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Judge: Title IX plaintiffs can use IL law to retroactively demand 'emotional distress' damages
The Illinois law, known as the Civil Rights Remedies Restoration Act, was enacted this year specifically to restore the ability of certain plaintiffs to use "emotional distress" claims to boost their potential payouts under civil rights lawsuits, in defiance of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision to limit the ability to do so -
Lawsuit claims Antioch cops used old 911 system to illegally record non-emergency calls to P.D.
The class action lawsuit accuses the Antioch Police Department of violating callers' constitutional rights, as well as federal and state laws. -
Female public defenders could get $9.5M, lawyers $4.2M, under deal to end class action over masturbating jail inmates
The payout for the lawyers is equivalent to 44% of what the alleged victims would receive. -
New filing offers more details about ex-Madigan staffer's alleged blackballing that followed harassment complaint
The woman who has claimed Democrats in Illinois and Chicago, led by House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, blackballed her in retaliation for complaining of sexual harassment at the hands of a Madigan operative, has provided further details to her claims, naming names of prominent Chicago Democrats who declined to hire her out of fear of further retribution from Madigan’s team. -
Former Cook sheriff's deputy OK'd to proceed with claims Sheriff fired him for being white, Republican
A wrongful termination lawsuit brought by a former Cook County Sheriff’s deputy, who said Sheriff’s office officials used accusations of technical violations to disguise their actual, political motives for firing him, will be allowed to proceed against the Sheriff’s office after a federal judge refused to dismiss the action.