Illinois

The state of Illinois was admitted as the 21st state on December 3, 1818. Although not its Capital City, Chicago is one of the leading cities in the US discussed in relation to political, enforcement, police brutality, and murder cases. Illinois is located in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Capital City of Illinois  is Springfield, and Illinois is nicknamed the “Prairie State”. The state bird is the Cardinal. The Purple Violet is the state flower and White Oak is the state tree. Its land area of about 58,000 sq. miles makes it the 25th largest state in the US. And, the population of approximately 12.8 million makes it the Fifth largest in the US. Chicago’s population of about 2.7 million, makes it the third most populous city in the US.

The National Law Review covers legal news coming out of Cook County, including the controversial sweetened beverage tax and its subsequent repeal and new paid sick leave employment requirements.

Chicago, and Illinois in general, was highly populated by immigrant workers in the early 1900s. Namely because of job-growth in textile, coal mining, industrial, and manufacturing jobs, the state became a hub for immigrants. Additionally, The Great Migration which swept through Chicago established a large community of African Americans, bringing famous jazz and blues music cultures to the city.

A number of US Presidents have been elected while living in Illinois. Most famously noted is Lincoln (where the Land of Lincoln logo is still seen on state license tags today). However, other Presidents including Ulysses S. Grant and Barack Obama were also residents when nominated into office. Hillary Clinton and Ronald Reagan were also born in Illinois. Two presidential libraries are in the state of Illinois as well.

Today, the state has a Democratic stronghold in elected offices. Although current governor and lieutenant governors are Republican (voted in 2015), the secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller, treasurer, and US Senators Class II and III, are all members of the Democratic Party. The state has voted Democratic in all elections to date, dating back to 1992. The state has a total of 18 congressional districts, with 11 delegates being Democratic and the other 7 members being part of the Republican party.

There are many prestigious law school located in Illinois, and in Chicago in particular.  For example, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is located in the heart of downtown Chicago.  DePaul University College of Law  is located in Chicago's famous Loop,  The University of Illinois and Loyola Law School are are also located in Illinois. 

The National Law Review covers litigation on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, non-compete agreements, sexual harassment and training regulations and data breach/security issues. Visitors to The National Law Review will also find information on election news, Illinois Supreme Court cases, and all the latest legal news from Illinois.

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Aug
8
2019
 Chicago ‘Fair Workweek' Ordinance Requires Employers to Provide Scheduling Notice to Covered Employees Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
1
2020
 Chicago's Fair Workweek Ordinance and Minimum Wage Increases Are Here – Are You Ready? Much Shelist, P.C.
Dec
17
2014
 Chicago's Legal Amusement Tax: If at First You Don't Legally Succeed, Try . . . Try Again. Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Apr
28
2021
 Chicago's Vaccine Anti-Retaliation Ordinance – What Employers Need to Know von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Oct
11
2023
 Chicagoland's Industrial Real Estate Muscles Through Tough Environment Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
May
19
2023
 Chicago’s Amended “Ban the Box” Ordinance Imposes Stricter Criminal History Use and Notification Requirements on Employers Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
1
2020
 Chicago’s Anti-Retaliation Ordinance Protects Some Employees from Reporting to Work ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
24
2015
 Chicago’s Ban-the-Box Ordinance: What Employers Need to Know Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
17
2022
 Chicago’s Laws Are Changing – Are You Ready? Vedder Price
Jun
13
2022
 Chicago’s Minimum Wage Increase Set to Take Effect July 1, 2022 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
13
2023
 Chicago’s New Paid Leave and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Delayed Six Months Much Shelist, P.C.
Dec
1
2023
 Chicago’s New Paid Leave Ordinance and What It Means for Employers in 2024 Polsinelli PC
Nov
21
2023
 Chicago’s Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance Ushers in Some of the Nation’s Most Generous Employee Leave Entitlements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
11
2017
 Chicago’s South Loop Expands Use of Protected Bicycle Lanes Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers
May
30
2019
 Chicago’s Stormwater Inundation Presents Green Infrastructure Opportunities for Business ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
13
2015
 Chicago’s Technology Community Includes a Growing Automotive Technology and Research Sector Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
4
2019
 Chicago’s Willis Tower – No Longer the Highest Roof in the Western Hemisphere Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
15
2020
 Children Return to School in the Age of COVID-19 Anderson Boback & Marshall
Feb
15
2018
 Choices for Illinois Taxpayers in Implementing the 2017 Income Tax Rate Increase McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
11
2018
 Circuit Court of Cook County Upholds City of Chicago’s Imposition of Amusement Tax on Internet-Based Streaming Services McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
15
2015
 City Immune From Liability Under Negligence And Res Ipsa Loquitur For Sewer Backup Into Homes Following Two-Day Rainstorm: Nichols v. City of Chicago Heights Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Dec
8
2015
 City of Chicago Debt Relief Program – Tax Amnesty Opportunity McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
14
2017
 City of Chicago Department of Finance Changes the Terms of its Voluntary Disclosure Program Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Dec
4
2023
 City of Chicago Enacts Expansive Paid Leave Ordinance Effective December 31, 2023 ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
28
2023
 City of Chicago Enacts Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
15
2023
 City of Chicago Expands Paid Leave for Employees in New Ordinance Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
May
24
2022
 City of Chicago Expands Protections for Victims of Sexual Harassment Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jun
12
2015
 City of Chicago Issues Guidance Regarding the Applicability of the Amusement and Transaction Taxes to Electronic Transactions Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Nov
11
2014
 City of Chicago Owed No Duty To Pedestrian Who Crossed Street Outside Of Crosswalk Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Apr
26
2021
 City of Chicago Passes COVID-19 Vaccination Ordinance Proskauer Rose LLP
May
29
2020
 City of Chicago Unveils Reopening Guidelines, PPE Exchange Ahead of Transition to Phase 3 Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
23
2016
 City of Chicago Will Require Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave Much Shelist, P.C.
Jan
20
2016
 Civil Rights Panel to Review EPA’s Coal Ash Disposal Policies on Jan. 22 ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
13
2023
 Claim Employer Exaggerated Scope of Noncompete Survives Motion to Dismiss in Illinois Federal Court Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
21
2015
 Claims Against Individuals Fail in Northern District of Illinois McDermott Will & Emery
May
15
2018
 Clarifying the Cloud: Taxation of Software in Illinois Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Jan
17
2023
 Class Action Year in Review ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
20
2024
 Class Action Year in Review: Biometric Privacy ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
17
2023
 Class Action Year in Review: BIPA Class Actions ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
4
2021
 Class Actions Continue to Target Butter & Vanilla Keller and Heckman LLP
Sep
21
2018
 Class Certification Denied in Physician Equal Pay Lawsuit Under a Blanket Compensation Plan Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
27
2020
 Class Certification Granted to Kraft Investors Alleging Wheat Market Rigging Bilzin Sumberg
Nov
15
2019
 Class Members Thought They Would Get $900, but End Up With $22 After the Court’s Final Approval of the $12,500,000 Settlement in Charvat v. Valente Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
9
2017
 Clear as Mud: Illinois Courts Continue to Grapple With The “Adequacy” Of Consideration for Non-Compete Agreements Jackson Lewis P.C.
May
4
2021
 Clearview Opposes BIPA Injunction, Saying Ban on Collecting Data Would Force Company to Stop Operating Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
7
2012
 Closing the Talent Gap...Today and Tomorrow Much Shelist, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
 CME Implements Significant Penalty Increases for Futures and Swaps Trading Violations Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
25
2019
 CMS Attempts to Curb Fraud in the HHA Industry by Limiting HHA Reimbursement Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jul
31
2018
 Co-Worker Immunity in the Context of the Employer-Controlled Commute Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C.
Jan
29
2019
 Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent is Sufficient Harm to Base an Action Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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