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An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday granted Edelson PC's bid to add fraud claims to its lawsuit against ex-Girardi Keese partners David Lira and Keith Griffin, despite concerns from the former partners that it would force them to litigate the same issues in two different states.

The former CEO of industrial sterilization company Sterigenics testified Friday that he knew ethylene oxide was a dangerous chemical when he became the company's top executive in 2011, but he issued no directive to tighten up inconsistent emissions controls across the firm's facilities.

The developer of Nobu Hotel Chicago knew about accounting problems and delays in the project and knew it couldn't be built with a $48 million budget, but it refused to sacrifice quality and luxury to save money, wrongly claiming instead that it was damaged by the project's design contractor, an Illinois federal jury heard Wednesday.

A construction company tasked with designing and building the Nobu Hotel Chicago and two of its executives are liable for fraud over misrepresentations it made during the project, an Illinois federal jury found Thursday, awarding the hotel's developer nearly $23 million in total damages.

An Illinois contractor spun a web of lies about the construction progress of a Chicago hotel operated by a hospitality company co-owned by actor Robert De Niro, seeking money for work that wasn't being performed and for subcontractors who were not being adequately paid, an Illinois federal jury heard Friday.

Chicago-based Sidley Austin LLP has a long history of excellence in the Windy City, and the firm's work this past year was no exception, securing key appellate victories for the Obama Foundation and advising clients through multibillion-dollar acquisitions.

A Chicago mortgage lender told an Illinois federal judge on Wednesday that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's suit attempting to hold it liable for allegedly disparaging majority-Black neighborhoods is based on a regulation in "flagrant" violation of the First Amendment and must be dismissed.

An Illinois federal jury on Wednesday convicted two former JPMorgan traders on charges that they tricked outside commodities traders with fake precious metals orders to misrepresent market demand and maximize their own profits, but acquitted them and a third defendant of racketeering and conspiracy charges.

It's been just over a year since Cooley LLP opened the doors of its Chicago office, but the firm is already making its mark helping Windy City companies navigate multimillion-dollar transactions and advising clients staring down litigation under Illinois' unique privacy laws.

It's been just over a year since Cooley LLP opened the doors of its Chicago office, but the firm is already making its mark helping Windy City companies navigate multimillion-dollar transactions and advising clients staring down litigation under Illinois' unique privacy laws.