News from September 2021
Judge says IL federal courts can't tell California to refund thousands seized from IL e-tailer over sales tax dispute
The state of California says Glen Ellyn woman's online children's clothing shop owes more than $7,500 in sales taxes. A judge says only California courts, and maybe SCOTUS, can help her now.
Ex-Morton College Inspector General says was wrongly fired after complaining of misconduct by college leaders
In a lawsuit, the former inspector general at Morton College in Cicero accused the college's president and others of allegedly conspiring to spend college funds for personal use and of allegedly improperly installing the college's athletic director.
Northwestern students can't sue after school closed campus over COVID, but charged full price tuition, judge says
A federal judge in Chicago said the students failed to provide a contract showing Northwestern University ever guaranteed in-person learning
'Pro-Constitution, not anti-vaccine:' Geneva, St. Charles educators sue to block Pritzker vaccine mandate
A new lawsuit asks a Kane County judge to block suburban school districts in St. Charles and Geneva from enforcing Gov. JB Pritzker's vaccine mandate, saying the order tramples educators' due process rights.
Oldenburg to be Part of Educational Series for Dentists
Oldenburg to be Part of Educational Series for Dentists.
Class action: Samsung smartphones, tablets scan faces of people in photos, violating IL biometrics law
The lawsuit in Chicago court says users can't turn off facial recognition tech in the Samsung Gallery photo app, and Samsung doesn't tell users its app is creating facial templates for everyone whose image is captured in the photos on Samsung phones and tablets.
Judge: Lawsuit can continue vs Lake County circuit clerk over political firings of office supervisors
A judge has ruled former Lake County Circuit Clerk Office supervisors may press their lawsuit, which alleges Circuit Clerk Erin Weinstein, a Democrat, fired them for backing her opponent, the Republican incumbent.
Littler Earns Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certification Plus From Diversity Lab
Littler Earns Mansfield Rule 4.0 Certification Plus From Diversity Lab.
Greenberg Traurig Wins 2021 TMA Turnaround/Transaction of the Year Award
Greenberg Traurig Wins 2021 TMA Turnaround/Transaction of the Year Award.
Workplace Speech and the NLRA: What Employers Need To Know To Stay on the Right Side of the Law
Workplace Speech and the NLRA: What Employers Need To Know To Stay on the Right Side of the Law.
Jared Hedman Joins Greensfelder as Intellectual Property Attorney
Jared Hedman Joins Greensfelder as Intellectual Property Attorney.
Judge allows feds to reimpose $5M fines vs credit monitoring firm under different law, after SCOTUS said original fines illegal
A federal judge said the FTC can modify its fraud complaint vs Credit Bureau Center to press for fines under a different section of federal law, after the Supreme Court said the law under which it had pressed the original complaint didn't allow them to levy fines - a move the company called unfair.
IL biometrics class actions over worker fingerprint scans can have 5-year statute of limitations, appeals court rules
Illinois employers seeking to limit the reach of the law that has spawned thousands of potentially ruinous class action lawsuits had sought to restrict class actions under the state's biometrics law to a one year time limit for reckoning violations. Justices said that limit only applies to certain sections of the law.
$181M chicken price fixing settlements could net lawyers $60M+, uncertain payout for consumers
The settlement administrators began accepting consumer claims on Sept. 11 from anyone in the U.S. who says they bought chicken from 2009-2020, and wants a share of the approximately $111 million left after the lawyers get paid.
Pritzker must show corrupt hiring has stopped, can't easily restart, to end feds' oversight of IL govt jobs, reformers say
Two longtime reform advocates told a federal appeals court that Gov. JB Pritzker has not yet met the burden needed to win release from federal court orders imposing federal oversight of state hiring practices, despite Pritzker's claims to the contrary
Judge sides with parents in challenge to Carlyle school district mask mandate
Clinton County Circuit Judge Don Sheafor on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order against Carlyle School District 1 and superintendent Annie Gray over the district's student mask mandate.
White Castle: IL biometrics law not designed to 'bankrupt employers,' should be limited; Judges could punt to IL Supreme Court
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh CIrcuit Court of Appeals expressed doubt during oral arguments over whether they are the court that should address a key legal question over how to decide how much money employers may owe in lawsuit payouts under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act.
Teutopolis parents granted TRO in fight over school mask mandate
Fourth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Judge Douglas Jarman on Wednesday ruled against Teutopolis Unit 50 School District and its superintendent Matthew Sturgeon over the Effingham County school district's mask requirement.
Banasek to Speak at Long-Term Care Seminar
Banasek to Speak at Long-Term Care Seminar.
Locke Lord's Carolyn Blessing, Ashlee Knuckey and Mike Wilson Recognized as 2021 Notable Rising Stars in Law by Crain's Chicago Business
Locke Lord's Carolyn Blessing, Ashlee Knuckey and Mike Wilson Recognized as 2021 Notable Rising Stars in Law by Crain's Chicago Business.