Eviction Moratorium in Illinois Continues through January 11, 2021 In an expected move, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker once again extended the state’s eviction ban for another 30 days on December 11, 2020. The revised executive order defined new financial conditions...
When it comes to a public-health crisis of this magnitude, you can’t fight city hall — in this case the state’s chief executive officer. As expected, the state’s highest court last week upheld Gov. Charlie Baker’s exercise of emergency powers enacted in response to...
Law360 (December 16, 2020, 4:43 PM EST) -- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and members of his cabinet were hit with a lawsuit Tuesday by a group of landlords challenging his executive order allowing tenants to use their security deposits to cover back rent during the...
James Madison once said that the concentration of all government powers in one branch is “the very definition of tyranny.” Yet, today, administrative agencies regularly exercise all three of those powers. They issue rules with the force of law. They enforce laws. And...
Law360 (January 3, 2021, 12:02 PM EST) -- President-elect Joe Biden may need to flex his administration's regulatory muscle to fulfill many of his ambitious campaign pledges, a strategy that could run headlong into a conservative U.S. Supreme Court wary of...
Imagine your amateur softball league has a bylaw that all umpires must be hired by the league commissioner. Before a big game, some emergency umps‐for‐hire pile out of a van and start officiating without the commissioner’s approval. You’re skeptical, but it’s...
In the wake of Arthrex’s initial merits brief, amicus briefs in support of Arthrex’s position were filed December 29th and 30th. In the Arthrex cases (docketed as 19-1434), the parties have persuaded the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Federal Circuit...
As of January 9, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker's administration extended a version of the statewide ban on residential evictions until February 6, 2021. This reprieve is welcomed by certain Illinois renters facing severe financial shortfalls due to the economic...
Caleb Kruckenberg, NCLA Litigation Counsel, speaks on Stacy on the Right on Sirius XM about the CDC’s Eviction Moratorium.
Law360 (January 11, 2021, 11:29 AM EST) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it would not take up another challenge to the constitutionality of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission administrative law judges, rejecting a case from a former investment adviser who...