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How 'concrete' an injury is 'emotional distress?' Federal appeals court grapples with question
A group of four federal appeals court judges says the Seventh Circuit was wrong to toss out a woman's class action claims that a creditor should pay for inflicting "emotional distress" when it sought to collect a "zombie debt" -
Judge said truck driver's handprint scan class action vs Union Pacific must stay in federal court
Plaintiff sought to return part of his class action claim to Cook County Circuit Court, considered by many to be a venue more friendly to plaintiffs and an easier court in which to press claims under Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Bank of America wants Cook County to pay bank's legal bill for fighting 'far-fetched' home loan discrimination suit
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. -
SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts -
Class action: Instant Pot makers didn't tell consumers cooker lids can open while under pressure, burn users
A nationwide class action is seeking to compel the makers of the Instant Pot line of electric cookers to pay for allegedly failing to tell consumers about an alleged defect in the product that could cause users to get severely burned -
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled -
Class action lawsuit accuses Wintrust Bank of racially discriminatory home loans
The complaint asserts Wintrust allegedly declines Black borrowers at higher rates than whites, and approves Black home buyers at terms more onerous than those offered to white borrowers -
Judge: Ice cream need only taste like vanilla, not have actual vanilla beans, to defeat deceptive marketing class action
A federal judge dismissed a class action against Prairie Farms, claiming the dairy misled consumers by selling "Premium Vanilla Ice Cream" with vanillin flavoring, rather than real vanilla -
Class action seeks big payout from SnapChat app parent over Lenses facial recognition tech
Snap Inc. could be on the hook for potentially more than $2 billion in damages under the lawsuit, which says SnapChat Lenses improperly scans users' faces without consent or notice under Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Judge puts brakes on $110M jury award in legal fight between tire manufacturers Toyo, Atturo; Toyo to appeal
A Chicago federal judge preserved $10 million in compensatory damages for company that said it lost business following competitors' disparaging remarks -
Judge: U of Chicago Medical Center didn't act as state agent when it reported parents to DCFS for refusing shots for newborns
A judge has removed University of Chicago Medical Center from a civil rights suit filed by parents, who alleged the hospital turned them in to state child neglect investigators for refusing legally required shots for their newborns, finding the hospital did so on its own, without authority. -
Judge tosses home buyer's lawsuit accusing Realtors of conspiracy leading to artificially boosted broker commissions
The antitrust action on behalf of buyers leveled accusations similar to a pending lawsuit from home sellers -
Judge: 'Distracting' Sephora window ads didn't cause woman to fall down stairs at Woodfield Mall
The plaintiff claimed a window display at the mall's Sephora cosmetics store caused her not to see a flight of four stairs in front of her, causing her to fall and break multiple bones -
Durkin sets stage for appeal of his ruling dismissing Rabobank from poultry price fixing lawsuits
Federal judge says appeals panel should have a say in whether lender is plausible party to conspiracy allegations -
Judge says Wendy's can't end homeless man's lawsuit over alleged assault by workers in Cicero
Representing himself, man alleges employees grabbed him while he was urinating to forcibly remove him from restroom after the restaurant had closed -
Google to pay $100M to end biometrics class action over Photos face scans; Class members could get $200-$400
The deal would end litigation dating back to 2016. Lawyers could be in line for potentially more than $30 million -
Judge: Scans of photos can equal facial recognition, may be barred by IL biometrics law; Suit vs Onfido continues
Illinois man alleges Onfido didn't adequately inform about use of photographs, facial scans -
Class action: 7-Eleven uses facial recognition tech on customers in stores, violates IL biometrics law
The class action lawsuit centers on 7-Eleven's alleged use of facial recognition video surveillance technology from vendor Clickit -
Ex-HR director sues Cook Clerk Yarbrough, says was fired for drawing attention to clerk's office payroll problems
The federal lawsuit says the plaintiff was "shut out" of the clerk's payroll system when she raised concerns, and then was blocked from reinstatement by politically influential employees within the office of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough -
Lawsuit: 'Cartel' of politically connected, wealthy Chicago families, including Pritzkers, dominate IL marijuana market
True Social Equity in Cannabis accuses the Pritzker, Wrigley and Kovler families of using political connections and influence to monopolize the state's regulated marijuana dispensary markets