Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listen during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill this week in Washington.

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Chicago utility pushes back against state oversight, requests further rate increase

Cook County transportation tax dispute returned to circuit court

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State report declares racism a public health crisis

White House targets patents for high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars

Attorney who lost job offer over Palestine comments accuses Foley & Lardner of bias

Patrick A. Salvi II is Chicago Lawyer’s 2023 Person of the Year.

Salvi named Chicago Lawyer’s Person of the Year

Professor’s study of Chicago recounts quest for Latinx representation in politics

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By Judge Ramon Ocasio III

Judge Ramon Ocasio III has served as a judge for 16 years and now is a justice for the 1st District Appellate Court. He may reached at ramon.ocasio@cookcountyil.gov.

Posted September 27, 2023 10:25 AM

The Hispanic/Latinx/Latine label encompasses a wide range of peoples with origins in Spain and their former colonies in Central and South America and the Caribbean. Parenthetically speaking, Puerto Rico remains a colony despite numerous United Nations resolutions directing the United States to withdraw immediately.During Hispanic Heritage Month, we examine the contributions of Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Guatemalans, Panamanians, Colombians, and a whole array of others to the transformation of the United …

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Court considers standards for compelled speech

In a compelled-commercial-speech case where a federal judge permanently enjoined California from enforcing a law that requires cancer warnings for products containing glyphosate, an active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, the state’s attorney general asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to apply the most lenient First Amendment standard of review.
By Steven P. Garmisa
Dentist who relied on notes during deposition must produce them for plaintiff

Randal McBride, a dentist who cared for inmates in an Illinois prison, answered a deposition question about Derek Cunningham’s dental treatment by reading 14 dates from four pages of handwritten notes he took when reviewing Cunningham’s chart to prepare for the deposition. When Cunningham’s attorney demanded all four pages, the dates were the only part of the notes that McBride’s lawyer was willing to hand over.
By Steven P. Garmisa
High court jettisons precedent for insurance coverage cases

The Illinois Supreme Court issued decisions in four civil cases last week and granted a petition for leave to appeal in one more. These cases cover important issues across the spectrum of civil litigation.
By Donald P. Eckler
Police not entitled to qualified immunity in class-of-one case

In a class-of-one equal protection case where Debra Brent alleged that two police officers repeatedly sided with her racist neighbors when she called for help — either because they were racist or because they were friends with the neighbors — a federal judge in Maryland concluded that the officers aren’t entitled to qualified immunity.
By Steven P. Garmisa
Judge rejects argument on federal tort in case over mailman pepper-spraying dog

In a negligence case under the Federal Tort Claim Act about a mail carrier accused of routinely pepper-spraying a dog that was behind a locked gate — inadvertently causing respiratory illness in two children who regularly played with the pup — the government’s arguments about trespass-to-chattel and transferred intent posed “several difficult questions” under the FTCA’s intentional tort exception.
By Steven P. Garmisa
250 years ago, Boston Tea Party signaled thirst for independence

On Dec. 16, 1773, Boston held the most famous tea party in history. Bostonians boarded the East India Tea Company’s cargo ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
By Ann M. Lousin
Judge denounces attorneys’ discovery tactics in breach of contract case

Spanking the lawyers on both sides of a breach of contract case for childish bickering, a federal judge in Texas condemned tactics attorneys use to “evade, obfuscate, and obstruct the discovery process.”
By Steven P. Garmisa
7th Amendment and ‘chutzpah’: SCOTUS weighs SEC challenge

The Supreme Court heard two hours and 15 minutes of oral argument in an important Seventh Amendment case, Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy.
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Harvard president apologizes for remarks on antisemitism, pressure mounts on Penn

Chicago utility pushes back against state oversight, requests further rate increase

Cook County transportation tax dispute returned to circuit court

Hunter Biden indicted on 9 tax charges after failed plea deal

State report declares racism a public health crisis

White House targets patents for high-priced drugs developed with taxpayer dollars

Attorney who lost job offer over Palestine comments accuses Foley & Lardner of bias

Salvi named Chicago Lawyer’s Person of the Year

Professor’s study of Chicago recounts quest for Latinx representation in politics

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Your source for legal news and information

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Court considers standards for compelled speech

Dentist who relied on notes during deposition must produce them for plaintiff

High court jettisons precedent for insurance coverage cases

Police not entitled to qualified immunity in class-of-one case

Judge rejects argument on federal tort in case over mailman pepper-spraying dog

250 years ago, Boston Tea Party signaled thirst for independence

Judge denounces attorneys’ discovery tactics in breach of contract case

7th Amendment and ‘chutzpah’: SCOTUS weighs SEC challenge

Photo gallery with Top Stories

Harvard president apologizes for remarks on antisemitism, pressure mounts on Penn

Senators tackle gun violence as Feinstein’s ban on assault weapons fades into history

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O’Connor impressed, inspired Chicago judges, legal leaders

Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93