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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor takes questions during her visit to the Harold Washington Library Building just outside the Loop on Friday. Sotomayor emphasized the importance of the Supreme Court remaining committed to the law and to avoiding any form of partisanship. Law Bulletin photo/Jordyn Reiland

Sotomayor on books, partisanship at Chicago public library

As Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor spoke at the Harold Washington Library Center to a crowd of about 800 adults and children, she shared how reading got her to the Supreme Court.
By Jordyn Reiland
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State of Latinos in the Law Symposium looks to lower barriers

The first State of Latinos in the Law Symposium on Friday brought together hundreds of high school, college and law school students, as well as practicing attorneys, to discuss barriers to the legal profession that Hispanic students face and potential solutions to overcoming those barriers.
By Sarah Mansur

Law Firm Leaders

Elrod wants CBA to lead profession back to civility

Holland & Knight LLP partner Steven M. Elrod is drawing on the lessons of the law firm’s founder, Chesterfield Smith, as he begins his term as Chicago Bar Association president.
By Sarah Mansur

Judge tosses lawsuit over police killing due to late filing

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a civil rights lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed when he was shot 13 times in the back by Chicago police officers.
By David Thomas

Discovery tactics lead to sanctions in kitty litter copycat case

Lawyers who represent a company accused of infringing on a patent for kitty litter must pay the price for engaging in gamesmanship, a federal judge held.
By Patricia Manson

4th Amendment suit over teens’ car can proceed

A federal judge has declined to toss claims that a police search in the south suburbs violated the Fourth Amendment.
By Andrew Maloney

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Tender offer derails class, ends lawsuit against court clerk

Two years ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an unaccepted tender from a defendant doesn’t make a lawsuit moot  — but the Illinois Supreme Court hasn’t reconsidered its 2011 decision, in Barber v. American Airlines, 241 Ill. 2d 450, that an unaccepted tender can kill a case.
By Steven P. Garmisa

Commercial Litigation

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Earned bonus proper subject of employee’s wage payment claim

After leaving a lucrative banking position in Florida for a Chicago consulting gig, Steven Simpson soon learned the Illinois job markedly differed from what was advertised.
By Paul B. Porvaznik

Settling labor disputes in arbitration

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S.Ct. 1612 (2018), reaffirmed the now well-established principle that parties can contract to pursue claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act through arbitration.
By Theodore H. Katz and Alicia Jantsch

Sports Marketing Playbook

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Active MLB, NBA players to appear in beer ads for first time in 60 years

Marketing — and in particular, sports-related marketing — has always been central to Anheuser-Busch’s business plan.
By Douglas N. Masters and Seth A. Rose

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Nevada gets tough even by UFC standards

The Ultimate Fighting Championship 229 in Las Vegas earlier this month was worth every penny for pay-per-view spectators.
By Amy N. Schiller

Sporting Judgment

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Corporate logo rule will be tested when Cavs’ Smith takes court

When NBA star J.R. Smith takes the court for the Cleveland Cavaliers later this month in the season opener, it won’t be a “Supreme” court. That’s because the league threatened to fine Smith if he doesn’t cover up his freshly inked tattoo of the Supreme logo.
By Ben Shrader

Non-Billable Hours

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‘Monsters and Men’ humanizes police and shooting victims

Set in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, “Monsters and Men” provides back-story for the experience of the police and the poor, in a world tilted off its axis by gun violence.
By Rebecca L. Ford
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Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Update and Review Seminar

Robert P. Walsh, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke on liens at the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Update and Review Seminar on Friday at the Westin Chicago River North, 320 N. Dearborn St. Photo by Bill Richert
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Hellenic Bar scholarship recipients

The Hellenic Bar Association held its 68th annual scholarship ball Oct. 7 at the JW Marriott Chicago. The bar group’s foundation awarded $70,000 in scholarships. Pictured are scholarship recipients (left to right) Regina Vasilopoulos and Christina Karahalios, students at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law); Sofia Vatougios, from DePaul University College of Law; Basile Manikas, of Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law students Anna Karnaze, Maria Fay Karras and Vasiliki Mitrakos. Photo provided by the Hellenic Bar Association/Elios Photography
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Women’s private equity conference

Jane D. Goldstein (left), co-head of the Ropes & Gray LLP’s mergers and acquisitions group for North America, spoke in Chicago during the Kayo Women’s Private Equity Conference earlier this month at the Peninsula Hotel. According to a statement from Ropes & Gray, partners several practices, including health-care practice group co-chair Deborah L. Gersh and Chicago office managing partner and private equity industry group leader Neill P. Jakobe, also participated on panels and in breakout sessions with industry investors. Photo provided by Ropes & Gray LLP via Kayo Conference Series
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Caruso addresses McDonald’s franchise owners

Carmen D. Caruso, partner at the Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm, addressed a meeting of more than 300 McDonald’s franchise owners gathered in Tampa, Fla., this week, who assembled to discuss ways they can engage with the Chicago-based corporate burger giant. Carmen’s firm represents individual and multi-unit restaurant franchisees.Photo provided by the Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor takes questions during her visit to the Harold Washington Library Building just outside the Loop on Friday. Sotomayor emphasized the importance of the Supreme Court remaining committed to the law and to avoiding any form of partisanship. Law Bulletin photo/Jordyn Reiland
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Gustavo A. Gelpi, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, speaks about the history of Puerto Rico at the inaugural State of Latinos in the Law symposium at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Friday.
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State of Latinos in the Law Symposium looks to lower barriers
A reporter holds a phone showing the Facebook app in San Francisco. It might not seem like a big deal to have long-forgotten accounts on social media linger. But with hacking in the news constantly, including a breach affecting 50 million Facebook accounts, you might not want all that data sitting around. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file
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Bottles of Roundup herbicide, a product of Monsanto, are displayed on a store shelf in St. Louis. A San Francisco jury’s $289 million verdict in favor of a school groundskeeper who says Roundup weed killer caused his cancer will face its first court test. Agribusiness giant Monsanto argued at a hearing Wednesday that a judge should throw out the verdict in favor of DeWayne Johnson.
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A portion of the website for fara.gov, on the Foreign Agents Registration Act, is seen photographed in Washington, D.C., in August 2016. A push to give the Justice Department more enforcement authority over the lucrative and at times shadowy world of foreign lobbying is stalled amid opposition from pro-business groups, nonprofits and privacy advocates.
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Push to toughen foreign lobbying law stalls amid opposition
Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the constitutional oath to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh in the justice’s Conference Room at Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC on Saturday. Kavanaugh’s wife, Ashley, holds the Bible.
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