A signed medical consent form is one of the few pieces of evidence a hospital can utilize to refute that it is vicariously liable for the negligence of a treating physician. However, as Illinois case law has evolved, the...
Contributors: Michael J. DiSantis, Partner Danita L. Davis, Partner Anita St. Pierre, Senior Counsel Kiera Fitzpatrick, Associate Disclaimer: This survey is for general information only and is not intended to provide and...
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals – which governs Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin – ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) does not require employers to give employees...
A new lawsuit filed by a scientific research institute in Wisconsin seeks $13 million in damages from a transportation company it contends damaged an IBM supercomputer known as Bluefire during transport from Colorado to...
After leaving your Illinois-based insurance company, a now-former employee sends a LinkedIn invitation to your remaining employees with his new contact information at a competitor company. In doing so, did that former...
In an effort to determine whether requiring civil litigants to respond to a series of standard discovery requests before undertaking other discovery will reduce the costs and delays often associated with litigation, the...