Firm News
Berger and Marcotte Author Articles in CBA Record
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein partner Jake Berger and associate Nikki Marcotte authored articles featured in the recent publication of the CBA Record. Jake’s article, entitled “Student Loan Forgiveness: Will it Be Taxable in Illinois?”, discusses the current state of...
New Associates Join TDR
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that Elizabeth B. Coburn and Y’Noka Bass recently joined the firm as associates. Elizabeth’s practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, bankruptcy matters, and arbitration proceedings. She supports clients...
TDR Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of March For Our Lives in Highland Park Gun Case
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein client March For Our Lives Foundation (MFOL), a youth-led nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the nation’s gun violence epidemic, recently sought leave to appear as amicus curiae in support of the City of Highland Park’s effort...
TDR Promotes Two Attorneys to Equity Partner
Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is pleased to announce that Daniel L. Stanner and John M. Fitzgerald have been promoted to equity partner at the firm. Dan represents a wide range of clients in product liability defense, transportation litigation, construction litigation,...
Fitzgerald Quoted in Law360 Article
TDR partner John M. Fitzgerald was quoted in the Law360 article, “Ill. Justices’ Focus On Legislators’ Intent Divides BIPA Bar.” The article discusses Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision concerning the Biometric Information Privacy...
Chicago Litigation Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Holds that Collateral Source Rule Does Not Apply in Pure Economic Loss Tort Cases
Plaintiffs asserting purely economic losses in tort cases already face a significant hurdle in Illinois: the well-established economic loss rule, otherwise known as the Moorman doctrine. But those plaintiffs now face an additional challenge, because in Lewis v. Lead...
“Used with a View to Profit”–An Interesting Statutory Phrase and a Property Tax Dispute
In University of Chicago v. Department of Revenue, 2020 IL App (1st) 191195 (opinion issued May 15, 2020), the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court faced a unique property tax dispute that required the interpretation of a curious phrase in section 15-35 of...
Illinois Appellate Court Publishes Analysis on a Statutory Fee-Shifting Provision
Recently, the Illinois Appellate Court published its 2019 decision in Lopez v. Rendered Servs., Inc., 2019 IL App (1st) 181869. Lopez serves as a great refresher on the American Rule regarding attorney fees and statutory fee-shifting provisions in Illinois.In Lopez,...
Seventh Circuit Issues Stern Warning to Violators of Telemarketing Statutes
The Seventh Circuit's recent decision in United States v. DISH Network LLC, 954 F.3d 970 (7th Cir. 2020), comes with a stern warning to companies that violate state and federal telemarketing statutes: "Someone whose maximum penalty reaches the mesosphere only...
Crim v. Dietrich: Focus on the Necessity for a Posttrial Motion in a Civil Jury Trial and the Effect of Not Filing Such a Motion
In the medical malpractice case of Crim v. Dietrich, 2020 IL 124318 (issued on April 2, 2020), plaintiffs, the mother and father of the injured newborn baby, alleged that defendant, the doctor who delivered the baby: (1) failed to obtain the mother's informed consent...
Publications
The Illinois Rules of Evidence: A Color-Coded Guide
TDR partner Gino L. DiVito has prepared a color-coded guide that compares the Illinois Rules of Evidence with the Federal Rules of Evidence and provides relevant commentary on both sets of rules. DiVito served on the Special Supreme Court Committee on Illinois...
ISBA Publishes Fitzgerald’s “Guide to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act”
The Illinois State Bar Association has just published TDR partner John Fitzgerald’s Guide to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The Guide is available in both hard copy and electronic formats. The Guide is the first published book about the Illinois...
Events
ISBA Publishes Fitzgerald’s “Guide to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act”
The Illinois State Bar Association has just published TDR partner John Fitzgerald’s Guide to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The Guide is available in both hard copy and electronic formats. The Guide is the first published book about the Illinois...
TDR Partner Quoted on Facebook BIPA Settlement
TDR partner John Fitzgerald was quoted in a news story by Law360 concerning Facebook’s $550 million settlement of class action litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. As Fitzgerald explained in the Law360 article, “This settlement shows that...
TDR Partner Quoted in Articles About Constitutional Litigation
TDR partner John Fitzgerald has been quoted in several news articles (Article 1) (Article 2) this past week concerning disputes arising under the Illinois Constitution, including TDRs representation of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association and...
Kate O’Brien Quoted in The Associated Press
TDR partner Kate O'Brien spoke to The Associated Press about recent rulings TDR secured for our client the United States Conference of Mayors in City of Evanston and United States Conference of Mayors v. Sessions. The lawsuit challenges the Attorney General's decision...
Tim Hudson Appointed to Advisory Committee on MIDP
The Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois have appointed Tim Hudson to serve on the Advisory Committee to the Court on the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Program ("MIDP"). On April 27, 2017, Chief Judge Ruben Castillo of...