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Hiring monitor: Illinois has 'work to do' before court-ordered oversight of state hiring practices can be lifted
The filing comes in response to Gov. JB Pritzker's try to end the court decrees that gives federal monitors the authority to combat patronage hiring in state government.
SEIU Healthcare OKs deal to end lawsuit accusing union of wrongly collecting dues after members ask to stop
Attorneys with the National Right to Work Foundation announced the deal, ending a class action vs the union, which had slowwalked or denied requests from members who wished to leave the union, all while continuing to collect fees.
Illinois Supreme Court to hear arguments in-person in 17 cases in new Sept. term
Among other cases, the state Supreme Court will consider whether union members can sue lawyers hired to represent them by their union; whether religious schools can fire whisteblower faculty; and whether cities can use "points" systems to allegedly sidestep state laws forbidding ticket quota systems for cops.
TopGolf fails to drive away biometrics class action over worker fingerprint scans
A federal judge says TopGolf can't dismiss the class action, potentially involving more than 500 workers, with millions of dollars on the line.
Judge tosses class action vs Google, U of Chicago over patient medical records sharing
A Chicago federal judge says the plaintiffs, represented by the Edelson firm, have more work to do to show how plaintiffs were economically harmed by the alleged records sharing to aid Google's construction of a new health records system.
Appeals court: Pritzker OK to limit - or not limit - religious, political gatherings to combat COVID-19
Just because Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted greater leeway to religious gatherings, and marched in a massive Black Lives Matter protest, doesn't mean Pritzker's 50-person limit can't apply to Republican Party political events, the appeals panel ruled.
City Hall set to OK $6.65M deals to end four police misconduct claims; Payouts will include money for lawyers who repped plaintiffs
Lawyers from the firms of O'Malley & Madden; the Hamilton Law Office; Erickson & Oppenheimer; the Law Office of Al Hofeld Jr.; and Odim Law Offices poised to grab a cut of the settlement funds for bringing the lawsuits.
Judge: Tech firm founded to help Dems text voters can be sued for Vallas campaign spam texts
A Chicago federal judge will allow a class action to continue vs Link2Tek, which helped the Vallas mayoral campaign send text messages to voters in 2019.
Lawsuit: McDonald's sends Black franchisees on 'financial suicide mission' to inner city restaurants
A discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court accuses McDonald's of misleading and mistreating its Black restaurant franchisees by saddling them with high cost, low revenue restaurants in crime ridden inner city areas.
Judge: 'Reasonable suspicion of dangerousness' enough to allow IL State Police to deny concealed carry permit
A federal judge said the Illinois State Police is within its constitutional authority to deny a concealed carry license to a man who was accused by the Chicago Police of being a gang member and who had 20-year-old non-violent criminal record.
Appeals panel: Churches should be able to be sued under discrimination laws for 'hostile work environments'
A federal appeals panel in Chicago said a fired gay Catholic church music director should be allowed to proceed with his lawsuit against the Chicago Archdiocese, because the First Amendment isn't an absolute shield for churches' employment decisions.
McDonald's sues AmFam subsidiary, says wrongly refused to fund defense vs workers' COVID lawsuit
McDonald's says it and two Chicago franchisees have racked up more than $1.6M in legal bills defending against the lawsuit, accusing McDonald's of not doing enough to protect workers against COVID-19.
Big Chicago building owners sue ComEd over alleged Madigan bribery scheme
Several Chicago building owners say electric rates skyrocketed, while ComEd pocketed hundreds of millions in profits, thanks to its allegedly successful efforts to allegedly bribe Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan by hiring his allies.
Landlords appeal court order affirming Pritzker's eviction ban; Landlord association blasts extended eviction ban
Landlords say Pritzker's order goes beyond merely protecting tenants, but blocks landlords from even telling tenants they need to pay back rent and locks landlords out of court.
Plaintiffs' lawyers file 600 more personal injury lawsuits vs Sterigenics, now also suing Griffith Foods
Alsip-based Griffith Foods says it has had nothing to do with the shuttered Willowbrook sterilization plant for more than 20 years.
Class action: UPS Store overcharges customers for notary public services
The class action says UPS Store charges $5 per notary act, when the law only allows them to charge $1
Appeals panel rejects IL officials' bid to rewrite deal easing ballot access for third parties amid COVID
Judges said the action would have resulted in roadblocks for third parties to access the ballot this fall. The action was led by lawyers associated with Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Who deserves to profit off The 78? General Mediterranean says not investors suing them
General Mediterranean Holdings, a company owned by billionaire Auchi, says a group of investors can't back their claims to a cut of any profits from the redevelopment of The 78 site in the South Loop.
Judge bags, for now, Potbelly's RICO claim vs two ex-I.T. managers, Nitel
Sandwich chain Potbelly has accused two ex-I.T. managers and tech firm Nitel of conspiring to steer Potbelly's business to Nitel in exchange for kickbacks to the I.T. workers.
Appeals panel: Best Buy installs appliances, but still must collect sales taxes on those appliances
A state appellate court says Best Buy and similar retailers can't be treated the same as construction contractors under Illinois sales tax laws, just because they install the appliances they sell.