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Robert McKenna Winter, Shareholder and Chair, RD Litigation practice group successfully obtained a $4,000,000.00 settlement for a RD client who suffered a brain injury during a back surgery. The injury was the result of an excess dosage of anesthetic and a failure to timely and correctly treat the resulting drop in blood pressure, which caused… Read more »
Eric G. Patt, Shareholder and Chair of RD’s Municipal Law practice, authored “Chapter 9: Representing a Home Rule Municipality” for Municipal Law: Contracts, Litigation, and Home Rule, 2020 Edition published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Click here for more information about the book: https://www.iicle.com/iicleonline/detail/33591.
Shareholders Jennifer M. Sender and Andrès J. Gallegos have accepted the Outstanding Achievement Award on behalf of RD’s Disability Rights practice from The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. The Committee recognized RD for achieving important results for various clients who experience violations of their civil rights. For more information about The… Read more »
RD Quarterly-2020 Issue 2 Reopening Safely Blockchain Technology: Streamlining Equipment Leasing to Obtain A Competitive Edge Caveat Emptor In The Time of Crisis Underinsured Motorist Insurance The Amazing Race: Patent Rights
By Patrick D. Owens The Setting Each Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act passed Congress on December 20, 2020, effective January 1, 2020[i]. By now most of us are aware of the important terms of the latest federal tax hike/money grab legislation, but here’s a summary of some of the major points to be… Read more »
Shareholder Richard Lee Stavins has published “Working Remotely as an Appellate Practitioner” in the May/June issue of the Chicago Bar Record. The article discussed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on appellate litigation. Click here to read the article. Working Remotely.pdf
By Jonathan R. Ksiazek In Illinois, the exercise of personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants is authorized under the “long-arm” statute found in section 2-209 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-209 (West 2012)). The United States Supreme Court has held that the federal due process clause permits a state court to exercise personal… Read more »
By Karuna S. Brunk On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, holding that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) protects gay, lesbian, and transgender employees from discrimination based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. The majority opinion was authored… Read more »
By Jonathan R. Ksiazek On June 5, 2020, the President signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, H.R. 7010 (the “Flexibility Act”). The Flexibility Act amends the CARES Act and makes significant changes to Small Business Administration (“SBA”) rules relating to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). This article contains a… Read more »
By Karuna S. Brunk Just as employers are starting to reopen the workplace, the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance hits Chicago businesses effective July 1, 2020. Let’s review the Ordinance: Covered Employers & Employees Generally, employers with at least 100 employees “globally” (not those exclusively within the Chicago city limits) or 250 employees for nonprofit corporations… Read more »