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18 Jul 2023, 12:52 pm by Derek P. Hartman
A real estate investment fund defaulted on $750 million in mortgages for two skyscrapers in Los Angeles, while a private equity firm devalued its investment in the former Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago by nearly one-third. [read post]
22 May 2023, 7:00 am by Mike Habib, EA
Here are the top 5 points of interest in Chicago that visitors should not miss: The Willis Tower: The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, is an iconic building that dominates the Chicago skyline. [read post]
22 May 2023, 5:16 am by Roger Parloff
This week, a federal judge will begin handing down sentences for nine members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group for their roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection, including six convicted of seditious conspiracy. [read post]
1 Dec 2022, 5:31 am by Roger Parloff
Their last attempt, involving the weird “Hutaree” group of rural Michigan in 2012, led to catastrophic directed verdicts of acquittal for all defendants, while a 2009 prosecution—in the case of would-be bombers of, inter alia, the Sears Tower in Chicago—led to conviction of only one of six defendants on the seditious conspiracy count. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 6:14 am by Don Asher
  The two-centuries old trade union, the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Union (AFL-CIO (IW)), points out that ironworkers are responsible for such notable structures as the Sears Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the St. [read post]
18 May 2022, 12:50 pm by Greg Lambert
When three legal innovators gather together in their town of Houston, the topic drifts toward the interesting innovation and creativity hubs happening around the city. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 2:23 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Empire State Building and Chicago’s Sears Tower both reported just five deaths during their respective construction periods…” [h/t Jackie Royce] [read post]
6 Sep 2021, 3:21 am by Troy Rosasco
Frontline: In the Shadow of 9/11 offers a look at a “searing tale of injustice” that looks at the seven young black men accused of aiding Al Qaeda. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 2:04 pm by Patrick A. Salvi
After 18 years, Sears sold the tower and vacated the building. [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 3:25 am
. * * * Because KEZAR has no other recognized meaning and the record does not show sufficient exposure to KEZAR as a surname, we consider the possibility that consumers will view Applicant’s use of KEZAR as an arbitrary term in the context of the applied-for goods and services, pharmaceuticals and medical research.Applicant submitted the results of a 48-respondent survey conducted during a lunch hour at Sears Tower in Chicago, but the Board agreed with the examining attorney… [read post]
24 Aug 2020, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
RFRA, pronounced “riff-ra,” was the product of law professors who lived in an ivory tower of ignorance about the harm religion can inflict, or who simply didn’t care about that harm. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 1:08 pm by Jack Goldsmith
“The sweet spot,” I suggested, “is to write a book about leadership but use 4-5 searing or exemplary experiences from your life to illustrate. [read post]
22 Jul 2016, 10:36 am by Orin Kerr
Trump’s planned hotels wouldn’t be taller than the Sears Tower. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 9:43 am by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
He sued the Chicago Tribune for $500 million after the paper’s architecture critic, wrote he thought the Chicago’s Sears Tower would remain its world’s tallest building title even though Trump has made a plan to build a taller building on the East River in Manhattan. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 9:43 am by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
He sued the Chicago Tribune for $500 million after the paper’s architecture critic, wrote he thought the Chicago’s Sears Tower would remain its world’s tallest building title even though Trump has made a plan to build a taller building on the East River in Manhattan. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 9:43 am by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
He sued the Chicago Tribune for $500 million after the paper’s architecture critic, wrote he thought the Chicago’s Sears Tower would remain its world’s tallest building title even though Trump has made a plan to build a taller building on the East River in Manhattan. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 9:43 am by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
He sued the Chicago Tribune for $500 million after the paper’s architecture critic, wrote he thought the Chicago’s Sears Tower would remain its world’s tallest building title even though Trump has made a plan to build a taller building on the East River in Manhattan. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 10:40 am by Guest Blogger
” The towering figures who have spoken in this magical setting, which Jackson described as “so cunningly fashioned by Nature’s matchless handicraft” – and the extraordinary man this lecture series honors – present a formidable challenge for anyone who steps to this podium – especially because, as you all know, we’re surrounded here by historians and experts on Jackson’s jurisprudence. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 12:49 pm by Benjamin Bissell
On the same day that ISIS’s Chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, re-emerged in a 17-minute audio recording, the United States’ top general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. [read post]