Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that David Levitt has been elected to serve on the Decalogue Society of Lawyers' Board of Managers. He was officially inducted at the organization’s 91st Annual Installation and Awards Dinner on July 31, 2025.

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 75 of the firm's lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, 30 Hinshaw lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 73 of the firm's lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In addition, 28 Hinshaw lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Hinshaw attorneys David Levitt, Thaddeus Juilfs, and Kate Scolaro recently authored an article published in the latest edition of the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal. The article examines the implications of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that may expand the scope of copyright infringement claims.

The September edition of DRI's The Voice publication reported that Hinshaw partner David Levitt – in his role as chair of the Third-Party Litigation Task Force at DRI Center for Law and Public Policy – had submitted a letter to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure arguing in favor of a proposed amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that would mandate disclosure of third-party litigation funding (TPLF) agreements.

Hinshaw partner David Levitt has authored a Law360 Expert Analysis byline in which he discusses why litigation funding disclosure should be made mandatory. Levitt states that "[s]uch disclosure is necessary for the even-handed administration of justice, and to guarantee that defendants, no less than plaintiffs, are able to 'secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding' required by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 1."

Chicago-based partner David Levitt will be presenting a CLE titled "Defining Hate Speech: When Does Speech Cross the Line?" The event will be hosted by the Decalogue Society of Lawyers and will take place both in-person and virtually via Zoom at Hinshaw's Chicago office on May 9, 2024. The month of May is also Jewish American Heritage Month.

Chicago-based partner David Levitt will present "Third-Party Litigation Funding" at the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) General Counsel Connect on August 29, 2023, at the Gleacher Center in Chicago, Illinois. Levitt’s presentation will focus on the negative impact of undisclosed terms in Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) on defendants and the court system, highlighting the need for legislatures and rules committees to require disclosure. Levitt chairs the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy's Third-Party Litigation Funding Task Force.

Chicago-based partner David Levitt will moderate a DRI webinar, titled "Litigation Financing: What You Need to Know," on September 3, 2025.

Chicago-based partner David Levitt will present a virtual CLE titled "Responding to the University's First Amendment Excuse." This presentation is part of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers evening program "Protecting Jews on Campus," scheduled for January 14, 2025.

Chicago-based partner David Levitt will be presenting a virtual Continuing Legal Education (CLE) session titled "Defining Antisemitism & Why It Matters: A Structural Review" at the Jewish American Insurance & Legal Professionals Association (JINLAW) on January 8, 2025.

You are an American company. While you sell product or otherwise interact with Europe, and thereby collect personal information about European residents, you have no assets or facilities on that continent. Nonetheless, you are concerned about the reach of the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR), whether you must comply with its requirements, and potential liabilities set out in those regulations.

In the final installment of our series, EMR and E-Discovery, author David Levitt discusses the need for healthcare institutions to develop a management strategy for patient care communications and its impact on standard of care.

In part four of our series, EMR and E-Discovery, author David Levitt unpacks the difficulties associated with reading EMR in its native state and the additional complexities that accompany counsel's ability to access EMR, which is only produced in PDF form.

In part three of our series, EMR and E-Discovery, author David Levitt details the current diagnostic tools utilized by modern health care as well as some of the considerations healthcare institutions should evaluate when making decisions about software and licensing.