People News: Cook County Judge Celia G. Gamrath was sworn in Friday as the newest 1st District Illinois Appellate Court justice. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

Mark DeBofsky highlights a case over disability coverage where a California court sided with a doctor “because the plaintiff had numerous underlying chronic conditions that put her at risk of serious illness or death due to COVID-19.”chicagolawbulletin.com/mark-debofsky-…

A federal jury awarded $50 million to an exonerated suburban Chicago man who was wrongfully convicted in a 2008 murder. chicagolawbulletin.com/federal-jury-a…

Lloyd’s of London does not have a duty to defend Tony’s Fresh Market in a class action lawsuit alleging that the grocery chain violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a state appellate panel ruled. chicagolawbulletin.com/lloyd-s-of-lon…

People News: Cooper Trachtenberg Law Group partner Helena L. Trachtenberg was named a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

Event News: The Center for Intellectual Property, Information and Privacy Law at UIC Law is hosting an International IP Practice webinar from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 26 on Zoom. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

.Donald Patrick Eckler highlights a 4th District case over personal jurisdiction and the court’s ruling on jurisdictional discovery involving a woman killed in a UTV in Wisconsin. The connection to Illinois was an advertisement on the defendant’s website. chicagolawbulletin.com/patrick-eckler…

Three Elgin police officers cannot be held liable for the overdose death of a 20-year-old man booked on drug charges on the basis of their failure to strip search him before placing him in a holding cell, a federal judge ruled. chicagolawbulletin.com/strip-search-f…

People News: Greenberg Traurig LLP added Charles C. Calloway Jr. as a shareholder to its corporate, finance and mergers and acquisitions group. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

People News: Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella P.C. added Ahmed A. Kosoko as a partner and Luca J. Giovine as an associate. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

Former Cook County Circuit Court Law Division judge and prominent mediator William E. Gomolinski will be remembered for his integrity, hard work, professionalism and commitment to civil justice. chicagolawbulletin.com/prominent-medi…

People News: Twelfth Judicial Circuit judges selected Raymond P. McSteen as an associate judge. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

Firm News: Smith Gambrell Russell announced it has signed a lease for new Chicago office space at 155 North Wacker Dr. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against two attorneys and a series of medical devices companies, pharmaceutical companies and healthcare organizations for alleged fraud on the court in a product liability case. chicagolawbulletin.com/federal-judge-…

Three Elgin police officers cannot be held liable for the overdose death of a 20-year-old man booked on drug charges on the basis of their failure to strip search him before placing him in a holding cell, a federal judge ruled. chicagolawbulletin.com/strip-search-f…

People News: The Illinois Supreme Court appointed attorney Greta G. Weathersby as a member of the Illinois 1st District Committee on Character and Fitness for a term expiring Dec. 31, 2025 or until a successor is appointed. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

People News: The Chicago Bar Assoc has created a new Family Office Committee to support attorneys who counsel clients that use family office structures to manage wealth and complex assets. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…

A Cook County jury awarded $8 million to the family of a 67-year-old woman who died from a pulmonary embolism after a procedure to treat a problematic heart valve was allegedly delayed by her doctors for months. chicagolawbulletin.com/cook-county-ju…

“Among the issues for consideration by the 6th Circuit, the brief includes direct challenges to the Obergefell decision,” writes Daniel Cotter in today’s column about a clerk in Kentucky that attacked same-sex marriage, citing Dobbs.chicagolawbulletin.com/daniel-cotter-…

People News: Nixon Peabody LLP added Randal S. Alexander as of counsel to its intellectual property practice. chicagolawbulletin.com/cdlb-people-20…