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DLA Piper | USA | 22 May 2020
Illinois courts' response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Issue 3
Even in the face of a pandemic, new lawsuits continue to be filed in courts across the country despite the significant decline in business activity…
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 21 May 2020
Chicago City Council Delays Private Right of Action in Fair Workweek Ordinance
With the July 1 deadline looming and most businesses still closed or operating at a reduced capacity, the Chicago City Council has amended the Fair…
Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 20 May 2020
Unilaterally Amended Arbitration Clauses Permissible in Illinois
The dispute in Miracle-Pond v. Shutterfly, Inc., No. 19 cv 04722, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86083 (N.D. Ill. May 15, 2020) stems from allegations…
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP | USA | 19 May 2020
Illinois Appellate Court Holds One-Year Limitations Period Applies to TILA Rescission Claim
The Appellate Court of Illinois recently found that borrowers bringing a claim under the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”) for a lender’s refusal to…
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | USA | 19 May 2020
Illinois Proposes Regulations for Marketplace Facilitator Law
By legislation, Illinois has required marketplace facilitators to collect and remit use tax since January 1, 2020. On May 8, the Illinois Department…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | USA | 18 May 2020
Seventh Circuit Weighs in on Article III Standing for Violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
In Bryant v. Compass Group USA, Inc., the Seventh Circuit ruled last week that alleging a defendant failed to comply with prior notice and consent…
Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 18 May 2020
The Purpose-Driven Pull: The Northern District of Illinois Reaffirms Debt Collection As A Permissible Purpose Under The FCRA
In Stewart v. Credit Control, LLC, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81332, the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a pro se claim against a debt collector…
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | USA | 15 May 2020
Deposition Distancing? As Courts Urge Litigants to Continue Discovery with Remote Depositions, Litigants Must Consider Whether, and When, to Fight Them
The COVID-19 pandemic has closed courthouses from coast to coast for all but essential proceedings. Most civil trials and hearings are on hold. Some…
Maurice Wutscher LLP | USA | 14 May 2020
Illinois App. Court (1st Dist.) Holds TILA ‘Failure to Rescind After Notice’ Claims Subject to 1-Yr Statute of Limitations
The Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, recently affirmed a trial court order dismissing a foreclosure counterclaim by two borrowers seeking…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 13 May 2020
Recent Court Decisions Reverse Prior Plaintiff-Friendly BIPA Trends
Enacted in 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continues to be the most consumer-friendly biometric privacy law in the…
