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Appeals panel tosses overboard remaining challenges to $76M settlement in cruise line telemarketing class action
A federal appeals panel in Chicago has upheld a federal judge's ruling tying up loose ends holding up a $76 million payout under the largest TCPA class action settlement ever -
Lawsuits alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital allowed to continue
Cook County Public Guardian alleged budget cuts created unsafe conditions, while DCFS workers covered up harm at Lakeshore -
Judge says men suing Chicago cops over sham arrests, may be grilled about any potential real crimes after bad busts
A federal magistrate judge has decided lawyers representing the city of Chicago and former Chicago cops can question the people suing them over false arrests, about uncharged criminal behavior that occurred in the years after their alleged sham convictions. -
Judge blocks Foxx's bid to block questioning of former top deputies in wrongful murder conviction case
Depositions of former top Cook County prosecutors Eric Sussman and Mark Rotert could reveal "relevant information" on why the Cook County State's Attorney's Office under Kim Foxx didn't seek new trials for two men who had confessed in a brutal 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
Judge: 'Conspiracy theory' not enough to give accused cops' lawyers access to inmate's recorded phone calls
Lawyers for a group of Chicago Police officers being sued for allegedly coercing confessions in a brutal 1998 double murder and kidnapping said they should get access to recorded phone calls to determine if a woman at the center of the murder case was offered anything to change her testimony before a key deposition. A judge called it a "confusing conspiracy theory." -
Foxx, cops often at odds over new trials vs those who once convicted of murder, who accuse cops of misconduct, file big money lawsuits
Lawyers for Chicago police officers accused of misconduct are pushing back in court against lawsuits brought in cases in which officers assert Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx should have pushed for new trials when people who had once been convicted of murder sought exoneration over allegedly coerced confessions. -
Foxx's attempt to shut down questioning of ex-top deputies in wrongful conviction case 'untenable': Court filing
Lawyers for the city of Chicago and a group of Chicago police officers say they need to question two former top deputies of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, to answer why Foxx's office decided to walk away from a new trial for two men who had earlier confessed to a 1994 sexual assault and murder. -
Foxx asks judge to block questioning of ex-deputy in wrongful murder conviction civil rights case
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has asked a federal judge to prevent attorneys for police officers accused of coercing confession from man now cleared of murder charges. -
IBM can't zap class action over its use of facial scans in A.I. facial recognition training tech
IBM had downloaded and mapped millions of photos of people to help the company better train A.I. to recognize non-white and female faces. -
Judge says Clearview can't end Illinois facial recognition biometrics suit or have case moved to N.Y.
Company sold scraped facial data to Illinois police departments, negotiated with Illinois Secretary of State -
Appeals panel agrees: Public employees' private messages may fall under FOIA, if they're talking public business
Better Government Association wants texts, emails regarding lead in CPS drinking water -
NY federal judge nixes bid by Chicago lawyers, plainitff to claim leadership stake over Clearview class actions
The judge says the only interest the Chicago plainitff has in the New York cases is to try to steer the proceedings - and reap the resulting attorney fees. -
Clearview says has walled off IL from searches; Judge should deny injunction that would 'put Clearview out of business'
Facial data company said BIPA doesn't apply, noted it already made policy changes that address plaintiff's motion -
Clearview says class action over alleged biometrics violations can't proceed in Chicago court
Company, employees based in New York, where other actions are pending, Clearview says. -
Developer Hilco, contractors hit with class action over dust cloud from demolition at Little Village power plant
The lawsuit was filed a day after Hilco apologized for the release of what the lawsuit calls a "toxic plume" of dust and debris from the demolished smokestack as part of the redevelopment of the shuttered power plant on Chicago's Southwest Side. -
Judge: Feds OK to end funding for Lakeshore psychiatric hospital accused of abuse; new abuse lawsuit also filed
Decision vacates injunction from one year ago -
Cannabis dispensary hopefuls say state's licensing program is unconstitutional
Women allege they weren't allowed to change application address like other businesses -
Judge: Cops not required to include personal 'private info' on public crash reports to lawyers seeking clients
Lawyers who use police accident reports to find clients and drum up business can’t use state open records laws to force police departments to provide addresses and insurance policy numbers for people involved in traffic crashes, a Cook County judge has ruled. -
Chicago Heights wins new chance to sue insurers to cover settlement for man exonerated of murder charge
Chicago Heights has another chance at getting a pair of insurance companies to foot the bill for a portion of a settlement to a man who was wrongfully convicted of a 1993 murder. -
Cook County Public Guardian lawsuit says IL DCFS keeps kids detained in state psych facilities too long
The Cook County Public Guardian has filed a class action complaint against the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services over the agency’s treatment of children at state psychiatric facilities.