A Gwinnett County jury returned a $28 million verdict for the family of a man killed in a head-on collision after 13 parishoners, friends and family members testified about their memories of the decedent. Jeb Butler and Matt Kahn of Butler Kahn secured the verdict April 17, after presenting 2½ days of testimony consisting from…

Check out whats clicking on FoxBusiness.com The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday approved a regulation that would ban noncompete agreements nationwide on the grounds that they unfairly limit workers’ mobility and lead to lower pay. The FTC, which currently has a Democratic majority under President Joe Biden, voted 3-2…

Sidley Austin chief marketing officer Scott L. Kilburg died at age 51 last week, according to an online obituary, which did not provide a cause of death.  Kilburg, of Oak Park, Illinois, spent eight years at Sidley, six of them as CMO. He was also previously CMO at Foley &…

The exponential increase over the past several years in lawsuits brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is well documented. The plaintiffs’ bar now appears to have broadened its focus to include another Illinois privacy statute: the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), which regulates the use of genetic…

Surf-by lawsuits are ballooning New York court dockets. What is a surf-by lawsuit? The term derives from the term “drive-by” lawsuits which plaintiffs filed after they drove by businesses and saw violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (such as entrance ramps too steep for wheelchairs). Now, any business with…

A landmark deal that New York lawmakers brokered this past weekend was “the biggest package of housing legislation” that Nixon Peabody strategic policy adviser Deborah VanAmerongen said she’s seen in 30 years in the field. The deal included a reduced version of a Good Cause Eviction bill that provides new protections from evictions, along with anti-price gouging…