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Venable LLP | USA | 5 Apr 2023
On March 13, 2023, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the Act). The Act is the first statewide paid leave…
Venable LLP | USA | 8 Nov 2022
A jury in the matter of Rogers v. BNSF Railway Co, Case No. 1:19-CV-03083 (N.D. Ill.) recently rendered the first verdict under Illinois' Biometric…
Venable LLP | USA | 20 Sep 2021
Two Illinois state courts recently dismissed defamation claims related to an online article and a Disciplinary proceeding conducted by the Champaign…
Venable LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2021
Through the recent Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA), which imposes a 36% APR cap on interest rates for consumer loans under $40,000, Illinois…
Venable LLP | USA | 5 Feb 2020
A circuit court in Cook County, Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of Crain Communications (a publishing Company) and others for publishing…
Venable LLP | USA | 10 Feb 2016
There’s an interesting little fight going on in a Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”) case brought by the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida…
Venable LLP | USA | 31 Jul 2015
Earlier this summer, the former chief of staff for the Illinois Department of Public Health was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for…
Venable LLP | USA | 11 Mar 2013
The Northern District of Illinois recently handed down a decision that further interpreted the contours of the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in…
Venable LLP | USA | 16 Jul 2012
In the wake of the corruption scandal involving former Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois adopted its first-ever limits on campaign contributions.
Venable LLP | USA | 12 Apr 2012
In a second hospital merger victory in a week for the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal District Court Judge Kapala in the Northern District of Illinois granted the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction (PI) last week, stopping a merger between two hospital systems in Rockford, Illinois.