Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that the Jacksonville Bar Association (JBA) has re-elected partner John Weedon to its Board of Governors for the 2026–2027 term.

Tom Kuzmanovic, partner in charge of the Milwaukee office, was selected by BizTimes Milwaukee for its 2026 Notable Leaders in Law list.

Hinshaw Dallas attorney Michelle has been selected to participate in the Dallas Women Lawyers Association (DWLA) Business Development Program called “The Pitch.”

Hinshaw partners Scott Seaman, Philip Kujawa, and William (Bill) Cook VI have co-authored six of the seven chapters in the newly released 2026 edition of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) “Wrongful-Death and Survival Actions” handbook.

Listen to Hinshaw partner Ambrose McCall’s discussion on the Greg and Dan Show about two significant rulings finding YouTube and Meta liable for the alleged addictive influence of their content on users.

Listen to Gene Brown’s discussion on lessons learned from his successful career and the three key pillars of successful defense trials in a new episode of Altair Law LLP’s Verdict Academy Podcast.

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 Catherine Hedglon will take part in the National Business Institute's (NBI) online seminar on Florida Personal Injury Case Law and Statutory Updates, scheduled for March 26, 2026.

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?

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.

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?

Learn how the New York AVOID Act significantly changes third-party practice and the key compliance steps to prepare for the law taking effect on April 19, 2026.

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.

In 2025, Hinshaw’s global insurance services team authored several resources on key developments and decisions that impacted the US insurance industry. From our timely commentary just published in Mealey’s to the third edition of our Duty to Defend 50-state survey and whitepapers covering a variety of areas that impact the industry, our team has you covered.

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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