The President’s Thoughts
Sometimes it is hard to know what ITLA is doing for you. Most of it goes on in Springfield and out of our view. But it involves knowing who is doing what to take away the rights of injured people...
Read More June 7, 2017
March 17, 2017
How Arbitration Clauses Protect Abusers And Keep Victims Quiet
Sexual Harassment in the workplace is unequivocally common. So when it happens, the victim should seek justice in court. That is every citizen’s right according to the Seventh Amendment. However, countless employers include an “Arbitration Clause” in employee contracts. It’s...
Read More December 19, 2016
Eroding workers’ rights
The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Christopher T. Hurley appeared in Crain’s Chicago Business on December 5, 2016. Leave it to the Illinois Policy Institute to promote the fiction that the loss of manufacturing jobs has been...
Read More December 8, 2016
Beyond Court: Lawyer Helps Train ER Docs
By Emily Spectre, Daily North Shore When trial attorney Christopher Hurley successfully tried a case on a behalf of a family whose wife and mother had died from sustained hypoxia in a hospital emergency room, he could have stored the...
Read More April 23, 2016
Insurance Companies Denying and Delaying Justice for Victims While Reaping in Billions
Insurance companies spend billions of advertising dollars on television ads, radio commercials, and print advertising to convince you that they are trustworthy, that they will be there when you need them. Unfortunately, their marketing tactics are nothing short of deceptive;...
Read More April 13, 2016
Lumber Liquidators Laminate Flooring Carries High Risk of Cancer, CDC Says
Although there are regulations and protections in place to protect Americans from dangerous products, many still slip through the cracks. One such example is the laminate flooring from Lumber Liquidators which, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Read More April 4, 2016
The Civil Justice System’s Role in Concussion Prevention
Contact sports are exciting for both the athletes and the fans, but they are also violent and competitive sports that cause millions of concussion injuries per year. While this is known and understood by the medical community, fans, and even...
Read More March 25, 2016
Despite Claims from Chamber of Commerce, Arbitration Does Not Benefit Consumers
Most Americans know that corporations who make the products they enjoy are out for profit, and that they often bend the truth to do so. But what they may not know is that, behind those companies, there are organizations that...
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