Tracking Northern District of Illinois IP Cases
The Northern District of Illinois is upgrading their CM/ECF system. Please plan accordingly as the CM/ECF system will be unavailable Saturday, April 1, 2023 from 6:00 a.m. through 5:00 a.m. Monday, April 3, 2023.
This upgrade will improve security measures and enhanced performance. Users will not notice any changes to CM/ECF as the modifications will…
The federal district courts in Illinois will host two remote continuing legal education seminars on representing prisoners. The first seminar “Introduction to Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation” will be held on January 27, 2022 and the second seminar “Representing Prisoners in Medical Cases” will be held on February 3, 2022. Both seminars will be held from…
The United States Courts of Appeals along with the United States District Courts in the Seventh and Eighth Circuits are hosting the Second Annual Bill of Rights Day Contest.
The Contest is open to all students in grades 3-12 in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Students are…
The Northern District of Illinois has begun to allow electronic filing of non-sealed digital audio/video exhibits (MP4, MP3, MOV, etc.). The exhibits will be available for purchase and download via the Certified Copy Desk.
If you want to file a document:
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On December 3, 2020, from 3:00 – 5:30 pm CT the IP Law Symposium Committee, including Co-Chairs Jim Muraff of McDonald Hopkins LLC and Matt Marrone of McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., and Vice Chair Viren Soni of the CME Group, are hosting a series of fireside chats and panels where you will hear directly…
The Northern District of Illinois is accepting applications for a magistrate judge position in the Eastern Division (Chicago). Applications are due by 5:00 pm on Monday, August 26, 2019 via the Court’s online system. More details are available here. The position will begin on May 1, 2020.
The Northern District of Illinois has amended Local Rule 5.8 (Filing Materials Under Seal) to require that all documents filed either by counsel or a non-represented party with an e-filing account be filed electronically pursuant to Local Rule 26.2, unless the Court has held that the documents need not be filed electronically pursuant to…
The Northern District of Illinois has a critical number of vacancies. Judge St. Eve just left for the Seventh Circuit. Judge Zagel took senior status in October 2016. Judge Zagel took senior status in March 2017 and passed away shortly thereafter. Judge Der-Yeghiayan retired in February 2018. Senior Judge Shadur (who maintained a very full…
On October 1, 2017, the Northern District began including a screenshot of any internet citation made in a judicial opinion as a separate docket entry associated with the opinion. The Seventh Circuit Library has been gathering and archiving screenshots of any internet citation in Northern District judicial opinions since January 2007. This move by the…
I have made it a practice not to immediately blog about big Supreme Court cases. While there is a rush to be the first to publish, I have found that there is a significant difference in the value between immediate analysis and analysis after people take a breath and think about the implications of the…
