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Churches, businesses say IL abortion funding rules violate religious freedom rights, fly in face of Supreme Court ruling
The lawsuit filed in court in Springfield asks the court declare the Illinois Reproductive Health Act illegal.
Bailey: Pritzker still 'forum shopping' in legal dispute over whether guv's COVID orders overstepped authority
State Rep. Darren Bailey says Gov. JB Pritzker has gone to "great lengths to contrive" legal reasons to avoid allowing a southern Illinois county judge to rule on the question of whether Pritzker had the authority to shut down the state in response to COVID-19.
Judge: AbbVie's "patent thicket," deals to keep control over Humira doesn't mean drugmaker broke antitrust laws
AbbVie had accumulated hundreds of patents to protect its claim to Humira's big money sales, but that doesn't mean they broke the law, a judge has ruled, dismissing a slew of class action claims.
Scrum over rights to 'Park Ridge Falcons' name produces claims of financial mismanagement at youth football league
A court fight that started in April over who can use the "Park Ridge Falcons" youth football team name has now produced accusations that league administrators misused $52K in donations.
Pritzker: Rep. Bailey's challenge of guv's COVID power belongs in federal court, despite DOJ opinion otherwise
Gov. JB Pritzker's reply to filings by State Rep. Darren Bailey and the U.S. Justice Department opposing him does not address accusations the governor is "forum shopping" in the dispute over whether the case belongs in federal or southern Illinois county court.
NW IL church: Pritzker's new IDPH 'guidance' ends their challenge of guv's COVID power to bar services, for now
Pritzker shouldn't be allowed later to say in court he won, when his own decision to pull back worship service restrictions persuaded the courts that their constitutional challenge was moot, attorneys for a church in northwest Illinois said.
IL Supreme Court: Law requiring county board members to certify work hours to get pensions is unconstitutional
The state high court said county board members only need to comply with the pension rules that were in place when they first were elected, and a state law stating otherwise violates the pensions clause.
NY federal judge nixes bid by Chicago lawyers, plainitff to claim leadership stake over Clearview class actions
The judge says the only interest the Chicago plainitff has in the New York cases is to try to steer the proceedings - and reap the resulting attorney fees.
Amy Jacobson, AM560 accuse Pritzker of unconstitutionally blocking Jacobson from press conferences over her views
The federal lawsuit asserts Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker used Jacobson's speech at an anti-lockdown rally to justify banning a 'contrarian' journalist who asked difficult questions of the governor.
Class action: SEIU Healthcare wrongly deducted dues from union members who wanted out
A new federal class action asserts labor union SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana threw up illegal barriers to make it harder for personal assistants to leave the union and stop paying dues, violating their constitutional rights.
SCOTUS: Pritzker's about-face on restricting worship services allows him to sidestep hearing on COVID church rules
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied two Chicago area churches' reequest for an order declaring Pritzker to have violated the First Amendment in closing churches and limiting the size of in-person worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cook County chief judge orders courts shut down til July due to COVID
The county is planning to boost its livestreaming capabilities through Zoom and Youtube, the chief judge's office said
Pritzker says new COVID church 'guidelines' should thwart SCOTUS showdown; Churches say court should still rule
Attorneys for two Chicago area churches say they will press the U.S. Supreme Court to still declare Gov. JB Pritzker's limits on church worship services unconstitutionally 'trampled' religious freedoms.
Churches ask SCOTUS to step in, block Pritzker's COVID orders prohibiting in-person church services
Saying they are threatened with "accelerating" enforcement actions against then, two Chicago area churches have petititoned the U.S. Supreme Court to block Gov. JB Pritzker's orders sharply limiting the size of in-person worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Churches: Pritzker's COVID worship service limits unconstitutionally single out churches among 'essential' activities
Two Chicago area churches asked a federal appeals court to toss out Gov. JB Pritzker's orders limiting the size of religious gatherings.
Judge pulls final plug on Fox brothers $100M Ditto Trade defamation suit vs Wert, Tribune
A Cook County judge denied the request from the brothers who formerly headed troubled online brokerage Ditto Trade to reconsider his earlier ruling dismissing their defamation lawsuit vs media executive Larry Wert.
DaBecca Natural Foods OKs $1M deal to end fingerprint punch clock scan class action under IL BIPA law
Plaintiffs' lawyer David Fish is in line to get as much as $350K from settlement. About 1,200 DaBecca workers could get $600-$1,300 each.
Clay County judge grants restraining order, again, vs Pritzker's stay home order
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney has weighed in again on Gov. JB Pritzker's use of executive power during the COVID-19 crisis, granting another temporary restraining order against Pritzker, this time to a southern Illinois tanning salon owner.
Justice Department: Bailey right in dispute vs Pritzker over emergency powers
Steven Weinhoeft, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, says Gov. JB Pritzker was wrong to try to take State Rep. Darren Bailey's lawsuit to federal court, and the governor's interpretation of state law concerning his emergency powers is wrong, as well.
New lawsuit vs Pritzker in Clay County seeks statewide order blocking guv's COVID orders
An Iraq War veteran and business owner has filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers in the same court in which state Rep. Darren Bailey also sued the governor.