Congratulations to Bob Horwitz for winning a $100 Visa gift card in the ISBA's 2023 Member Appreciation Month Facebook Contest!  As part of Member Appreciation Month, we asked members to like and comment on our Facebook Contest post, telling us why they value their ISBA membership. We then selected a winner at random.

As Bryan Lesser notes in his June Illinois Bar Journal article, “A Tender You Can’t Refuse,” federal courts in the U.S. Seventh Circuit have raised the bar on standing requirements and will continue to bring more consumer class actions to Illinois state courts. All the more reason, Lesser suggests, to be aware of some procedural quirks when bringing class actions in Illinois state court.

Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Corinne Cantwell Heggie as an At-Large Cook County Circuit Judge.