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Suburban appeals panel tosses doctors' antitrust suit over scuttled NorthShore, Advocate merger

By David Hutton |
A state appeals panel has upheld a Lake County judge's ruling dismissing a group of doctors' antitrust complaint over the scuttled merger between the NorthShore University and Advocate health systems.

Seventh Circuit affirms Emerald casino executives liable for $272 million

By David Hutton |
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has sided with an Illinois federal court, noting that a federal judge was correct in ruling that six Illinois casino executives are responsible for paying $272 million after they allegedly caused their company to lose its gambling license and fall into bankruptcy.

Federal judge denies alarm companies attempt to block Schaumburg's alarm monitoring rules

By David Hutton |
A federal judge has, for now, denied a request from business alarm company Alarm Detection Systems Inc. (ADS) and several other security firms for a temporary injunction in a case acusing the village of Schaumburg, Tyco Integrated Security LLC and Northwest Central Dispatch System of essentially conspiring to create an alarm monitoring monopoly in the northwest suburban village.

Federal judge says ERISA claim doesn't eclipse ex-VP's state wage law claims vs BMO Harris

By David Hutton |
A federal judge has kicked a wage dispute class action between a retired bank executive and BMO Harris Bank back to Cook County court, saying the executive's claim he had been shorted retirement benefits as owed under federal law did not legally eclipse his state law claims that the bank had misclassified him as an independent contractor while he worked for BMO post-retirement.

Federal judge OKs lawsuit to continue alleging debt collector Harris & Harris shorted workers pay

By David Hutton |
A Chicago federal judge has refused to toss a class action lawsuit brought against a debt collection firm by a former employee who accused the company of shorting her and other workers their pay.

Junk fax ad suit allowed to proceed vs Onsite Health, after judge said fax wasn't 'merely informational'

By David Hutton |
A federal judge has kept alive a home health company's junk fax lawsuit against a medical practice, saying a fax sent by the practice announcing the arrival of a new physician was, in fact, an advertisement, and not merely an "informational" message.

Rival vacuum makers square off in court again over false advertising claims

By David Hutton |
New England vacuum cleaner company SharkNinja has scored a win in its case against Dyson Inc. over advertising claims, after a Chicago federal judge partially granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

Cook County voters will select new mayors, school boards, other local elected officials on April 4

By David Hutton |
Despite being an “off-election year,” Cook County voters will decide a number of key local races on the ballot in the April 4 consolidated general election, which could have big implications for their hometowns, local schools and their tax bills.

Privacy lawsuit tossed vs makers of 'NBA2K16' video game; case unlikely to have large impact

By David Hutton |
A New York federal judge has tossed out a potential digital biometrics privacy class action lawsuit against the makers of NBA video games, saying the video basketball game players likely should have known their facial likenesses would be stored by a system that took 15 minutes to complete a scan of a player's face and store the image for use as an avatar in the game.But the true impact of the case on other lawsuits brought under an Illinois biometrics privacy law is likely to be small, said an attorney whose practice focuses on digital privacy laws.