On June 30, the Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari in GHP Management Corporation v. City of Los Angeles. The case arose out of a COVID-era eviction moratorium enacted by the City of Los Angeles which...more
In a win for landlords, on June 6th, 2025, the Federal Circuit denied the government’s petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in Darby Development Company, Inc. v. United States.
Darby arose out of a nationwide...more
In a significant Takings Clause opinion, Darby Development Company, Inc. v. United States, the Federal Circuit sided with landlords who argued that the CDC’s eviction moratorium constituted a physical taking of their...more
8/19/2024
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I. THE USE OF REMOTE PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL PRACTICE -
The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on civil litigation in Illinois, particularly by increasing the use of remote proceedings in Illinois circuit courts.
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2/16/2024
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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON CIVIL PRACTICE
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on civil litigation in Illinois. Since March 2020, the Governor of Illinois and Illinois courts of all levels have...more
4/4/2022
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Commercial Litigation ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
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Pleadings ,
Remote Proceedings ,
Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Rules of Court ,
Service of Process