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• November 21, 2025

  Ill. Petroleum Co.'s Drivers Can Vote To Join Teamsters Union

  Fuel and oil drivers at a suburban Chicago petroleum company can vote on whether to join the Teamsters, a National Labor Relations Board official said, rejecting the employer's argument that the petitioned-for bargaining unit should have been broader.

• November 21, 2025

  Honda Must Face Lawsuit Over Alleged Brake Defects

  A California federal judge on Thursday preserved some claims from a proposed class action alleging that the automatic emergency braking system in some Honda Motor Co. models is unsafe, finding that drivers who leased a vehicle didn't have full access to the manual.

• November 21, 2025

  7th Circ. Won't Revive $250M Van Gogh Dispute

  A German Jewish art collector's heirs were correctly denied in their bid to recover Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting from a Japanese insurance firm because a lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear their dispute, the Seventh Circuit said Friday.

• November 21, 2025

  Immigration Blitz Sparks Legal Battles In Chicago Fed. Court

  While some of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents tasked with carrying out the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge in the Chicago area appear to have moved on, the city's federal courthouse is left grappling with the fallout from "Operation Midway Blitz."

• November 21, 2025

  Taft Adds Ex-Perkins PE Atty To Growing Chicago Office

  Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Wednesday that its fast-growing Chicago office has gained a former Perkins Coie LLP attorney who represents private equity funds, portfolio companies and family-owned enterprises.

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