Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Kevin Kelley has been elected to serve as president of the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago (CLGC) for the 2025–2026 term.

Florida legal team wins summary judgment in a premises liability case involving a third-party assault at a gas station owned by their client.

The 2026 edition of Best Lawyers' "Best Law Firms" Directory has been published, with Hinshaw picking up 13 national and 56 metropolitan rankings in the guide.

Dive into Scott Seaman's insights on the critical litigation and insurer liability challenges posed by PFAS exposure in his latest discussion with Law360.

Hinshaw attorney Patrick Pumphrey recently authored a byline in the Daily Business Review discussing how Florida House Bill 837, "Civil Remedies," changed the state's civil litigation landscape by aiming to reduce frivolous lawsuits and associated abuses in personal injury actions.

Hinshaw partner Adam Guetzow and associate Elizabeth Heredia recently co-authored a chapter in the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) 2023 handbook titled "Long-Term Care Litigation." IICLE is the premier provider of continuing legal education in Illinois. Founded in 1961, the Institute publishes a comprehensive set of handbooks designed by and for Illinois attorneys.

Milwaukee-based partner Tomislav Kuzmanovic will present “Contractual Indemnity Agreements: Drafter Beware” at the 37th Annual Product Liability Conference, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Interdisciplinary Professional Program on October 8, 2025, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Craig Liljestrand will present at the IADC annual meeting in a panel session titled "PFAS Update – Forever Litigation Over the Forever Chemical" on July 9, 2025, in Quebec, Canada.

Boston-based partner Geoffrey Coan will be a panelist at the Bench-Bar Leadership CLE, "Controlling eDiscovery: Discovery Issues Unique to Mass-Tort MDLs," on March 13, 2025, at the Charleston School of Law in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Hinshaw partner Robert Finley is scheduled to co-present the Strafford CLE webinar titled "Personal Injury Settlement Strategies: Navigating Medicaid's Anti-Lien Provisions" on November 11, 2025.

As an assisted living Executive Director (ED), you are charged with minimizing risk and preventing legal liability. But in practical terms, do you understand the legal framework that affects your day-to-day decisions?

Hinshaw is pleased to partner with the American Educational Institute and Society of Claim Law Associates for a presentation on Defending the Traumatic Brain Injury ("TBI") Case - The Objective vs. The Subjective. Hinshaw Partners, David Alfini and Patrick Devine, will discuss the "typical" TBI claim and help you to distinguish between objective evidence and subjective complaints to help you best defend TBI cases.

A recent Illinois appellate court decision could provide a roadmap for plaintiffs to sue employers over a workplace attack by a coworker. Read our analysis and key risk management takeaways in our new blog post.

Effective January 1, 2022, Illinois began phasing out Per-and Polyfluoradlkyl Substances (PFAS), which have been commonly used in firefighting foam for decades. PFAS are able to effectively repel oil and water, reduce friction, and are excellent at putting out fires. However, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined there is scientific evidence that PFAS exposure and ingestion can result in a host of health hazards, including cancer, reproductive issues, and kidney problems. PFAS are persistent in the environment, build up in the human body over time, and are called "forever chemicals."

On May 28, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/2-1303, that applies a 6% prejudgment interest rate on all damages awarded in personal injury and wrongful death cases. Starting July 1, 2021, all personal injury and wrongful death actions will begin to accrue prejudgment interest from the date the action is filed or July 1, 2021, whichever date is later. Prejudgment interest accrual is limited to five years.

On June 8, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") published a proposed rule that would remove the ban on pre-dispute arbitration agreements instituted in an extensive final rule (The Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities) issued by the agency in 2016. If the proposed rule is adopted, long-term care facilities will be free to enter into pre-dispute arbitration agreements as long as certain transparency requirements are met. CMS proposes to remove the provision precluding facilities from entering into pre-dispute agreements for binding arbitration with any resident or resident's representative found at §483.70(n). Further, the agency proposes to remove the provision banning facilities from requiring residents to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of admission.

Illinois has now followed New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington in passing the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act (hereinafter the "Act"). In short, the Act allows residents or families of residents in long term care facilities to install cameras or other electronic monitoring devices. What does this new law mean for the owners and operators of long-term care facilities?

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (the OHS) was signed into law in 1970 and established the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), as part of the U.S. Department of Labor.[1] Under the so-called "general duties" provision in Section 5(a)(1) of the OHS, all employers are required to "furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees."[2]

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