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The city of Chicago has issued a new grant for means-tested emergency rent and mortgage assistance for those financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. As reported by Curbed Chicago: “The application window is...

Federal, state, and local governments – including Chicago – have recently announced several loan programs available to small-businesses negatively impacted by the coronavirus. These loan programs are specifically intended...

Last week, the Governor of Illinois, J.D. Pritzker, ordered the state-wide closure of dine-in services for Illinois bars and restaurants to help combat the spread of the Coronavirus. While we agree with our Governor’s...

A new wave of copyright troll litigation has been filed in the Northern District of Illinois (a federal court covering northern Illinois). These copyright troll lawsuits allege – often without any good faith basis in...

The 2020 Illinois primaries are tomorrow – March 17, 2020. As always, I’d like to remind everyone that (a) Illinois state judges are ELECTED; and (b) because Cook County votes so predominantly Democratic, the primary...