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Compass Group: Split appeals decision on fingerprint scans creates large legal questions, needs new hearing
A vending machine kiosk company that won a partial victory from a federal appeals panel in a court fight over class action lawsuits with big money on the line under an Illinois biometrics privacy law is asking appellate judges to take another look at their decision, saying the split decision creates big legal problems.
Pritzker administration: Lawsuits, lost funds could face law enforcement agencies that don't enforce guv's COVID orders
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency says law enforcement agencies that refuse to enforce Gov. JB Pritzker's executive orders could lose liability protections under state law and their share of federal funds administered by the state.
Rep. McSweeney asks U.S. A/G to 'investigate' Pritzker's COVID orders, enforcement threats
Suburban state Rep. David McSweeney has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr asking him to review Gov. JB Pritzker's 'overreaching and unconstitutional directives'
Pritzker's Health Dept. retracts controversial emergency rule to criminalize business owners who reopen early
Public furor enveloped lawmakers over the new rule, which could have resulted in fines and jail time for business owners who opened 'nonessential' businesses earlier than Pritzker believed proper under his COVID rules.
Naperville Park District sues Pritzker, says guv trampling local governments' abilities to meet communities' needs during pandemic
The suburban park district board says Pritzker has denied it the chance to modify its programs to balance the need to stop COVID-19, against the need to promote public health and combat other societal ills through community-based recreation.
Judge: Shutterfly's user agreement's arbitration clause can defeat BIPA class action claims
A Chicago federal judge has ruled an arbitration clause inserted by Shutterfly into its user agreement in 2015 was enough to potentially hamstring a class action against the photo sharing platform brought under Illinois' biometrics privacy law.
Class action: Fifth Third policies pressured bank workers to open accounts, other products without customer consent
The class action is the first such action vs the bank in Cook County, as lawsuits vs Fifth Third mount elsewhere.
'Need a better way forward': Furor erupts over Pritzker emergency rule criminalizing business reopenings
Opposition demands state lawmakers block Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to amend public health rules to deem business owners who reopen sooner than the governor would like with a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fines and potential jail time.
Seventh Circuit: Pritzker's COVID orders don't 'show hostility toward religion'
A federal appeals panel has denied two churches' request for an order halting enforcement of Pritzker's religious meeting restrictions while their appeal was heard.
'On dangerous ground': McHenry state's attorney blasts 'anemic rationalization' of Pritzker's use of emergency powers
McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally filed a brief in federal court, criticizing the state's attempt to defend policies that would allow the governor to rule 'unchecked' for years
Pritzker seeks to transfer Bailey COVID orders challenge to Springfield; Bailey: Governor is 'forum shopping'
Attorneys for State Rep. Darren Bailey objected to Gov. JB Pritzker's try to transfer Bailey's lawsuit challenging the governor's COVID emergency powers to Springfield court, from Bailey's home county in southern Illinois.
Bailey renews suit vs Pritzker, says Attorney General has ignored prior opinion on limits of guv's COVID powers
State Rep. Darren Bailey says a recently unearthed 2001 opinion from former Attorney General Jim Ryan "lays bare" the governor's emergency powers "overreach."
Suburban business owners say Pritzker shutdown orders are illegal property takings, state needs to pay
New federal lawsuit asserts Gov. JB Pritzker violated the U.S. and Illinois constitutions by requiring business owners to close, destroying their property without compensation.
'A real mess': IL businesses, cities, counties mull dilemma of resisting Pritzker COVID orders
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has threatened to use state resources to punish rogue businesses, communities, or just step back and let them be sued by politically allied trial lawyers, should any continue to resist his emergency orders.
Judge: Pritzker OK to bar churches from assembling, worshiping together during COVID-19 pandemic emergency
Two churches are appealing federal judge's ruling, in which judge called their decision to hold worship services in defiance of the governor "ill-founded and selfish."
2001 memo: Illinois governors can't simply extend emergency powers beyond 30 days without legislators' OK
A 2001 memo indicates the longstanding position of the Illinois Attorney General's Office contradicts its recent court filings arguing Gov. JB Pritzker can rule by executive order for as long as COVID-19 is declared an emergency in Illinois.
Lawsuits: Pritzker has no power to order businesses closed without due process, even during pandemic
Gov. JB Pritzker is facing challenges from two business owners, who assert he has no power to order businesses in Illinois to close as part of his actions against COVID-19.
Jewell Events Catering says bartender posted company COVID email online, defamed them, endangered contract with CSO
Lawsuit says lead bartender at Chicago Symphony Center posted confidential companywide email after COVID shutdown, violating confidentiality agreement.
IL Supreme Court nixes Pritzker bid for order to end legal challenges to emergency powers
The Supreme Court's decision comes after Pritzker secured a win vs legal challenge in Cook County court
Class action: Two workers accessed children's patient records at Lurie Children's Hospital without authorization
A new lawsuit filed by Edelson P.C. accuses the Chicago children's hospital of not doing enough to stop two workers from accessing records for 8,000 patients over two years.