Pritzker urged to veto ‘anti-business’ lawsuit expansion law – Legal Newsline

Under SB328, Illinois law specifically would allow companies from anywhere, who have completed a registration form with the Illinois Secretary of State's office, to be sued for "injury or illness resulting from exposure to a substance defined as toxic" under Illinois state law "whether the cause of actions arises within or without the State." Trial lawyers, who are among the most generous and loyal political funders of Democrats in Illinois, say the legislation is needed to protect Illinoisans against out-of-state companies.