Millions of kids throughout the United States will participate in youth baseball programs this summer. For decades, the use of aluminum bats has been commonplace. However, there has been recent debate in a number of states to prohibit the use of Aluminum bats by children. Last year, the Illinois Legislature debated over a bill that>> Read More

The popular birth control pill Yaz, also known as Yasmin or Ocella, has recently been at the center of a number of lawsuits concerning the potential side effects and questionable marketing of the drug. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001, Yaz has been taken by millions of women around the world>> Read More

Work accidents on construction and mining sites are unfortunately a common occurrence throughout the Midwest. As workers throughout Illinois know, dangers are inherent to work environments with heavy machinery, but that inherent danger doesn’t excuse contractors and other employers from implementing a proper training plan for employees. Federal guidelines are in place to prevent workplace>> Read More

Construction worker deaths are sadly a common occurrence in Chicago and around the country. One of the most recent fatal construction accidents happened this week in New York after a construction site collapse in Brooklyn on Monday. The New York Post reports that the accident happened shortly after 9 a.m. at a brownstone construction site.>> Read More

In fiscal year 2010 (October 1, 2009-September 30, 2010), the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled 44 toys. Several additional toys were added to this list in October and November of 2010. Although these products should have been removed from retail stores by now, some were on the market for months, or even>> Read More

A recent Chicago Sun-Times article entitled, Study: Malpractice laws chasing docs from Illinois, attempts to make the argument that a large portion of Illinois graduating medical students are leaving the state to practice elsewhere given the states toxic medical malpractice environment. However, closer examination of the Illinois New Physician Workforce Study, conducted by Northwestern Universitys>> Read More

On November 29th, the Illinois Senate held the first of two hearings on workers compensation law and the states Medicaid program. At the hearing, two organizations spoke on behalf of the workingmen and women of Illinois: the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) and the Illinois American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (IAFL-CIO).>> Read More