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Former Telemundo newscaster lodges suit over 2013 firing; claims she was discriminated against for alcohol addiction
A former news anchor for Chicago’s Spanish speaking television station is suing her former employer, claiming she was discriminated against and eventually fired for being an alcoholic.Edna Schmidt brought her suit against Telemundo of Chicago LLC and NBC Universal Media LLC Thursday in Chicago’s federal court. The filing appears to have come in the middle of a special seriesairing during the 10 p.
AG update: Judge extends grace period voting in Lake County until 9
A judge has extended grace period voting in Lake County until 9 p.m., according to Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office.
Northwestern professor files defamation suit against student who accused him of sexual assault
A Northwestern University professor who was accused in February of making unwanted sexual advances toward a student sued that student today, claiming her allegedly false accusations not only defamed him, but interfered with his current and prospective employment.
Following denial in federal court, drug company asks state court to halt city's release of document sought in reporter's FOIA request
One of the drug companies being sued by the City of Chicago over allegations of deceptive marketing followed a federal judge’s advice this week and went to state court to try to stop the city from releasing documents to a USA Today reporter who filed Freedom of Information Act requests.
Consultant claims company owes him $30K for services dealing with application for license to grow medical marijuana
A local consultant is suing a Pawnee company, claiming it failed to pay him for work it hired him to do in applying for a medical marijuana cultivation license.
Former county attorney accuses Fox News, reporter of defamation over broadcast he claims got him fired
A Chicago lawyer is suing a group of Fox News companies and one of its reporters, claiming he got booted from his county job after a piece accusing him of drawing on two public pensions aired earlier this year.Frank Gardner, a former attorney with the Cook County Department of Human Rights and Ethics, filed suit Oct. 16 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Fox Television Stations Inc., Fox News
Litigation over Syngenta's corn seed grows as farmers file class actions
A seed developer is facing another wave of litigation over a genetically-engineered corn seed that a group of farmers contend crippled the U.S. export market in China and caused a decline in corn prices, a combination they assert will lead to a projected $1.14 billion loss this year.
Popcorn company lodges lawsuit over the use of "skinny" in marketing
An up-and-coming popcorn company is laying claim to the use of the word “skinny” in marketing materials and isn’t afraid to use legal action to enforce it.
Nine years after tossing $10B verdict, Illinois Supreme Court agrees to review Price v. Philip Morris cigarette labeling case
The Illinois Supreme Court will once again weigh in the Madison County case over cigarette labeling that has been smoldering in the state’s courts for more than a decade.
Prenda's defamation case not likely to see rulings until 2015; judge set to rule on pending motions Jan. 19
DuffyThe now-dissolved Prenda Law firm and Chicago attorney Paul Duffy will have to wait until next year to find out if they will be held in contempt for failing to pay an $11,000-plus sanctions award in the defamation lawsuit they filed last year.They will also have to wait until early 2015 to learn the fate of their recent request to toss the second amended counterclaim the defendants –Minnesota
Justices disbar nine attorneys, discipline more than 20 others
Illinois Supreme CourtThe Illinois Supreme Court on Friday disbarred nine lawyers, including two former Chicago area attorneys who were convicted and sentenced to 15-years in prison for their involvement in separate criminal schemes.In addition to the disbarments, the justices handed down orders during their September term suspending 15 attorneys, reprimanding five and censuring two others, including
City urges federal court to toss drug maker's motion to disqualify its lawyers from opioid lawsuit
SingerA pharmaceutical company’s motion to disqualify the law firm the City of Chicago hired to represent it in its opioid lawsuit “is baseless and should be denied,” attorneys for the city and its counsel asserted earlier this week.In a document filed Monday, these attorneys claim the Aug. 21 request from Purdue Pharma LP and two of its affiliates to disqualify Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll and