Giffords Law Center Chief Counsel & Policy Director Adam Skaggs and Georgia State University Professor Timothy Lytton discuss the groundbreaking settlement between the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims and the manufacturer of the gun used in the mass shooting. Mount Royal University Professor Lori Williams discusses Canadian […]

By: Cary Schwimmer Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), “disability” is a legal term, not a medical one. The ADA defines a person with a disability as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (also a person with […]

Akin Gump Senior Counsel Aileen McGrath and sociologist, educator, author and speaker Tsedale Melaku join Legal Face-Off to discuss US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s upcoming retirement and her experiences working as his SCOTUS law clerk. Pepperdine University Associate Professor of Sport Law and Sport Marketing Alicia Jessop discusses the […]

Eleven attorneys at Downey & Lenkov have been recognized by Super Lawyers® as leading practitioners in their field across both Illinois and Indiana. Nine attorneys have also been selected to Leading Lawyers’ 2022 rankings. Capital Members Rich Lenkov and Michael Milstein; Income Members Margery Newman and Brian Rosenblatt; and Of […]

By: Jeffrey Kehl In Munoz v. Bulley & Andrews, LLC, 127067 (January 21, 2022), the Illinois Supreme Court held that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act, which bars any direct action of an employee against their employer for negligence, does not apply to a general contractor who […]

We are thrilled to announce the opening of a new office located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, effective 2/1/22.  We look forward to expanding our services and are fully committed to assisting clients, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, in the Wisconsin community through all phases of complex litigation matters and […]

Please join us in welcoming Marcy Bennett, Ryan Danahey, Michael Taden and Kristin Lechowicz to the firm’s Chicago office, as well as Abigail Iliovici to our Indiana office. Marcy concentrates in workers’ compensation defense. She provides an aggressive and thorough approach to each claim, working closely with insurance companies, third-party […]

Of counsel Samuel Levine will moderate “Lien Cuisine: Mortgage Foreclosure and Mechanics Lien Law Update” for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Commercial Banking, Collections and Bankruptcy Law Section webinar on 1/26. The panel will address recent statutory developments and case law that have impacted mechanics lien and mortgages foreclosures since […]

Fix The Court Executive Director Gabe Roth and Boston University College of Law Professor Nicole Huberfeld discuss the latest SCOTUS news on vaccine mandates, abortion rights and first amendment rights. Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt discusses the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial verdict and how it lead to his TX Attorney […]

By: Jessica Jackler On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted an emergency stay of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring all employers with at least 100 employees to mandate that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or (on a voluntary basis) provide an option for employees […]