Practice News

Aronberg Goldgehn is pleased to welcome Jessica E. Chang as a Member.

In her practice, Chang counsels and represents national and multinational employers in complex labor and employment litigation, including multimillion-dollar class and collective actions, discrimination and retaliation claims, employee-leave disputes, BIPA actions and wage-and-hour disputes.

WHAT: The installation ceremony and swearing-in of First District Appellate Court Justice Sanjay T. Tailor as the newest Illinois Supreme Justice for the First District.

WHY: Justice Tailor joins the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Mary Jane Theis.

WHERE: Friday, January 30, 2026, at 2 p.m. at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park.

The Illinois Judicial Conference has unveiled its 2026-2028 Strategic Agenda for the Illinois Judicial Branch.

The new Strategic Agenda outlines how the Judicial Branch will evolve and adapt to make the courts work better for the people they serve.

Chief Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr., emphasized that the Strategic Agenda focuses on removing barriers that prevent litigants from fully participating in the legal system.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has become an assembly line for Schedule A lawsuits, in which the complaint’s first exhibit names a list of the defendants—mostly small, Chinese-based sellers on platforms like Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba. Although not a class action, Schedule A complaints amass online storefronts to consolidate battles against intellectual property theft.