News & Notes -- March 25, 2010
News & Notes is a section we have dedicated to interesting items that do not contain enough information to have full entries but are certainly worth noting.
Blair Kamin over at the Chicago Tribune’s Cityscapes has posted the following article reporting that Chicago architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill have been selected by a Saudi Arabian investment firm to design a kilometer-high skyscraper on the fringes of the Saudi city of Jeddah, which would make it the world’s tallest building.
There has been a lot of discussion regarding the state of the Illinois Home Repair Act and the decisions handed down by the appellate courts. We have been monitoring Illinois SB 2540, introduced by Senator Wilhelmi, which will address at least part of the confusion regarding the remedy associated with the Home Repair Act. The proposed amendment will entirely replace Section 30 of the Act to clarify and more accurately identify the remedies available to private parties under the Act. SB 2540 was passed by the Senate on March 9, 2010 and arrived in the House on March 10, 2010. It was referred to the House Consumer Protection Committed on March 22, 2010 after its First Reading and a review by the Rules Committee. We will continue to keep you advised on the progress of SB 2540.
