerned that the agency's "aggressive agenda" is endangering the U.S. securities markets…

Interior to Hold First Offshore Wind Lease Sale in the Pacific

USA - October 18 2022 In an effort to meet the United States' Clean Energy goals, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Oct. 18, 2022, that the Bureau of Ocean…

Claims and Affirmative Defenses Must be More than Bare Bones Allegations

USA - October 10 2022 Judge Tharp granted plaintiff Harley Davidson’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Defendant’s first counterlcaim and granted i…

Reply Briefs are Not for “Sandbagging”

USA - June 17 2022 Judge Alonso denied plaintiff Viahart’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) motion to reopen its case and to permit limited jurisdictional discovery in this Doe…

Northern District of Illinois Moving to NextGen CM/ECF System

USA - March 7 2022 On May 2, 2022, the Northern District is slated to update its CM/ECF system to the…

Illinois Law Does Not Allow Conversion Based Upon Intangible Assets

USA - January 10 2022 Judge Guzman granted defendant Kingbridge’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ conversion and civil conspiracy claims, and denied…

Oral Contract Claims Dismissed

USA - January 7 2022 Judge Kendall granted in part counterclaim plaintiff CZS Holdings’ (“Pur360”) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to partially dismiss counterclaim…

Northern District Amends Notice of Affiliates Requirement & Adds Obligation to Update

USA - January 5 2022 The Northern District is amending the Local Rule 3.2 notice of affiliates procedure to make it more robust and more meaning, including an ongoing…

Court Awards Limited Additional Deposition Time, but No Attorney’s Fees

USA - December 29 2021 Magistrate Judge Cox granted plaintiffs’ Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 motion to compel, but limited plaintiffs’ questioning of defendants’…