Schiff Hardin is pleased to announce that four practice areas and 23 attorneys have been recognized in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA, a leading legal industry ranking.
Schiff Hardin LLP announced today that Thomas M. Zurek has joined the firm as of counsel in its Insurance and Reinsurance and Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Groups in Chicago.
Colleges and universities should take steps now to implement a plan in response to the investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” in which federal prosecutors charged at least 50 people in an elaborate scheme to gain admission for their children at elite universities.
Financial institutions and service providers subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act likely will face enhanced requirements to protect consumers’ personal financial information under the first substantial proposed amendments to the Safeguards Rule in more than 15 years.
Arent Fox Consumer Financial Services Practice Group Leader Jenny Lee was quoted in the American Banker article, “Why CFPB Payday Revamp is an Even Bigger Deal Than You Think,” on the impact of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) overhaul of its payday lending rule rollback.
Less than twenty-six business days after Kathy Kraninger become Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency obtained an $11 million civil money penalty in a joint enforcement action filed in the United States District Court for Southern District of New York.
Late last year, the US Department of Education proposed a rule that the Trump Administration says “takes the important and historic step of defining sexual harassment under Title IX.”
As a matter of first impression, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently held that the government’s decision to decline to intervene in a civil False Claims Act suit brought by a private relator does not preclude the government from bringing criminal fraud charges against the same de
Partners Joanne Faycurry and Suzanne Wahl have been included in the 2019 Michigan Women’s Edition Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for the fifth consecutive year.
With recent developments in voice-controlled infotainment systems, the automotive industry seeks to bring greater connectivity between consumer brands and drivers on-the-go.
In Viamedia v. Comcast, the Seventh Circuit is currently reviewing a district court’s decision to dismiss a refusal to deal claim on a 12(b)(6) motion because plaintiff Viamedia failed to allege that Comcast’s refusal to deal had no rational competitive purpose.
We are pleased to announce that Maggie Hickey has been appointed as the independent monitor to oversee implementation of the multi-year consent decree for the Chicago Police Department (CPD).
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) provides that a party seeking permission to appeal an order granting or denying class certification must file the petition within 14 days of the district court order.
