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Judge won't dismiss class action lawsuit accusing elite colleges, universities of financial aid collusion
Plaintiffs claims tuition would've been cheaper but for an agreement among some of America's top colleges and universities, including University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Brown, Yale, Cal Tech, MIT and Duke, among others. -
IL Supreme Court denies Sterigenics plaintiffs' bid to slap hold on first trial over EtO emissions
Plaintiffs suing medical device sterilizer Sterigenics had sought to shut down the first trial over whether Sterigenics' emissions caused cancer, saying a Cook County judge had abused her discretion in rejecting their attempts to bring the cases to trial together, rather than individually -
Judge nixes bid by Sterigenics, other corporate defendants to avoid trial, risk of bigger payouts for EtO emissions
A Cook County judge denied requests from medical device sterilization company Sterigenics and other defendants, including Griffith Foods, for summary judgment as the first trial date approaches over claims the companies allowed emissions from a Willowbrook plant that allegedly caused cancer -
Sterigenics plaintiffs ask IL Supreme Court to step in to upend Cook judge's rulings
The plaintiffs call Cook County judge's decisions 'absurd and antithetical to ... prompt justice,' and denial of their clients' rights to prompt trials -
Walgreens OK to claim Blue Cross wrongly using Walgreens' ex-lawyers in suit alleging pharmacy chain inflated prices
Blue Cross Blue Shield is suing Walgreens for allegedly overcharging for discount drugs, but a Chicago judge is allowing Walgreens to counterclaim that Blue Cross is improperly making use of a law firm that once advised the pharmaceutical retailer on its markdown program. -
City of Chicago moves closer to trial over claims opioid makers' marketing led to painkiller abuse, big city costs
A federal judge has refused the attempt by a swath of pharmaceutical companies to dispense with the city of Chicago's lawsuit accusing them of saddling the city with big bills to deal with the effects of painkiller pill abuse. The case has been pending since 2014. -
Millions of dollars in balance as Hilton, BMO Harris continue sparring over credit card processing contract
One of the world’s largest hoteliers and one of the Chicago region’s biggest banks are continuing their court fight over millions of dollars Hilton Hotels claims BMO Harris Bank wrongly withheld amid a tussle over a credit card processing deal and customer data breaches. -
American Bar Assn sues Dept of Ed over rewrite of student loan forgiveness program rules
The American Bar Association has sued the federal government, asking the court to order the Department of Education to reinstate a student loan forgiveness program, which the federal agency had rescinded and applied retroactively to lawyers and others who had worked in what they believed had qualified under the terms of the program as "public service" jobs at the ABA and other non-profit membership organizations after graduating college.