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U.S. trial court celebrates 200th birthday

Television reporter Phil Rogers spoke at a program honoring the impact the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has had on Chicago and the nation. The program was one of several planned for the next 12 months to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the court’s establishment.
By Patricia Manson

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Noncompete query brings answer from southern states

Finding no Illinois precedent on the correct interpretation of a noncompetition agreement that provided restrictions lasting “not less than” three and five years, the 3rd District Illinois Appellate Court looked to cases from Georgia, Texas and Florida in answering a question of law that was certified for immediate appeal in the breach of contract case that Pam’s Academy of Dance in downstate Channahon filed against Callie Marik, a former employee.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Trump International Hotel in Washington seen in a January 2018 file photo is the subject of a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeal Tuesday. The court will hear arguments in a lawsuit that alleges President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by profiting off the presidency.
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Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit
A federal appeals panel has affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by Richard Vartanian to reclaim this P-51D Mustang WWII-era fighter plane, “Geraldine,” pictured at the 2008 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. Vartanian bought a Mustang from the Canadian military in the 1960s, and his plane went missing from a New York hanger in the ’70s or ’80s. He alleged this plane is the one that was stolen and later sold to its current owners. In November 2017, a trial judge ruled the statute of limitations ran out on the claims.
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Panel: WWII plane-theft lawsuit filed ‘too late’
Catherine R. Landman (center), chief legal and human resources officer for the kitchenware company Corelle Brands, discusses lessons she’s learned in her legal career as part of a panel, “Where We Are, Where Do We Go From Here?” during The Chicago Bar Association’s inaugural Working Women’s Legal Summit on Friday. She was joined on the panel, one of several during the daylong program, by Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Barbara L. Dawkins (left), Schiff Hardin LLP managing partner Marci A. Eisenstein (right).
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CBA hosts daylong women’s legal summit
Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. looks on at the Appellate Lawyers Association reception on Wednesday at the Kimpton Hotel Allegro’s Walnut Room in the Loop. The Appellate Lawyers Association’s special honorees this year were Neville and former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman, both of whom served as 1st District appellate justices before ascending to the high court.
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Appellate Lawyers Association honors high court justices
Women Everywhere celebrated its 20th anniversary Thursday at Petterino’s, honoring Chief Cook County Judge Timothy C. Evans with its inaugural Steadfast Advocate Award. Pictured (left to right) are Gina M. Lencioni, law clerk to Appellate Justice Maureen E. Connors and a Women Everywhere board member; Rachael N. Toft, owner of the Law Offices of Rachael N. Toft and Women Everywhere’s planning committee co-chair; former circuit judge Diane Joan Larsen, a Women Everywhere board member; Evans; Circuit Judge Janet Adams Brosnahan, Women Everywhere president; and Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices and Women Everywhere vice president.
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Women Everywhere celebrates 20 years