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Ahmad Zahdan and AZ SPE, LLC sue Frontline Business Enterprise Inc. and Syed Ahmed for breach of contract
In the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District, a lawsuit has been filed by plaintiffs Ahmad Zahdan and AZ SPE, LLC against defendants Frontline Business Enterprise Inc. and Syed Ahmed.
State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company sues Distinctive Foods, LLC and RyKrisp, LLC for not falling within the coverage provided by their insurance policies
In the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Plaintiff-Appellee) filed a lawsuit against Distinctive Foods, LLC and RyKrisp, LLC (Defendants).
Pepper Construction Company sues Palmolive Tower Condominiums LLC for unspecified damages
Pepper Construction Company, an Illinois Corporation, has filed a lawsuit against Palmolive Tower Condominiums LLC and a host of other defendants in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District.
Lake County family sues Gree for home fire, injuries caused by defective dehumidifier, subject to recalls, indictments
The lawsuit claims a Gree dehumidifier caught fire in 2022 in the family's Lake County home, in which firefighters rescued one family member from a basement window and found another unresponsive on the floor of an upstairs room.
Amazon accused in class action of wrongly making Prime customers pay $3 a month to skip commercials
Amazon has been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing the company of unilaterally changing the terms of service for its Prime video streaming service.
Ancestry can't use arbitration clause in parents' user agreements to end kids' lawsuits
Appeals panel said children aren't a party to parents' contracts for use of DNA test kits
Judge trims prime chunks of consumer fraud class action vs Beyond Meat
Plaintiffs can't press claims about protein content on package-front labels
Wingstop hit with biometrics class action for allegedly allowing virtual ordering app to record customer voices on phone
The lawsuit also names as defendant tech vendor ConverseNow, allegedly the supplier of a virtual AI phone order assistant
Black female worker says Metra wrongly fired her over Covid vax mandate
The lawsuit claims the commuter rail agency wrongly denied her request for a religious exemption from the 2021 Covid vaccine mandate.
Spyropoulos wins circuit court clerk race, becomes latest to pledge to modernize, restore trust in embattled office
Mariyana Spyropoulos rode big support from Cook County Democratic Party to defeat incumbent one-term incumbent Iris Martinez
John Trapp sues City of Burbank Firefighters’ Pension Fund and The Board of Trustees for wrongful termination of pension benefits
In a case filed in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District, John Trapp has appealed against the City of Burbank Firefighters’ Pension Fund and The Board of Trustees of the Burbank Firefighters’ Pension Fund.
Kari Shane Joins Tressler's Insurance Practice Group
Tressler is proud to welcome Kari Shane as an associate in our Insurance Practice Group in our Chicago office.
Attorney General Raoul Announces Legislation to Expand Worker Protections Against Retaliation
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced legislation that would protect workers from retaliatory conduct by employers, strengthen current protections under state law and codify the authority of Raoul’s Workplace Rights Bureau to investigate and hold employers who retaliate or threaten to retaliate accountable.
Class action accuses CommonSpirit Health of shorting workers OT
The lawsuit seeks to include thousands of current and former workers at one of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S.
Foxx's No. 2 Lanier loses bid for bench; Cook voters select nominees for 40 open county judgeships
Only 13 of the 40 open Cook County judgeships produced contested races in the March Democratic primary election. Republicans field candidates for only four judgeships in two suburban subcircuits.
Bring Chicago Home headed to defeat, in big loss for Mayor, political allies
Votes were still being counted, but as of Wednesday morning, nearly 54% of Chicago voters had voted to reject the controversial Bring Chicago Home referendum, strongly backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson and his political allies at the Chicago Teachers Union, among others
Cunningham cruises to win in Cook Dem IL Supreme Court race; GOPer Holder White unopposed in 4th District
Illinois Supreme Court justices Joy V. Cunningham and Lisa Holder White - the state's first two black female high court justices - are expected to secure 10-year terms on the court. Cunningham was appointed to replace ex-Chief Justice Anne Burke; Holder White appointed to replace retired Justice Garman
Handling Data Breach Class Actions on March 21, 2024
Anjali Das (Partner-Chicago, IL) and David Ross (Partner-Washington, DC) will present “Handling Data Breach Class Actions,” a Wilson Elser Forum webinar, on March 21, 2024.
Chicago City Hall sues Glock, says gunmaker to blame for exacerbating city's 'epidemic' of gun violence
The administration of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has partnered with anti-gun activists to sue firearms manufacturer Glock under Illinois' new consumer fraud law specifically allowing gunmakers to get sued. Glock becomes latest company to be blamed in lawsuits for Chicago's societal woes
IL courts hit with avalanche of pre-trial jail appeals under SAFE-T Act; Rules rewritten to ease 'staggering' burden
The Illinois Supreme Court has rewritten rules governing how criminal defendants can appeal judges' decisions to keep them locked up while they await trial, after such appeals rose from 171 in the past 10 years to more than 1,900 in the past five months under Illinois Democrats' SAFE-T Act