https://www.law360.com/illinois?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Illinois Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 22:45:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2333160?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2333160 An Illinois fund that invests in life insurance policies has been hit with securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and several other claims in a suit seeking at least $50 million that alleges it manipulated the value of illiquid assets to collect inflated fees from investors. Thu, 01 May 2025 19:30:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2333142?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2333142 PepsiCo was correctly assessed $2.1 million in penalties for categorizing Frito-Lay expatriates' compensation as foreign payroll that would allow the company's profits to be excluded from state income tax calculations, according to an Illinois Appellate Court panel. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:59:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332720?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332720 U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons on Thursday brought back two significant patent reform bills from last term that overall aim to make invalidating patents more difficult. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:34:46 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2331093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2331093 Tax crimes are historically difficult to prosecute, but the Internal Revenue Services’ recent agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share taxpayer records of non-U.S. citizens could be used to enhance payroll tax-related enforcement against their employers, say attorneys at Holland & Knight. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:04:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2327183?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2327183 The banking industry's pending lawsuit against the state of Illinois stands to permanently enjoin state regulation of bank card processing, as well as clarify the outstanding and consequential issue of whether conflict preemption continues to cover third parties in certain circumstances, says Tom Witherspoon at Stinson. Thu, 01 May 2025 17:01:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2333040?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2333040 The owner of an Illinois-based masonry business awarded a federal contract to renovate Philadelphia's historic 30th Street Station admitted Wednesday to bribery charges in a case alleging he had his executives shower gifts on an Amtrak employee who then approved additional work that added $52 million to the project's cost. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:16:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332519?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332519 While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell. Thu, 01 May 2025 16:08:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332715?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332715 The Eleventh Circuit said a Georgia-based tobacco importer will remain on the hook for a $1.1 million verdict for selling counterfeit rolling papers, rejecting the company's arguments that the Lanham Act damages levied against it needed to bear close relation to the actual damages suffered by the papers' manufacturer. Thu, 01 May 2025 15:38:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332665?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332665 A coalition of states urged the First Circuit to reinstate a ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from cutting $30 million in fair housing grants, saying the federal government failed to consider the impact this decision would have on the groups' operations. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:33:42 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332615 Nationwide has filed suit asking an Illinois federal court to declare that it has no duty to cover a suburban Chicago gym in a 3-year-old "fat freezing" injury case headed to trial in June, saying the underlying injury doesn't trigger the facility's policy. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:50:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332431?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332431 SuperValu urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday not to overturn its defense win on whistleblower claims of systematic prescription overbilling, saying the whistleblowers are now making "kitchen sink arguments" with little basis. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:32:56 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332451?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332451 A real estate developer has been sentenced to more than six years in prison following his conviction for participating in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at a now-shuttered bank, federal prosecutors in Chicago announced Wednesday. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:53:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332432 Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from April. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:39:57 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2331719?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2331719 The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in U.S. v. Sorensen, reversing a conviction after trial of a durable medical equipment distributor, highlights two principle considerations for determining whether payments to marketers in healthcare are unlawful under the Anti-Kickback Statute, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard Mullin. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:33:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332441?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332441 A Kentucky federal judge declined to greenlight a $15.2 million settlement resolving miners' class and collective action against several mining companies over unpaid wages, saying the deal must be revised because the wage and hour landscape has changed over the past few years. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:12:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332383?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332383 The NBA's licensing arm has asked an Illinois federal judge to extend a ban on the illicit sales of counterfeit goods while freezing the assets of alleged culprits, saying without this, defendants in a copyright infringement suit may attempt to move their money to offshore accounts. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:14:40 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332369?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2332369 An executive departing a Boston contract research lab allegedly downloaded confidential and proprietary documents before he left to join a competing business in a move that breached his noncompete contract, according to a trade secrets lawsuit filed Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2329525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2329525 Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:42:01 +0000 https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2331146?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/2331146 Investors suing behavioral health care provider Acadia Healthcare Co. have asked a federal judge to find that they relied on certain alleged misrepresentations before investing in the company after previously moving for sanctions over allegations that the company systematically destroyed pertinent records to stymie their understaffing claims.