On August 5, 2020 the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago) granted BHH’s motion to dismiss celebrity lawyer Jose Baez’s defamation claims against #MeToo activist, author and actress Rose McGowan. Baez is well known for winning acquittal for murder […]
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BHH Defeats Defamation Suit For Rose McGowan Filed By Lawyer She Criticized For Representing Harvey Weinstein
August 2020
BHH Celebrates A Successful First Year
July 2020
One year ago this week lawyers Steven Baron, Natalie Harris and Brendan Healey launched their new law firm, Baron Harris Healey. In the months that followed, BHH welcomed lawyers Brecken Cutler and Shari Albrecht to the team. Together we have […]
Illinois Appellate Court “Slaps” Down Former Candidates’ Defamation Claims
July 2020
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed BHH’s anti-SLAPP victory on behalf of anonymous political speakers who published political flyers criticizing former McHenry County Board candidates Orville Brettman and Ersel Schuster. Victories under Illinois’ anti-SLAPP statute, the Citizen Pariticpation Act (CPA), have […]
BHH Hosts A Conversation With Acclaimed Chicago Author Rebecca Makkai And Chicago Reader Publisher Tracy Baim
June 2020
On June 4, 2020 BHH hosted a live virtual discussion with acclaimed author Rebecca Makkai about her novel The Great Believers, a powerful story about the AIDS epidemic in Chicago told through the lives of fictional art lovers, journalists and […]
Brendan Healey to Moderate Panel at Yale Law Conference
May 2020
BHH’s Brendan Healey will participate in Yale Law School’s fifth annual conference on Commercial Speech and the First Amendment on June 2, 2020. Brendan will be co-moderating, with Jonah Knobler from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, a panel entitled “Milk […]