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Aviation litigation expert, Robert A. Clifford, will be a speaker at The Chicago Bar Association’s Eight O’ Clock Call webcast series. He will be speaking about airline litigation. The event will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at The Chicago Bar Association (321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago IL 60604). Entrance for members of The Chicago Bar Association will...

Jack J. Casciato, partner at Clifford Law Offices, authored a column in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin about the forum non conveniens doctrine that deals with where it is best to file a lawsuit in the state. Casciato explains through several cases, including a recent 2019 case, that perhaps the doctrine is simply outdated given the new world of technology and communication. To read his...

One of the nation’s largest providers of blood testing just announced a widespread data breach of financial data, credit card information, Social Security numbers and medical data, and it is certain to be the subject of many lawsuits throughout the country. On June 3, 2019, Quest Diagnostics reported that about 11.9 million patients are affected after an “unauthorized user” apparently gained access in mid-May to...

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, and Kevin P. Durkin, partner at the firm, spoke at the Air Law Conference sponsored by Strathmore University School of Law in Nairobi, Kenya. Clifford and Durkin spoke Friday, May 31, on various aspects of aviation litigation at the two-day conference. Clifford moderated a panel on “Strategies for Negotiating Settlements in Aviation Liability Claims.”...

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking on aviation litigation at the Chicago Bar Association’s Eight O’Clock Call at the CBA. The event is June 6th at 8 a.m. and will be at 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago. Moderated by the Hon. E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge of the First Municipal District of the Circuit Court of...