Dechert LLP | USA | 3 Mar 2023
A separate claim for damages can arise under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA") each time a business fails to seek permission to…
Dechert LLP | USA | 11 Nov 2021
Likened by some to motherhood and apple pie, the Environmental Rights Amendment was adopted by New York with a resounding “Yes” on November 2, 2021…
Dechert LLP | USA | 19 Nov 2020
The Illinois Supreme Court recently revised the rules that apply to all criminal proceedings in the state to allow c…
Dechert LLP | USA | 18 Apr 2019
Bankruptcy Rule 2004 allows the examination of any entity with respect to various topics, including conduct and financial condition of the debtor and…
Dechert LLP | USA | 19 Jun 2018
You’re likely all familiar with the phrase, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Checking out a gift horse’s teeth is like looking for the price…
Dechert LLP | USA | 20 Mar 2017
The City of Chicago Commissioner of Public Health on Friday, March 17, published proposed Rules to implement the highly-publicized pharmaceutical…
Dechert LLP | USA | 5 May 2015
In what appears to be a matter of first impression, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently held that payments made…
Dechert LLP | USA | 22 Jul 2013
We have another "parallel violation" decision from the Northern District of Illinois and another head scratcher. See Tillman v. Smith & Nephew, Inc…
Dechert LLP | USA | 1 Nov 2012
It’s four days post Sandy and many of us are still without power (certainly true of our New Jersey bloggers and many of our New York colleagues) and none of us can escape the images of the devastation in the Mid-Atlantic states.
Dechert LLP | USA | 29 Oct 2012
The outdoor furniture is in the garage.