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  • Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker
    A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict condemning Google’s Android app store as an illegal monopoly, clearing the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shakeup that’s designed to give consumers more choices.
    By Michael Liedtke
  • Brown University settles with Trump to restore federal funding
    Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday.
    By Collin Binkley
  • Senate confirms Trump lawyer Emil Bove for appeals court
    The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove 50-49 for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge Tuesday as Republicans dismissed whistleblower complaints about his conduct at the Justice Department.
    By Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker

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  • Insurance Matters
    Policy limitation period defeats insured’s bid to save lawsuit
    The 2nd District Appellate Court recently held that an insured’s lawsuit against an insurer was barred by the policy’s one-year suit limitations clause. Equitable tolling was found not to apply, even though the insured filed an earlier suit that was dismissed for improper joinder.
  • Law and Public Issues
    Question remains from Scopes ‘monkey trial’ a century later
    July 2025 marks the centennial of the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching evolution in a high school biology class. Tennessee had just passed the Butler Act, which criminalized the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible.”
  • Racial Justice
    Judicial neutrality does not equate to judicial indifference
    In the ensuing days, weeks and months after the murder of George Floyd, there was a collective reckoning with the issues of racism and police brutality. The Illinois Supreme Court released a statement acknowledging the existence of racial injustice and committing to the pursuit of racial equity.
  • Opening Statement
    ‘Billie Jean’ salutes tennis icon at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
    One of the most famous television advertising campaigns in U.S. history, “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby” was rolled out by Phillip Morris in 1968 to promote its Virginia Slims cigarettes.
  • For the Defense
    IDC, ITLA join forces in amicus brief over circuit clerk’s power
    The practice of law often leads to unlikely collaborations and representations.
  • Racial Justice
    Mass deportations reminiscent of early 20th Century events
    An immigrant rights activist told me that the current administration aims to surpass the deportation goals of 1954 — when more than one million people were deported, and “Mexican-looking” individuals were often stopped and asked for identification.
  • Cotter’s Corner
    Top court has evolved during long tenure of Justice Thomas
    One justice who has been with Chief Justice John Roberts during his entire tenure is Justice Clarence Thomas, who continues to steadily march toward becoming the longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history.
  • Racial Justice
    An independent judiciary is up to the people — if they want it
    Five years ago, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its statement on racial justice, beginning with these words: “The events of recent days and weeks have exposed frailties in our public institutions, and brought to the forefront the disproportionate impact the application of certain laws, rules, policies and practices have had on the African-American population, the Latinx community, and other people of color in Illinois and nationally.”
  • Insurance Matters
    Policy limitation period defeats insured’s bid to save lawsuit
    The 2nd District Appellate Court recently held that an insured’s lawsuit against an insurer was barred by the policy’s one-year suit limitations clause. Equitable tolling was found not to apply, even though the insured filed an earlier suit that was dismissed for improper joinder.
  • Law and Public Issues
    Question remains from Scopes ‘monkey trial’ a century later
    July 2025 marks the centennial of the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching evolution in a high school biology class. Tennessee had just passed the Butler Act, which criminalized the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible.”
  • Racial Justice
    Judicial neutrality does not equate to judicial indifference
    In the ensuing days, weeks and months after the murder of George Floyd, there was a collective reckoning with the issues of racism and police brutality. The Illinois Supreme Court released a statement acknowledging the existence of racial injustice and committing to the pursuit of racial equity.
  • Opening Statement
    ‘Billie Jean’ salutes tennis icon at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
    One of the most famous television advertising campaigns in U.S. history, “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby” was rolled out by Phillip Morris in 1968 to promote its Virginia Slims cigarettes.
  • For the Defense
    IDC, ITLA join forces in amicus brief over circuit clerk’s power
    The practice of law often leads to unlikely collaborations and representations.
  • Racial Justice
    Mass deportations reminiscent of early 20th Century events
    An immigrant rights activist told me that the current administration aims to surpass the deportation goals of 1954 — when more than one million people were deported, and “Mexican-looking” individuals were often stopped and asked for identification.

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