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• December 23, 2025

  Top Illinois Decisions Of 2025

  State and federal courts have handed down rulings in Illinois cases this year that made clear plaintiffs must allege concrete injury for common law standing, narrowed the scope of the federal anti-kickback statute and laid out a new standard for certifying collective actions.

• December 23, 2025

  OCC Wants To Preempt State Mortgage Escrow Interest Regs

  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has unveiled a pair of proposals aiming to, among other things, preempt state laws requiring banks it regulates to make interest payments for escrow accounts connected to certain types of residential mortgage loans, calling it a "critical tool for reducing unnecessary burden."

• December 23, 2025

  Chicago Firm Taps Ex-Prosecutor For White Collar Practice

  Chicago law firm Goldberg Kohn has tapped a former federal prosecutor to not only lead and build a new white collar practice but also assist its commercial litigation and whistleblower-focused false claims groups.

• December 23, 2025

  Chicago Mayor Allows $16.6B Budget Without Head Tax

  Chicago's mayor said Tuesday that he will neither sign nor veto the City Council's $16.6 billion budget, which does not contain the $33-per-employee monthly tax on larger employers he sought, meaning it will take effect without his signature.

• December 23, 2025

  20 Years Later: How A Pink House Reshaped Takings Law

  The U.S. Supreme Court's 2005 holding in the controversial eminent domain case Kelo v. New London remains intact despite multiple challenges to urban development projects, but its unpopularity has spurred most states to spend the past 20 years reshaping their land-taking laws.

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