A federal judge nominated to the Seventh Circuit defended a past ruling upholding COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as Republicans pressed him during a Senate nominations hearing Wednesday on whether his decision undermined religious freedoms.
An automotive accessory company again argued that it's owed defense coverage for a class action alleging it broke biometric information privacy laws, telling an Illinois federal judge that either an umbrella or excess policy should come into play.
A Northern District of Illinois judge has granted HP's motion for summary judgment against inventor Steven E. Berkheimer, ruling that the remaining claims of the sole patent-in-suit are invalid as indefinite.
Two recent rulings in the Northern District of Illinois have provided insurers a new, viable path to avoid defense obligations for the explosion of lawsuits brought by insureds'.
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA Insurers access or Disclosure Exclusion, commonly found in general liability policies, unambiguously barred coverage American Family Mut. Ins. v. Carnagio Enters, Thermoflex Waukegan, LLC v. Mitsui Sumitomo Ins. USA