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Hyatt keeps up effort to make timeclock vendor Kronos pay for its biometrics class action settlement
The Hyatt hotel chain agreed in January to pay $1.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit over worker fingerprint scans. But the hotelier wants a judge to let it keep suing its timeclock supplier, who Hyatt says actually allegedly violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Appeals panel: Cook County judge wrong to deny trust a chance to continue malpractice suit vs lawyers after plaintiff's death
A state appeals panel says the dispute over lawyers' work over the sale of a Barrington Hills property should have been allowed to continue with a substitution of plaintiffs -
Chicago condo association can negotiate sale of condo building without prior approval of unit owners: IL appeals panel
Ontario Place unit owners said state law should have required their condo association to get approval from a supermajority of condo owners before the association even began negotiating sale terms with a prospective buyer -
Law firms seek $427K in worker fingerprint scan lawsuit vs Hyatt Hotels; Workers slated to get $1,500 each
A group of Chicago lawyers want $427,000 in fees for pressing a lawsuit against Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels, which alleged the chain breached biometric privacy law, saying their cut of the pie is "eminently reasonable." -
Protecting Confidential Information & Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege in Litigation on December 2, 2021
Protecting Confidential Information & Preserving the Attorney-Client Privilege in Litigation on December 2, 2021. -
Legalign Global Cyber Webinar on November 3, 2021
Legalign Global Cyber Webinar on November 3, 2021. -
IL high court says zoning law dispute doesn't stop Dept of Ag from deciding how close marijuana growers can be to neighborhoods
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the Illinois Department of Agriculture was within its rights to determine marijuana cultivation centers may be sited within 2,500 feet of residential areas, unless the areas are zoned "exclusively" residential, which could allow other state agencies to interpret state laws as they see fit. -
IL appeals panel: Loop hotel developers sued ex-attorneys too late for role in alleged corrupt rezoning
An appeals court has tossed out the window a lawsuit by the would-be developers of a Loop hotel, who alleged their attorneys improperly advised another client how to thwart the project, saying the developers waited too long to lodge their malpractice action. -
WILSON ELSER: How Today’s Headlines Impact Financial Policy Lines
Jonathan Meer (Partner-New York, NY), Kimberly Blair (Partner-Chicago, IL) and Richard Reiter (Partner-White Plains, NY) will present “How Today’s Headlines Impact Financial Policy Lines,” the final of four Insurance Coverage Master Classes in the Wilson Elser Forum series, on April 27, 2021. -
WILSON ELSER: Anjali Das of Wilson Elser Named to Cybersecurity Docket Incident Response 40 2021
National law firm Wilson Elser announced that Anjali Das, a partner in the Chicago office, has been named to the Cybersecurity Docket Incident Response 40 2021, the digital publication’s annual list of the 40 best data breach attorneys. -
Did IL agency violate law when it permitted Aurora cannabis growing site? IL Supreme Court to decide
The Illinois Supreme Court heard arguments March 10 to decide the fate of the suburbs' designated medical cannabis cultivation license. -
IL high court to decide if state regulators broke law in awarding marijuana growers' license
A Lake County company has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to declare a state agency wrongly rewrote a state law in deciding to award a license for a cannabis cultivation facility to a competitor looking to operate a site in Aurora. -
WILSON ELSER: Prepared for the Unexpected: Webinar on Legal Malpractice Liability
Wilson Elser’s Lawyers’ Liability Practice is pleased to offer a one-hour webinar for claims professionals handling legal professional liability claims. -
WILSON ELSER: Cyber Threats in the COVID-19 World
Anjali Das (Partner-Chicago) will participate in on a virtual panel, “Cyber Threats in the COVID-19 World,” on October 8, 2020. -
WILSON ELSER: Kersting Obtains Arbitration Award on Behalf of Carrier Client
Edna Kersting (Partner-Chicago) succeeded in an arbitration on behalf of a major carrier client in a case involving a beneficiary’s lawsuit pertaining to the adjustment of the death benefit on his mother’s life as the result of an age misrepresentation on her application for coverage. -
WILSON ELSER: Insurance Agent & Broker E&O in the Era of COVID-19
Wilson Elser issued the following announcement on.DATE:April 30, 2020 LOCATION:Webinar 1:00 PM EDT Topics for this one-hour discussion include the current state of the insurance industry's response to COVID-19 claims, claims handling, and potential claims against Insurance Agents & Brokers as they navigate the work-from-home environment. -
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Hyatt: Timeclock vendor should be target of biometrics class action over hotel worker fingerprint scans
Hyatt says timeclock vendor Kronos actually collected scanned worker data protected under BIPA, not the hotel chain. -
Appeals panel: Couple hit by car can sue Uber, driver for dropping them off at busy intersection at 2 a.m.
An Illinois appeals panel has reversed a Cook County judge’s ruling that a Uber driver could not have foreseen a Chicago couple, whom he kicked out of his vehicle in the middle of the night, would then be hit by a car, finding the Uber driver should have known such an eventuality was possible. -
Judge: Plaintiffs' lawyers could face sanction for ignoring key precedent in debt collection case
Saying a plaintiff’s attorneys' actions stood as an “egregious violation” of conduct rules, potentially punishable by sanction, a Chicago federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against a collection agency, which alleged the agency tried to mislead a debtor with an allegedly bogus offer to settle their debt by a certain date. -
WILSON ELSER MOSKOWITZ EDELMAN & DICKER: Colorado’s Snow Removal Service Liability Limitation Act Restricts Enforceability of Indemnity Provisions
On May 30, 2018, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law Senate Bill 18-062, referred to as the “Snow Removal Service Liability Limitation Act” (the Act), codified at C.R.S. § 13-21-129.