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'This should keep you up at night': $550M Facebook settlement could spark yet more IL biometrics class actions
Attorneys urge employers to beware of lawsuits, address company policies and push Illinois officials to 'seek changes' to the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Class action: Motorists owed $100M+ refunds for red light cameras in SW suburbs boosted by racketeering, bribes
A new class action asks a federal judge to order the refund of potentially more than $100 million in fines generated from a network of red light cameras in Chicago’s southwest suburbs, which were allegedly installed as a result of a racketeering conspiracy built on bribes and grift.
EtO plaintiffs: Even before 1st lawsuit filed, Sterigenics moved to put $1.3B 'out of reach' of personal injury lawsuits
Sterigenics says the finance accusations are 'inaccurate,' 'misleading' and 'false.'
Judge: Fingerprint scans caused no real harm, but vending machine biz still could face huge judgment in state court
The lack of 'concrete' injury means the case can't be tried in federal court. But Illinois Supreme Court decision means that is not an issue in state courts, federal judge says.
Facebook will pay $550M to settle Illinois photo tag class action brought by Edelson, other firms
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle one of the first and largest class actions launched under an Illinois biometrics privacy law.
Appeals panel: IL property tax laws stymy property tax lawsuits, wrongly shield Cook County from answering for unequal assessments
A federal appeals panel has revived a lawsuit brought by a group of property owners against Cook County, as the judges say Illinois laws and tax appeal rules have created a system in which certain taxpayers can't get justice over unequal tax assessments.
Lawsuit: Melrose Park officials 'ginned up' charges to fire cop, son of cops union prez, for dad's defense of black cop vs discrimination
Complaint says issue started over 'selective enforcement' of village's worker residency rules vs Melrose Park's first African American police officer.
Judge: CBOE can't be held liable for failure to stop manipulation of VIX market
Judge says investor plaintiffs can't prove they were actually harmed by manipulation, or that CBOE intervention would have stopped anything.
IBM's A.I.-training photo database violated Illinois biometrics law, class action says
A new class action lawsuit has accused IBM of violating an Illinois biometrics privacy law by not securing written authorization from people whose photos the company took from Flickr to help companies train A.I. to better recognize human faces.
Lawyer's widow: Recent Supreme Court ruling means she should get $3M in lawsuit vs drugmaker GSK over Paxil labeling
SCOTUS ruling changed "approach" to drug labeling questions, plaintiffs said. GSK says the change wasn't "extraordinary" enough and would open "floodgates" to attempts at lawsuit "do-overs."
Lawsuit: Lawyers' 'bald-faced lie' from mediation session prompted gag order in sexual assault case
Two Chicago attorneys, lawyer Tamara Holder and Johanna Raimond, have sued the attorneys for a suburban gynecologist accused of sexually assaulting an employee-patient, saying those lawyers “abused” a court-ordered mediation to improperly slap a gag order on the plaintiffs’ legal team.
Supreme Court slams door on Facebook's bid to undo photo tagging class action
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Facebook’s attempt to untag itself from a class action lawsuit worth potentially billions of dollars under Illinois’ biometric information privacy law.
‘Why do these guys get to get off?’: Judge's ruling to let Lincoln Towing keep license unpopular, but ICC misstepped
Judge Neil Cohen lets infamous towing outfit keep going, but state regulators still able to appeal or try to revoke Lincoln Towing's license again
Lawsuit: Santander violating federal collection calling laws, 'harassing' debtors
A new lawsuit has targeted subprime auto lender Santander Consumer USA, accusing the company of “incessantly calling consumers” and charging them improper fees should they fall behind on their loans.
Lawyer asks judge to block deposition of IL Gov. Pritzker amid discrimination lawsuit vs Pritzker campaign
Motion says Gov. Pritzker doesn't know anything about the claims, didn't manage low-level campaign workers
Melrose Park, Edelson lawyers renew push to stick Pipeline Health with big damages for closing Westlake Hospital
Court can't order hospital to reopen, but lawsuit demands owners pay for 'fraud'
Elections board: Chicago lawyer who represented Burge can use Irish maiden name on ballot for judge election
The hearing board said it doesn't matter she's used her maiden name when practicing law or running for other offices. The objector has sought judicial review of that decision.
Report says employment lawsuits down, but class action success rate highest ever; Cost businesses billions
Plaintiffs' lawyers are securing class action nods at 80% clip, and settlements are still totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, a report from Seyfarth Shaw says
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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.
Lawsuit dropped vs Quorum Health over closure of MetroSouth hospital in Blue Island
The legal action, which had been led by lawyers from Edelson P.C., was quietly withdrawn in November.