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On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance that aims to increase the supply of affordable housing in Chicago through a combination of developers providing on-site units or paying higher in lieu

In a recent decision issued September 30, 2015, the Illinois Appellate Court held that the implied warranty of habitability does not extend to architects.

On September 23, 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court heard argument in Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. v. Heritage Bank of Central Illinois — a hotly contested debate over the lienability of pre-development engineering

The so-called “mutual” waiver of consequential damages clause first appeared in the 1997 A201 General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (“A201”).

On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (the Department) published a Final Rule (Rule) updating overtime regulations. The new Rule doubles the salary threshold over which an employee is exempt from