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General Motors (GM) released today the results of a three-month investigation into the 2.6 million cars it manufactured with defective ignition switches that reportedly led to the deaths of at least 11 people across the country. Anton Valukas, former U.S. State’s Attorney in Chicago and now chairman of Jenner & Block in Chicago, was hired by GM to head the investigation. The question has come up as to the knowledge of GM employees of the…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices and monthly columnist for the Chicago Lawyer magazine, wrote his May, 2014 column entitled, “Taxi Alternatives Need To Take Responsibility”. The article deals with the growing controversy of the so-called “ridesharing” services, most notably UberX. Clifford discusses the troubling reality that, as the law currently stands, ride-sharing providers such as UberX face a competitive advantage over regular taxi services in Chicago in that they are not…

Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Communications Partner at Clifford Law Offices and Associate Editor at the American Bar Association (ABA) for Litigation News, authored an article that was published on the ABA’s website on a recent tort reform decision. The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled that caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases is unconstitutional, joining a number of states including Illinois that similarly ruled. Menaker explained how the 5-2 court held that the legislature’s statutory…

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The total number of General Motor vehicles recalled in 2014 has climbed to 13.5 million across 29 models, according to the New York Times. GM attributes the latest recalls to its “new standards,” which were put in place after the manufacturer was heavily criticized for failing to act to correct a problem pertaining to faulty ignition switches in many of its models. GM reportedly has been aware of these defects for almost a decade, which…

A legal assistant at our Chicago Law Offices owns and operates a certified organic vegetable and fruit family farm with her daughter in southwestern Wisconsin. Through the help of the farm, people in need are provided with essential resources to support them. Last year, at the end of each weekly farmer’s market, the farm donated unsold fresh vegetables, herbs, and beautiful cut flower bouquets to the Wheeling Township Food Pantry in Arlington Heights. This organization…

May 14, 2014 Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, received the 2014 American Inns of Court Foundation Professionalism Award for the Seventh Circuit Monday night at the Radisson Blu hotel in Chicago to a packed crowd of more than 500 lawyers and judges. Clifford, who was President of the Chicago Inn of Court from 1994-95, was presented with the award at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference by Seventh Circuit Judge Joel Flaum….

CBS-TV Investigative reporter Pam Zekman in Chicago reported on the rise in trucking accidents on the 10 o’clock news Thursday May 8th, 2014 on Channel 2. She interviewed senior partner, Robert A. Clifford for a news story as well as profiled one of the firm’s clients who was victim of a horrific trucking accident. The mother of two adult children was killed on I-80 when she was crushed between two trucks when traffic was slowing…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, appeared last night (Thursday, May 8, 2014) on WBBM-TV, the CBS affiliate in Chicago, to talk about some trucking firms’ safety violations, a real danger on our roads. Clifford also addressed the issue of truckers’ driver fatigue and how that needs to be managed more carefully. Clifford, who has represented a number of victims of truck accidents, told Zekman, “There is a systemic problem in the…