7th Circuit (incl. bankruptcy)

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States covers the Midwest states including: Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The Appeals Court is situated in Illinois and is located in the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. The appeals from the Central/Northern/Southern Districts in IL, Northern/Southern Districts in Indiana, and Eastern/Western Districts in Wisconsin are held in this federal courthouse.

With the home of the Seventh Circuit being in Illinois, several cases are heard from the surrounding state court levels in the state, as well as other Seventh Circuit appeal cases. The Central IL district courthouse is in Springfield, Northern district in Chicago, and the Southern district court sits in East St. Louis, IL. In Indiana, the Northern district courthouse is in South Bend, and Southern district in Indianapolis. In Wisconsin, The Eastern district courthouse sits in Milwaukee, and Western district in Madison, WI.

Currently 11 active judges sit at the circuit level, with 4 senior judges being appointed to the bench in the district. The current Chief Judge is Diane Pamela Wood; Elena Kegan holds the title of Circuit Justice in the Seventh Circuit. The courthouse is prominent in online cases, including Wiki and RSS-feeds of the opinions and oral arguments as they unfold in the court. Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, who is one of the most prominent economic-scholars, also serves as a Justice for the circuit-system.

Several precedential-decisions have been laid in the Seventh Circuit. Among the cases which were heard by the appellate court are: (Krysta Sutterfield v. City of Milwaukee, et. al., which was a case allowing police to use “exigent circumstances” defense, to enter and search her home without a warrant. Moore v Madigan is another set of cases (stemming from Shepard v Madigan and Moore v Madigan). The case regarded constitutionality of Illinois’s “no-issue” policy for carrying concealed weapons.

Tort law cases, biometric/personal information, real property, civil rights, gay marriage, bankruptcy, and tax court appeals, are a few of the cases which The National Law Review covers on its site. From prominent decisions in today’s online-driven society including the use of biometric scans, to data breach cases, we cover an extensive range of prominent cases, many which are setting precedent today, as such topics haven’t been an issue in the past. The National Law Review also covers general information about the Circuit, appointment news, and Federal and State Agency topics.

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Mar
28
2024
Seventh Circuit Orders Pension Fund to Return Withdrawal Liability to Employer Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
27
2024
FREE FOR ALL: Court Holds Calls Offering Free Services are Not “Solicitations” Under TCPA DNC Rules Troutman Amin, LLP
Mar
27
2024
Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Litigation Update — Courts Continue to Scrutinize Pleadings in TCPA Cases Mintz
Mar
19
2024
Motion to Strike Damages Expert Leads to Denial of Class Certification Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
15
2024
Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act Equivalent-Benefits Provision Enjoined Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
6
2024
RECITING STATUTORY ELEMENTS NOT ENOUGH: Repeat Litigator Woodard’s TCPA Case Dismissed for Lack of Factual Allegations Troutman Amin, LLP
Feb
16
2024
Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
13
2024
Class Action Litigation Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
13
2024
Wisconsin Federal District Court Issues Five Rulings on Motions to Dismiss 401(k) Investment and Fee Cases – Is There a Way to Reconcile Them? Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
12
2024
EnforceMintz — Some of 2023’s Largest FCA Resolutions Involved Stark Law Allegations Mintz
Feb
2
2024
Trade Secrets Year in Review: 2023 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
1
2024
NO SECOND BITES: Allstate Avoids Second Certification Effort in TCPA Class Action Troutman Amin, LLP
Jan
31
2024
Congress Mimics Existing Right of Publicity Laws, Expands Upon Them With Proposed NO FAKES Act Katten
Jan
30
2024
New Boss Is Definitely Not the Same as the Old Boss: 7th Circuit Allows Age Discrimination Claim to Go Forward Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
25
2024
Don’t Cut, Paste, Copyright: Bonding over Borrowed Words McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
22
2024
Illinois Court Says 7th Circuit Fumbled Illinois Law in BIPA Decision Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
19
2024
Evaluating Evaluations in the Manufacturing Workplace Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
19
2024
Big Win for Wisconsin: Court Denies Class Certification in TCPA Case on Predominance, Typicality, And Superiority Grounds! Troutman Amin, LLP
Jan
17
2024
HP Facing Antitrust Class Action Alleging Unlawful Self-Preferencing Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jan
17
2024
Appellate Court of Illinois and Seventh Circuit Issue Conflicting Decisions Regarding Applicability of “Violation-of-Law Exclusion” in BIPA Actions von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jan
4
2024
DEI Under Scrutiny, Part IV: Could the ‘Background Circumstances’ Rule for Discrimination Be Primed for Supreme Court Review? Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
3
2024
The Importance of Attorney Oversight in ESI Collection; Dangers of Client Self-Collection Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
9
2023
Class Action Settlement Preliminarily Approved for “Wrong Number” Calls Suggests Wisdom of Scrubbing for Validity of Called Numbers Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
8
2023
Prolific Plaintiff’s Lawyer Held in Contempt Keller and Heckman LLP
Nov
30
2023
Second Circuit Establishes Practical Pleading Requirement for Prohibited Transaction Claims Under ERISA Section 406(a)(1)(C) Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
27
2023
New Lawsuit Addresses Eligibility Concerns for US Collegiate Athletes Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
16
2023
Hiring Company’s Remedial Measures Protect Against a Threatened Temporary Restraining Order ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
15
2023
Motions to Dismiss in Meritless Trademark Infringement Claims: When to Roll the Dice? Katten
Nov
13
2023
Court Finds Do-Not-Call Rules Apply to Marketing Text Messages Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
8
2023
Recent Discover Lawsuits Provide Compliance Lessons Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
7
2023
False Claims Act Retaliation Decision Calls into Question Heightened Notice Standard for Fraud Alert Employees Zuckerman Law
Nov
1
2023
No Moore: Allstate Agent’s Regrettable Motion to Dismiss Denied in TCPA Suit And There’s a Lesson Here Troutman Amin, LLP
Nov
1
2023
PFAS Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Update: New Protein Supplement Case In NY CMBG3 Law
Oct
23
2023
Court Affirms Dismissal of Subcontractor’s Wrongful Termination Counterclaim and Clarifies Scope of Upcoming Trial on Damages Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Oct
23
2023
Legal Separateness: The Boundaries on Written Discovery Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
16
2023
Federal Courts in Wisconsin and Kentucky Issue Decisions in Favor of Employers Facing COVID-19–Related Legal Issues Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Oct
3
2023
NOT MISLEADING: Court Holds Debt Collector’s Use of Local Area Code Did Not Violate FDCPA Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
28
2023
Grubhub Relishes Victory Against Trademark Preliminary Injunction McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
27
2023
7th Circuit Rejects “Novel Interpretation” of Restatement, Upholds Single Publication Rule Vedder Price
Sep
22
2023
CLOSE CALL: Kohl’s Loses Key Argument as Court Holds TCPA DNC Provisions Apply to Text Messages and There Is a Story Here Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
20
2023
FRALISH CASHES IN: Repeat TCPA Litigator Hits CETERIS PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC for $761k TCPA Class Settlement Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
13
2023
District Court Replaces Plan Trustees with Independent Fiduciary Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
6
2023
Factors in Fee-Shifting for Prevailing Defendants Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
5
2023
Recent Partial Dismissal of Illinois Biometric Privacy Suit May Add Some Weight to the Scale on the Side of Defendants Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
5
2023
DEATH IS NO ESCAPE: FTC Pursues Lead Generation Company Beyond The Grave as TSR Enforcement Push Smashes All Boundaries Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
1
2023
Seventh Circuit Follows Illinois Supreme Court Precedent and Finds BIPA Claims Timely Vedder Price
Sep
1
2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Franchise No-Poach Case, Holds Per Se Treatment Possible Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
26
2023
Supreme Court Fortifies the False Claims Act as the Law Continues to Reward Whistleblowers Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Aug
24
2023
Change in Law Leading to Case Dismissal Doesn’t Preclude Attorneys’ Fees McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
11
2023
Seventh Circuit Revives Teacher’s Religious Discrimination Case Over Transgender Students’ Names and Pronouns Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
 

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