Defining Traditional Environmental Pollution: The Role of Regulatory Permits in Illinois CGL Policy Exclusions Introduction Griffith Foods International Inc. and Sterigenics U.S. (collectively...
Certification of Illinois Law on Permitted Emissions and the CGL Pollution Exclusion Introduction In Sterigenics U.S., LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, the United...
Waiver of Relevant Conduct Challenges and Deference to Sentencing Findings in Plea Agreements Introduction United States v. Larry Jones, decided by the Seventh Circuit on April 9, 2025, addresses two...
Establishing Temporal Nexus and Defining Protected Activity Under the Whistleblower Protection Act: Smith v. MSPB Introduction Janel N. Smith, an analyst with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
Deference to Medical Judgment and Administrative Considerations in Eighth Amendment Deliberate Indifference Claims Introduction Isaiah Jordan, a Wisconsin state prisoner suffering from multiple...
Rooker-Feldman’s Limits and Equitable Estoppel Tolling in §1983 Pretrial-Release Claims Introduction Xihai Wang sued the City of Indianapolis and three police officers after state criminal charges...
Norweathers v. United States: Clarifying the Public Authority and Entrapment-by-Estoppel Defenses and Standards for §2255 Ineffective Assistance Claims Introduction Ronald Norweathers was convicted...
Ensuring Administrative Exhaustion Under the PLRA: Mandatory Pavey Hearings for Factual Disputes Introduction In Brandon L. Johnson v. Larry Haskell, No. 24-1156 (7th Cir. Apr. 3, 2025), the Seventh...
Defendant-Specific Exhaustion and Delegation in Eighth Amendment Claims Introduction Torry v. Albrecht, decided on April 3, 2025, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,...
Defining Societas Europaea as a “Corporation” for Diversity Jurisdiction and Insuring Statutory Fees as “Ultimate Net Loss” 1. Introduction In Starstone Insurance SE v. City of Chicago, 23-2712 (7th...
Medical Examination Under the ADA as Discrimination on the Basis of Disability and Entitlement to Back Pay Introduction John Nawara, a correctional officer employed by the Cook County Sheriff’s...
ADA §12112(d)(4) Medical Inquiries as Disability Discrimination: Back Pay Entitlement Clarified Introduction John Nawara, a Cook County correctional officer, initiated heated workplace altercations...
Entitlement to Back Pay for ADA Medical-Inquiry Violations Under §12112(d)(4)(A) Introduction This commentary examines the Seventh Circuit’s 2025 decision in John Nawara v. Cook County Municipality,...
Affirmation of Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause in Traffic Stops: Harris v. Melchor Introduction Rakeem Harris v. Hector Melchor et al., decided April 1, 2025 by the United States Court of...
Recognition of Medical Examinations as Disability Discrimination Under the ADA: Back Pay Remedies in Nawara v. Cook County Introduction John Nawara v. Cook County Municipality (7th Cir. April 1,...
United States v. Quinones: Adequacy of Sentencing Explanations for Upward Variances under § 3553(a) Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s decision in United States v. Joseph Quinones, No. 24-2539 (7th...
No Per Se Deliberate Indifference from DAA Rationing: Individual‑Capacity Liability Requires Personal Knowledge and Causation Introduction In Skyler Tackett v. Kristen Dauss, No. 23-2246 (7th Cir....
Seventh Circuit (Nonprecedential) Reaffirms: No Prisoner Preliminary Injunction Without Concrete, Imminent Threat; No Interlocutory Appeal of Sanctions Case: Sean Forester‑Hoare v. John Kind, et al....
Requiring a Longitudinal, SSR 12‑2p-Compliant Evaluation of Fibromyalgia Symptoms in RFC Determinations Introduction In Christine Swiecichowski v. Leland Dudek, Acting Commissioner of Social...
“Wax and Wane Requires a Long View”: Seventh Circuit Mandates Longitudinal Analysis of Fibromyalgia Under SSR 12-2p Case: Christine Swiecichowski v. Leland Dudek, No. 22-2011 (7th Cir. Mar. 31, 2025)...