Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 319: Spotlight on Torts (Part 3 – Strict and Vicarious Liability)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 317: Spotlight on Torts (Part 2 – Intentional Torts)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 316: Spotlight on Torts (Part 1 – Negligence)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 315: Listen and Learn -- The Breach Element of a Negligence Claim (Torts)
Podcast - Ohio State Senator Has a Bone to Pick with Court Ruling on Boneless Wings
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 247: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Factual Causation
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 382: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Proximate Cause
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Cybersecurity Part Two: The Rise in Cyber Negligence Cases
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 347: Listen and Learn -- Assumption of Risk (Torts)
Cyberside Chats - Zero Trust and Cyber Negligence: A conversation with Dr. Zero Trust Chase Cunningham
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 319: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 318: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Professionals and Children
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 149: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 147: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Professionals and Children
The Risk of Personal Injury Claims from COVID-19 and What to Do About It
The Year Ahead: Litigation Hot Spots at a Glance
Episode 1 | Where Have You Gone Mrs. Pfalsgraf?
COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision, COVID WARN Act Developments
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 107: Listen and Learn -- Assumption of Risk (Torts)
Navigating the New Normal: Risk Management and Legal Considerations for Real Estate Companies
We previously reported that the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Martin v. Goodrich Corp., upholding the constitutionality of a 2019 amendment to the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the...more
On Jan. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court, in Petta v. Christie Business Holdings Company, PC, affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action following an alleged data breach because the named plaintiff failed to allege any...more
Iavor Stoyanov v. Himont Law Group, Ltd., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 221434-U (April 15, 2024) - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois held that the trial court (Judge Patrick J. Sherlock) was correct...more
2023 was another eventful year for class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The Illinois Supreme Court issued two long-awaited decisions, holding that BIPA claims are subject to a...more
Midwest Sanitary Service, Inc., et al. v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C. et al., 2022 IL 127327 (Sept. 22, 2022) Brief Summary - The Illinois Supreme Court held that defendants' former client can seek to recover...more
Courts in the United States are split on whether a company’s acknowledgment of vicarious liability for an employee’s negligence, bars a claim of direct negligence against the company. Based on appellate court decisions,...more
In an opinion handed down on April 21, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed Illinois law and now allows direct and vicarious liability actions against employers. The decision, McQueen v. Green, 2022 IL 126666, now allows...more
Second Circuit Denies Settlement of Data Breach Case Due to Lack of Standing - As we previously reported, in April 2021, the Second Circuit became the latest federal circuit to hold that an individual may establish Article...more
The Illinois Supreme Court recently held that an increased risk of future harm is not an injury; tossing a class action suit which sought damages related to the City of Chicago’s replacement of water meters and water main...more
Is a post-trial motion necessary to preserve the right to appeal any issue determined by the jury? Collin Crim v. Gina Dietrich, 2020 IL 124318 - Case Summary - Plaintiff, a minor, sustained a shoulder dystocia...more
On October 18, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court clarified when the statute of limitations begins to run on a claim for negligent procurement of insurance by an insurance agent or broker. In American Family Mutual Insurance...more
In Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Plano Molding Company, 2015 IL App (2d) 140292, the Illinois Appellate Court tackled one of the most misunderstood issues in the commercial general liability policy: does an obligation to...more