Federal appeals judges have tossed a class action lawsuit asserting the company that owns the rights to thousands of metered parking spaces in Chicago violated federal antitrust law by cutting City Hall out of control of on-street parking, forcing motorists in the city to pay among highest costs to park in U.S.
A federal judge said Walmart may still face a class action over mismatched prices, but not one led by an Ohio man who claimed he was overcharged for an assortment of snacks at a Niles store, compared to prices on shelves
Judge asks both sides to give him an update in mid-March on whether the two sides want to continue the court fight or move toward settlement in legal battle dating back nearly two decades.
NorthShore will pay about 500 workers either $3,000 or $24,000 each, depending on if they were fired or agreed to take the Covid vaccine under threat. NorthShore will also rewrite its policies to accommodate religious objectors, and agreed to consider rehiring the fired workers
An appeals court has confirmed NorthShore University HealthSystem did not have to bill Medicare for an accident victim's medical tab, before putting a lien on a third-party's insurance company.
The class action lawsuit accused NorthShore University Health System of illegally firing workers who were refused religious exemptions to the hospital system's workplace Covid vaccine mandate
Former Chicago radio host Melissa McGurren has tried since fall 2021 to sue her former employer, Hubbard Radio, for defamation, saying an executive at the company claimed in a staff email that she had lied under oath
Bank of America has asked a judge to order Cook County to pick up the bank's tab for fighting the county's "far-fetched" discrimination lawsuit, which alleged the lender made discriminatory loans to minorities.
Lawyers for plaintiffs suing NorthShore University Healthsystem over its employee COVID vaccine mandate assert 'several hundred' workers have been improperly fired after NorthShore allegedly improperly refused their requests for religious exemption from the company's COVID vaccine mandate for hospital workers
Democrat mapmakers were "motivated by partisan political considerations," a panel of federal judges said, so it doesn't matter that they divided Latino and Black populations up among various districts, rather than maximizing majority minority districts
Republicans and Latino and Black advocates told a panel of federal judges that Illinois Democrats drew a new state legislative district map solely to protect Democratic incumbents and boost their party power, stepping on Black and Latino voting rights in the process.
A federal judge in Chicago says students can't argue that DePaul University's promotional materials, class catalogs and student handbooks established a contractual promise to continue in-person classes throughout the school year.
7th Circuit says reform advocates have identified potentially corrupt hiring practices, but four-decades-old federal oversight of county hiring practices needs to move toward conclusion
HOUSTON – For the most part, courthouses are still pretty vacant. But when jury services do fully resume, new research shows there may be more Republicans determining the outcome of civil trials.
A federal judge said Clerk Karen Yarbrough needs more federal supervision of her office's hiring practices, particularly as it absorbs the functions of the County Recorder's Office
