(August 22, 2017, 2:50 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Although granting one defendant’s motion to dismiss allegations of professional negligence as preempted by the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 301(a), an Illinois federal judge on Aug. 21 denied another defendant’s request for dismissal of contributory and vicarious infringement claims (UIRC-GSA Holdings Inc. v. William Blair & Company, et al., No. 15-9518, N.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133287)....