In the 2018 Supreme Court case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., et al., the court overturned the physical presence rule established in the 1967 case National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue of Ill and reaffirmed in the
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DUI Case Remanded, After Trial Court Admits Officer’s Reports by Judicial Notice, Rather Than as Evidence (People v. Sandoval)
In a recent DUI case in the Appellate Court of Illinois, the court ruled on the importance of considering official reports from the arresting officer in decisions to rescind summary suspensions of driving privileges. The State’s appeal argued that the…
Pair of Bills Proposed in Illinois House Intended to Limit Corporate Incentives
Recently, two bills were introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives that propose limits on the ability of states and municipalities to offer incentives to businesses and corporations. The Phase Out Corporate Giveaways Act, HB1188, aims to create the Phase…
Different Reasons for Denying Equitable Tolling: A Comparative Analysis of Arellano v. McDonough and City of Rockford v. Gilles
The divergent reasons for denying equitable tolling in recent court cases, Arellano v. McDonough and City of Rockford v. Gilles. The U.S. Supreme Court denied a veteran’s disability benefit application in Arellano v. McDonough due to missing the one-year statutory…
Effingham County Judge Issues TRO on New Illinois Gun Legislation (Accuracy Firearms v. Pritzker)
An Illinois court has granted a temporary restraining order on a recently passed gun control bill, known as HB 5471. The plaintiffs in the case argued that the bill impairs their fundamental right to bear arms and was passed in…
FTC Proposes New Noncompete Regulations
The FTC has issued a proposed regulation which may ban noncompete agreements across the United States. This comes after several states have taken action in recent years banning or restricting noncompete agreements.…
L’Oréal Faces More Product Liability Lawsuits Over Hair Relaxers, Which Are Primarily Marketed to Black Women
In October, a lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Illinois alleging L’Oréal’s hair products, marketed primarily for black women, caused cancer. Several cases have now been filed across the country alleging similar product liability claims.…
Frozen Pizza Dispute Puts Rosati’s in Court (Rosati v. Rosati)
After offering frozen pizzas at local grocery stores, family finds itself in court over dispute over whether licensing agreement allows for sale of frozen pizzas.…
Posner Opinion in Railroad Negligence Case Emphasizes Need for Proper Evidence and Perhaps Demonstratives (Coffey v. Metra)
Judge Posner’s decision in Coffey v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter R. Corp. (Metra) reasons that a railroad worker’s claims of negligence are not enough, and that providing even an image or diagram of the cab may have been enough to…
Purpose of this Blog
Thank you for reading – I am excited to be publishing and working with LexBlog on this blog. The purpose of this blog is simple, to provide a place to write about interesting cases that come up, from the perspective…