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Food Poison Journal

3,215 Pounds of Pastrami and Corned Beef Recalled for Listeria. It Went to Three States, and Then Everywhere.

By Bill Marler
August 8, 2026
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City Foods, Inc., a Chicago establishment doing business as Bea’s Best Corned Beef, is recalling approximately 3,215 pounds of ready-to-eat pastrami and corned beef that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.…

Municipal Minute

ISBE Has Issued 408 Pages of AI Guidance: What School Districts Need to Know

By Julie Tappendorf
August 7, 2026
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The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has published statewide guidance on artificial intelligence use in schools. This guidance provides schools with a toolbox of instructional use rubrics, model policies, and implementation checklists. However, what it does not provide them…

ERISA Litigation & Compliance

Employer Health Plan Design Under Fire: How “Financial Dominance” ERISA Claims Are Expanding in 2026

By Shira McKinlay, Julia Ann Love & Kim Wilcoxon
August 7, 2026

Employer-sponsored group health plans are facing a growing wave of ERISA class action lawsuits, and the claims are getting bolder, including claims of “financial dominance”. In our previous post on this topic, we analyzed Barbich et al. v. Northwestern…

Kogut & Wilson Blog

Illinois State Bar Association Appoints Karen A. VanderMeer to Family Law Section Council

By Kogut & Wilson team
August 6, 2026

Kogut & Wilson attorney Karen A. VanderMeer has been appointed to the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Family Law Section Council for the 2026 bar year.
The Family Law Section Council serves ISBA members practicing in divorce, parental responsibilities, support…

News & Media Blog

High Heat Can Cause Severe or Fatal Work Accidents in Illinois and Indiana

By LexBlog Admin
August 6, 2026

Other parts of the country may be notorious for their summer heat (think Arizona, California, Florida, or Texas) but Illinois and Indiana also experience outdoor high temperatures each year that can be extreme. See, e.g., “Chicago Area Under Extreme…

Municipal Minute

Employees First Amendment Retaliation Claims Rejected by Court

By Julie Tappendorf
August 6, 2026
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In Fox v. DuPage Township, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected former employees’ First Amendment claim that they were terminated because they campaigned for an opposing candidate for election to government office. After an election that changed the make-up…

Drug & Device Law

Claims Can Still Be Preempted If The Drug Is Later Withdrawn

By Eric Alexander
August 6, 2026

Long ago, it seemed that large-scale drug or device litigation was usually spurred on by a recall, market withdrawal, or major labeling change describing a new risk or limiting the scope of product use.  The plaintiff lawyers these days seem…

Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog

This Chicago Work Comp Lawyer Made His Client Feel Terrible

By Mike Helfand
August 6, 2026
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What to do if your Chicago workers comp lawyer yells at you and treats you terribly. Advice on how to get a new, better Illinois work comp law firm.…

Roberts Disability Law Blog

Prove You Mailed It: Northern District of Illinois Dismisses ERISA Disability Suit for Failure to Exhaust After Claimant Cannot Establish He Sent His Appeal

By Michelle Roberts
August 5, 2026

In Stempel v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 24 C 6077, 2026 WL 2241244 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 4, 2026), United States District Judge John F. Kness granted judgment to Unum on an ERISA long-term disability claim, holding…

Illinois Bicycle Lawyers

16-Year-Old E-Scooter Rider Tragically Killed in Collision with Semi-Truck on Western Avenue in Chicago

By Michael Keating
August 5, 2026
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A 16-year-old Chicago e-scooter rider was tragically killed after a collision with the driver of a commercial truck on Chicago’s North Side, marking the third e-scooter fatality in Chicago in 2026.

According to the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago

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