By: Rosa M. Tumialán, Alyssa Vranak and Henry Rodriguez
On August 2, 2024, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Illinois Senate Bill 2979 (“SB 2979”) into law. This amendment modifies the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14, to limit the amount a plaintiff can recover when a private entity collects, stores and/or discloses his
By Sarah Hertz Maisel, Alyssa Vranak and Jacob Baron
Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.
The Truck Decision
On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., et al., No. 22-1079, holding that an insurer with financial responsibility for a bankruptcy
By Rosa M. Tumialán and Alyssa Vranak
The First District Illinois Appellate Court’s opinion in National Fire Ins. Co., et al. v. Visual Pak Co., Inc., 2023 IL App (1st) 221160, represents the first case to address the application of the Recording and Distribution of Material in Violation of Statute since the Illinois Supreme
On March 27, 2023, the Illinois Appellate Court rendered its decision in Safeway Insurance Company v. Jafar Al-Rifaei, 2024 IL App (1st) 231391, determining there are no mandatory insurance requirements or public policy violations where the sole named insured excludes a driver under his automobile insurance policy and subsequently allows the excluded driver to
In St. Paul Guardian Insurance Co. et al. v. Walsh Construction Co., No. 23-1662, 2024 WL 1841941 (7th Cir. Apr. 29, 2024), three insurers have no duty to cover a general contractor for defective columns built at O’Hare International Airport, because the defects did not constitute property damage under the contractor’s insurance policies.
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By Caitlin Frenzer and Sarah Hertz Maisel
March is a month of important dates and holidays that recognize women. Not only is March Women’s History Month, but March also includes Equal Pay Day on March 6, and International Women’s Day on March 8. These dates can serve as a reminder to members of the legal
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What is a fuselage without wings, elevators or a tail rudder?
An airplane, according to the Supreme Court of Alaska’s recent decision of Thompson v. USAA, 2024 WL 296380 (Alaska January 26, 2024).
Thompson centered on a 1946 Piper PA-12 airplane that had failed its annual inspection and was no longer airworthy. To make repairs,
On December 4, 2023, the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Mutual Benefit Insurance Co. v. Koser et al., No. 1340 MDA 2022, 2023 WL 8360563 (Pa. Super. Ct. Dec. 4, 2023) determined that a landlord’s insurer could not sue two tenants to recover more than $190,000 for fire damage allegedly caused by their negligence because they
