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TopGolf to pay $2.6M to end class action over workers' fingerprints; Lawyers could get $865K
More than 2,600 current and former workers at TopGolf entertainment centers in Schaumburg and Naperville could get about $600 each under the deal
Latino voters sue over Dem-created IL district maps, say use of flawed data violates 'one-person, one-vote principles'
A second lawsuit in as many days, this time filed by a prominent Latino advocacy organization, asserts the state's Democratic lawmakers used flawed data to make new legislative district maps, resulting in unequal districts that violate voters' constitutional equal protection rights.
Chicago church: Court order still needed to block Pritzker from ever reimposing COVID church worship restrictions
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he has no intention to ever restrict church services again, asks court to dismiss a church's long-running legal challenge to his COVID-related authority.
Class actions: Instant Checkmate, Truthfinder, other 'people search' sites wrongly use people's info to boost sales
Three new class action lawsuits accuse four "people search" sites, operated by PeopleConnect, of illegally using Illinoisans names and personal information to sell search subscriptions.
Dems' IL district maps challenged; GOP leaders: 'Population estimates' result in unequal, discriminatory districts
The lawsuit filed in federal court says the maps pushed through by Illinois Democrats wrongly rely on survey estimates, not actual Census data.
BNSF sues Cicero, says town's massive sewer increase, threats, imperil operations at major rail hub
Cicero is demanding BNSF pay $359K sewer bill under 'discriminatory' targeted new ordinance, or risk shutdown of 'major' interstate railyard.
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Six Flags inks $36M deal to end fingerprint scan class action that resulted in landmark IL Supreme Court decision
Six Flags Great America members and pass holders who visited the park from 2013-2018 could be in line for cash payments of $60-$200. Lawyers could get $12 million.
Alliance Ground workers could get $1K-$2K each under class action deal over fingerprint scans; Lawyers to get $655K
The $1.64 million settlement would end a class action lawsuit, filed in 2017 under the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act, against the company that handles cargo at O'Hare International Airport
IL Supreme Court pauses transition to new appellate court districts, says work needed to get ready
Illinois Democratic state lawmakers had rushed the new maps through the General Assembly, and scheduled the districts - which critics say were drawn to preserve a Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court - to take effect immediately.
Lake County chief judge: No one 'made any requests' for lawmakers to redraw the county's judicial lines
The origin and purpose of new legislation to redistrict Lake County's court system remains shrouded in questions, as the county's chief judge says it wasn't needed to solve any problems.
Judge nixes Pritzker bid to toss athletes' parents' suit over high school sports shutdown; Guv will get another try
A Springfield judge has again refused Gov. JB Pritzker's bid to toss a legal challenge to his COVID orders, this time allowing parents of high school athletes to continue their lawsuit over Pritzker's 2020 shutdown of high school athletics.
SCOTUS won't hear oil, gas driller's lawsuit accusing IL of using regulations to all but ban fracking, strip property rights
Next Energy LLC had asserted an Illinois state moratorium on oil and gas fracking permits, coupled with a thicket of new drilling rules, amounted to an unconstitutional taking of lease and property rights, locking out drillers looking to invest potentially billions into an economically struggling part of the state.
Cops, ex-prosecutor: Wrongful prosection suit must end, because Foxx merely dropped '94 rape, murder case vs two men
A group of Chicago cops and a former Cook County ASA say they were left to face lawsuits after State's Attorney Kim Foxx opted not to contest innocence claims from two who had confessed to a brutal 1994 rape and murder, despite her deputies' continued belief the two men were guilty.
Pritzker signs law allowing prejudgment interest in personal injury cases; Biz groups warn of big costs
"You know it's a bad idea when they try & hide their actions," said Mark Denzler, president of the Illinois Manufacturers Association, about the signing of the law in the closing hours of business before holiday weekend. The law will allow trial lawyers to tack 9% interest on judgments, calculated from the moment a lawsuit was filed.
IL Supreme Court: Courthouses statewide can lift masking rules for vaccinated visitors, workers; Temp checks gone, too
The Illinois Supreme Court has revised its masking rules, now allowing local courthouses to determine whether they wish to allow fully vaccinated people to visit and work at courthouses mask free.
GoFundMe deletes fundraiser to help fired Palatine H.S. teacher continue defamation suit vs BLM activist school board member
GoFundMe said the fundraiser to help former Palatine High School teacher Jeanne Hedgepeth 'violated terms of service."
IL high court denies appeal from Geneva restaurant owner challenging Pritzker's shutdown power; 'Stay tuned,' restaurant's lawyer says
A Springfield judge has rejected Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to kill off the lawsuit, which now demands Pritzker prove he didn't abuse his COVID emergency power by singling out restaurants with indoor dining bans
Hinsdale high school district warned of lawsuits over actions to implement 'equity statement' goals
The Liberty Justice Center has threatened to sue Hinsdale High School District 86 should it take actions in furtherance of its "equity statement," that result in violations of student or teacher free speech or equal protection rights
IL Supreme Court to decide if Cook County largely exempt from transportation spending lockbox amendment
A state appeals court and a Cook County judge have denied attempts by road contractors to use the Safe Roads Amendment to force Cook County to spend $250 million in transportation-related taxes on actual transportation projects, not operations.
IL Dems move to redraw state Supreme Court district lines for first time in decades, with eye on preserving their partisan majority
Illinois Democrats say the changes are needed to better balance the districts by population, but the redistricting move comes just months after a longtime Democratic Supreme Court justice lost his bid for retention in a district now considered solidly Republican.