2024

Civil Procedure - Prompt Pay (House Bill 4916)

• Statement of Opposition - May 6, 2024

2023

Workers' Compensation - Presumption (House Bill 1065)

• Statement of Opposition - February 21, 2023

Evidence - Health Care Records (House Bill 1137)

• Statement of Opposition - February 24, 2023
  

Joint & Several Liability (Senate Bill 208)

• Statement of Support - January 30, 2023

Amendment to 2-1115 (Senate Bill 239)

• Statement of Support - January 30, 2023

Civil Procedure - Discovery, Trial Date (Senate Bill 1748)

• Statement of Opposition - February 28, 2023

2021

Cook County HIPAA Qualified Protective Order

•   Statement of Opposition - November 18, 2021

Pre-Judgment Interest

Senate Bill 72, as amended

• Statement of Opposition - March 19, 2021 

House Bill 3360, as amended

• Statement of Opposition - From IDC President Nicole Milos - January 19, 2021
• Statement of Opposition - From IDC Past Presidents - January 13, 2021

2020

COVID-19: IDC Response to ITLA Proposal re Conduct of Discovery

IDC Response - April 1, 2020

Employee Background Fairness Act (House Bill 4837)

Statement of Opposition - March 5, 2020

Forum Non Conveniens (House Bill 5044)

Statement of Opposition - February 18, 2020 

Joint & Several Liability (Senate Bill 3148)

Statement of Support - February 18, 2020

Protective Equipment Responsibility (House Bill 5769)

Statement of Opposition - May 11, 2020

2019

Proposed Insurance Payee Notification Rule

Position Statement - December 19, 2019

Special Interrogatories - Repeal (House Bill 2233)

• IDC Letter in Opposition to Governor J.B. Pritzker - May 13, 2019
• IDC Letter in Opposition (HB2233, As Amended) - April 18, 2019
• IDC Letter in Opposition - February 15, 2019

Workers' Compensation Repose (House Bill 2479 and Senate Bill 1596)

• IDC Letter in Opposition to House and Senate
• IDC Letter in Opposition to Governor Pritzker 

Joint & Several Liability (Senate Bill 1433)

• IDC Letter in Support

2018

Supreme Court Rules

Proposal 17-12 - Elimination of Distinction Between Discovery and Evidence Depositions

Proposal 17-12 seeks to amend Supreme Court Rules 202-212 to eliminate the distinction between discovery and evidence depositions to adopt a single deposition.

• IDC Opposition Statement | Issued March 6, 2018
• IDC Supplemental Opposition Statement | Issued March 12, 2018
• Letter from Judge Diane Joan Larsen, Chair, Illinois Civil Justice Committee: Reasons for the Suggested Supreme Court Rule Changes Regarding Depositions
• Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee Notice of Public Hearing - March 26, 2018
• IDC Response to Deposition Proposal to Judge Larsen | Issued December 13, 2018