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Logistics broker Virnich says Liberty Mutual wrongly counting independent truckers to boost workers' comp premiums
West Chicago-based Virnich's lawsuit alleges Liberty Mutual is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars more in workers' compensation insurance premiums than Virnich should owe, because it doesn't directly employ truck drivers
Ceridian signs off on $3.5M deal to end class action over Dayforce worker fingerprint scans
As many as 14,000 people could claim $790-$1,580 each under the deal. Plaintiffs' lawyers could get $1.23M.
Class action claims Paramount improperly sharing CBS.com user info with Facebook to boost ads
The class action lawsuit says Paramount using Facebook's so-called Tracking Pixel to monitor and share user behavior to better target ads
Lawsuit: Cook sheriff, chief judge should pay for murder of Vietnam vet in carjacking
The lawsuit is the second filed in recent weeks, seeking to hold the county liable for crimes committed by people allegedly under the county's electronic monitoring program as they awaited trial on other charges. The Sheriff's Office says it doesn't believe the men were in their monitoring program
IL Supreme Court denies Sterigenics plaintiffs' bid to slap hold on first trial over EtO emissions
Plaintiffs suing medical device sterilizer Sterigenics had sought to shut down the first trial over whether Sterigenics' emissions caused cancer, saying a Cook County judge had abused her discretion in rejecting their attempts to bring the cases to trial together, rather than individually
Feds ask court to order Cubs to renovate Wrigley Field to boost, improve disability seating, access
The lawsuit asserts renovations at Wrigley Field cost disability seating, and relegated the bulk of accessible seating to Wrigley's "worst seats." The Cubs have separately argued their seating plan actually does comply with the ADA
Walmart, Home Depot, other retailers could be roped into massive class action vs Clearview over face scrapes
Tech firm Clearview has opposed the move to add more defendants, saying it is "bad faith ... transparent gamesmanship" by plaintiffs' lawyers
Appeals panel: Indiana surgeon can press antitrust claims vs IU Health for 'monopolizing' Bloomington market
A vascular surgeon said IU Health revoked his hospital privileges as part of alleged scheme to leverage massive market presence to pressure him when he refused to end independent practice
Brink's hit with class action over requiring armored truck drivers to scan fingerprints to unlock doors
Like so many other class actions brought under the Illinois biometrics privacy law, the lawsuit says Brink's must pay up for allegedly violating the law's notice and consent provisions
SCOTUS decision may doom feds' efforts to sue Townstone Financial over execs' talk radio speech: New filing
Chicago mortgage broker Townstone Financial says federal banking regulators overreached in using anti-discrimination regulations to sue them for comments made on the radio by Townstone executives
Careerbuilder to pay $3.8M to settle sales reps' class action over alleged 'commission stripping'
Eligible sales reps would get at least $625 each, if not 'thousands' of dollars. Lawyers would get up to $1.25M
Villa Park school district: Father's parental rights don't trump school's obligations to 'support transgender youth'
A father sued Villa Park School DIstrict 45, accusing school officials of conspiring with his ex-wife, to aid their child's transition from male to female over the father's objections, allegedly violating the father's constitutional parental rights
Judge turns down bid by ex-Chicago radio host to reboot $10M defamation suit vs WTMX owner
Former Chicago radio host Melissa McGurren has tried since fall 2021 to sue her former employer, Hubbard Radio, for defamation, saying an executive at the company claimed in a staff email that she had lied under oath
$8M deal OK'd to end Ray-Ban app face scan class action vs eyewear maker Luxottica
Illinois residents who virutally tried on Ray-Ban sunglasses could be in line for hundreds of dollars each, if they submitted eligible claims for a cut of the funds by May 31
Judge nixes bid by Sterigenics, other corporate defendants to avoid trial, risk of bigger payouts for EtO emissions
A Cook County judge denied requests from medical device sterilization company Sterigenics and other defendants, including Griffith Foods, for summary judgment as the first trial date approaches over claims the companies allowed emissions from a Willowbrook plant that allegedly caused cancer
Jewel-Osco OKs $1.6M deal to end Osco pharmacists' fingerprint scans biometrics class action
About 1,600 Osco pharmacy workers could get $977 each from the settlement, after Jewel-Osco failed to persuade judges the IL biometrics law was unconstitutional
Cook County primary voters pick nominees for 27 Cook County Circuit, subcircuit judge posts
Results are preliminary, pending final tallies posted by Cook County and Chicago election authorities
Raines-Welch, wife of IL House Speaker, poised to win Cook County judgeship
Unofficial preliminary vote results indicate ShawnTe Raines-Welch, wife of Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, is in the lead for a seat on Cook County's Fourth Judicial Subcircuit court
Openly progressive Dem judge, ex-Lake County Sheriff appear poised for election battle for possible control of IL Supreme Court
Lake County Judge Elizabeth Rochford, backed by powerful Illinois Democrats, cruised to easy win in the Democratic primary for Illinois' Second Judicial District seat on the state Supreme Court. Ex-Lake Co. Sheriff Mark Curran held a narrow vote lead over Lake County Judge Daniel Shanes in the Republican primary contest
Class action says McDonald's customers getting double charged for food ordered through the app
The lawsuit claims the McDonald's app is "poorly integrated," allegedly resulting in customers having to pay for their food in the restaurant, after allegedly paying for it in the app