By:  Joe Eichberger, Income Member This is a brief review of the enforceability of assumption of risk agreements in Illinois and their impact on the amusement ride/waterpark industry. This review is limited to express or written assumption of risk agreements. Typically a patron, as a precondition to entry upon the […]

Former Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andre DeVooght, Renato Mariotti and Patrick Cotter discuss the probe into Russian influence on the election. Former Illinois Solicitor General Carolyn Shapiro discusses important Supreme Court decisions dealing with congressional redistricting and patents. Amerisure Insurance Assistant Vice President Kimberly Vaughn then discusses her recent CLM Workers’ […]

On 5/15/17 Rich Lenkov joined several fellow Northern Illinois University College of Law alumni to be sworn into the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Rich was welcomed to the highest court in the land by Chief Justice John Roberts and 6 associate justices (Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch were […]

By: Geoff Bryce, Capital Member On Feb. 17, the Illinois Appellate Court issued an important ruling regarding the implied warranty of habitability. Sienna Court Condominium Ass ‘n v. Champion Aluminum Corp., 2017 IL App (1st) 143364. The court confirmed that the implied warranty of habitability does not extend to design […]

Dear Colleague: Last month, the 7th Circuit affirmed the US. District Court’s decision, which granted our Motion for Summary Judgment and resulted in the dismissal of the entirety of an ADA suit against our client, a Chicago hotel. Plaintiff was terminated after being caught on video sleeping in the hotel […]

The legendary Alan Dershowitz defends Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. Former AUSA Jeff Cramer discusses the feds’ investigation into Fox News for alleged sexual harassment and securities fraud. Christopher Hajec, Litigation Director for the Immigration Reform Law Institute, joins Rich & Jason to discuss why Trump’s travel ban […]

By: Juan Anderson, Income Member While technology has vastly improved the means and methods of construction, the business of the industry remains trapped deep in the previous century. With owners, general contractors, and subcontractors mired in paperwork and manual processing, an efficient, accessible, and accurate solution is now taking hold. […]

By: Werner Sabo, Of Counsel In late April 2017, the AIA released new versions of its flagship documents, including several owner-architect agreements. One provision found in the new 2017 version of various owner-architect agreements (such as B101 and B103) defines how the architect is to be paid when the fee […]

Rich Lenkov moderated a discussion on “Managing the opioid epidemic” in CLM‘s Spring issue 2017 of Workers’ Compensation Magazine. Click here to view the full article.

By: Jim Zahn, Of Counsel The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, NCARB, is comprised of architectural registration boards of all fifty states, as well as those of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  NCARB assists the member boards in carrying out their duties […]