Alexandra Morelli has been selected to assume the leadership role of Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Chicago Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section @theBar blog, a publication dedicated to professional development and enhancing member dialogue in the legal profession.
Read MoreThe Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Woodson v. U.S. upheld summary judgment in favor of a federally-qualified health center based upon the Federal Tort Claims Act’s two-year statute of limitations after plaintiffs waited more than three years to file an instant action.
Read MoreBCKS attorneys Joseph Comer and Leighanne Root will analyze the ONC’s new information blocking rules implemented under the 21st Century Cures Act and the legal impact on medical professionals and their practice.
Read MoreBarker, Castro & Steinback is proud to announce seven attorneys have been recognized on the 2021 Leading and Emerging Lawyers lists published by the Leading Lawyers Network.
Read MoreJoseph Comer and Laura Wibberley achieved a summary judgment win on behalf of a healthcare system client in a recent case involving allegations of agency of the physicians involved in a patient’s spinal surgery.
Read MoreUrging Governor J.B. Pritzker to veto an Illinois bill that will add prejudgment interest to awards in personal injury and other lawsuits, defense counsel sets forth the inequitable nature of the bill wherein it penalizes civil defendants for exercising their right to litigate a case through trial and does not promote a fair and balanced judicial system. On behalf of the firm’s clients, including hospitals and healthcare workers, Krista Frick has penned a letter to Governor Pritzker voicing the need to veto the bill.
Read MoreBarker, Castro & Steinback is proud to announce three attorneys have been named to the Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists in 2021.
Read MoreAssociate Laura Wibberley addresses the applicability of immunity from civil liability amidst the continuing challenges of staffing shortages, insufficient supplies and delayed vaccine administration in her case law update titled “The PREP Act Update: The Prevailing COVID-19 Immunities.”
Read MoreIn a medical malpractice action brought against a physician client over 7 years ago, partner Krista Frick recently secured a win before the Illinois Appellate Court Third District in a petition for rehearing wherein the Third District reversed its own prior ruling in relation to summary judgment on the element of duty.
Read MoreThe Cook County Law Division’s latest General Administrative Order 20-9, issued on 12/17/20, supersedes all previous GAOs issued during the pandemic.
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