NEWS

On April 28, 2017, HSPRD partners Juliet Berger-White and Caryn C. Lederer presented, “Best Practices in Providing Healthcare to Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients,” at the annual conference of the Chicago Healthcare Risk Management Society.

On April 25, 2017 Judge William Orrick of the United States District Court for the District of Northern California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting enforcement of Executive Order 13768 from blocking federal funding to so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions.”

HSPRD recently obtained a victory in a class and collective class action brought by Mexican migrant workers against GLK Foods, known as the largest sauerkraut producer in the world, when the Court awarded the workers $837,518 in unpaid wages and damages.

HSPRD lawyers Juliet Berger White and Kate Schwartz presented on the False Claims Act to law students at the University of Illinois College of Law in a class “Compliance, Ethics, and Professional Responsibility.”

On April 4, 2017, the Chicago Tribune published an interview with HSPRD’s Kalman Resnick on the reluctance of immigrants to attend ICE check-ins.

On Saturday, April 8th, “Spin to Break the Cycle” took over the iconic House of Blues Chicago uniting individuals, corporations and the greater Chicago community as together to help break the cycle and invest in the future of Chicago’s youth; creating stronger, safer, and healthier communities.