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An appeals court has ordered DuPage County’s circuit court to take another look at whether Planned Parenthood’s Aurora clinic may not be allowed in its current location under the city of Aurora’s zoning code.

Plainfield couple alleges company has breached its warranty, won't repair water damage to home

Court says Cardenas Marketing never showed how different advice from counsel would have changed the outcome in any way

BelushiActor Jim Belushi filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court June 4 against a woman he claims spread rumors about him that led to a loss of business at his Chicago comedy club and damaged his professional relationships with others in the comedy business.Belushi filed the complaint against Sahar Chavoshi, who court documents identified as the girlfriend of Kyle Lane, owner of Lane’s Comedy Bar in

A group of Illinois cities and villages suing Expedia and other online travel companies have won the chance to move forward with a class action over taxes the municipal governments claim the travel sites owe them, as a federal judge said the cities do not necessarily need to first review the tax claims themselves before taking the matter to court.On June 4, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly rejected

Aon Corporation has sued the former CEO of its subsidiary in Bolivia for fraud and misconduct it alleges cost the company more than $20 million and the ability to do business at all in the South American country.

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A former assistant store manager has filed a class action lawsuit against Dick’s Sporting Goods, claiming the retailer cheated employees out of overtime pay by labeling them assistant managers.Attorneys Edward A. Wallace and Amy E. Keller of Wexler Wallace LLP in Chicago filed the case in Cook County Circuit Court May 29 on behalf of John Bouchard. The complaint seeks to broaden the action to cover

Schaumburg-based Catamaran Corp. is facing a class action lawsuit brought by a shareholder who claims Catamaran’s acquisition by UnitedHealth Group Inc. benefits the company’s board of directors and top executives at the expense of shareholders.Shareholder Leslie Katz has named the company and each of the board’s nine members as defendants in the action filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago.In the

A trio of environmental groups has filed suit in U.S. district court asking a judge to vacate the Federal Highway Administration’s approval of documents supporting the proposed Illiana Tollway.

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An Illinois-based food manufacturer has brought suit against two India-based companies it alleges are responsible for contaminating certain seasonings used to make pepperoni with bits of plastic.