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Hyatt keeps up effort to make timeclock vendor Kronos pay for its biometrics class action settlement
The Hyatt hotel chain agreed in January to pay $1.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit over worker fingerprint scans. But the hotelier wants a judge to let it keep suing its timeclock supplier, who Hyatt says actually allegedly violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law
Freeborn Attorneys and Practices Earn High Marks in Chambers USA 2022 Rankings
Freeborn Attorneys and Practices Earn High Marks in Chambers USA 2022 Rankings.
Bank of America wants Cook County to pay bank's legal bill for fighting 'far-fetched' home loan discrimination suit
Bank of America has asked a judge to order Cook County to pick up the bank's tab for fighting the county's "far-fetched" discrimination lawsuit, which alleged the lender made discriminatory loans to minorities.
SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts
PLI's 23rd Annual Institute on Privacy and Cybersecurity Law on June 6 - 7, 2022
PLI's 23rd Annual Institute on Privacy and Cybersecurity Law on June 6 - 7, 2022.
Appeals panel says staffing agencies can't use labor services exception in law to escape state's antitrust lawsuit
The Illinois Attorney General's office alleges certain staffing firms conspired to underpay employees, prevent agencies from hiring away temp workers
Class action: Instant Pot makers didn't tell consumers cooker lids can open while under pressure, burn users
A nationwide class action is seeking to compel the makers of the Instant Pot line of electric cookers to pay for allegedly failing to tell consumers about an alleged defect in the product that could cause users to get severely burned
Lawsuit: Cook County property tax appeal review board member illegally hired her cousin, refuses to fire him
The Cook County Board of Ethics says Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Tammy Wendt hired her first cousin to a $150K per year job in violation of the county's hiring rules, and has refused to comply with orders to remove him
Cozen O’Connor attorneys author chapters in 'Business Bankruptcy Practice' handbook
Chicago attorneys David Doyle, Allen Guon and Peter Roberts, all members of Cozen O’Connor’s Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring Practice, have each authored a chapter in the 2022 edition of "Business Bankruptcy Practice."
Patrick A. Salvi II to Be Installed as President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Patrick A. Salvi II to Be Installed as President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Springfield judge denies bid to block 'unconstitutional' Amendment 1 from fall ballot; Appeal forthcoming
Plaintiffs say the proposed Illinois state constitutional amendment would allow unions to use collective bargaining agreements to override state and federal law, which the plaintiffs say makes Amendment 1 unconstitutional from the start
Class action: Advocate Aurora, debt collector tried to collect charged off debts
The complaint asserts the large hospital and health care network and debt collector LJ Ross violated federal debt collection law and state consumer fraud law
Appeals panel says employers can violate FMLA rights even if no time off was actually denied
A former Cook County corrections officer said an administrator within the Cook County Sheriff's Office discouraged him from applying for leave, and judges said that is enough to allow his lawsuit to continue
Google Photos lawsuit administrators begin accepting claims for cut of $100M biometrics privacy class action settlement
Illinois residents have a chance to claim up to $400 each from a $100 million settlement to be paid by Google to end a class action settlement over face scans in its Google Photos app. Google was sued under Illinois' strict biometrics privacy law
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled
U.S. Attorney’s Office Provides Update on Federal Prosecutions and Ongoing Strategies To Combat Violent Crime in Chicago
U.S. Attorney’s Office Provides Update on Federal Prosecutions and Ongoing Strategies To Combat Violent Crime in Chicago.
Judge: Illinois prejudgment lawsuit interest law unconstitutional
A Cook County judge said the law supported by Democratic state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker illegally interferes with jury rights and authority, while improperly penalizing defendants, and gifting personal injury plaintiffs with special benefits not given to anyone else in Illinois
Widow, 3 daughters get $16M from Rockford trucking outfit for crash that killed man; attorneys collect $8M
The family of a man killed in a traffic crash will receive $16 million, spread out over the next half century, from an Illinois trucking company, with the family's attorneys collecting $8 million.
Reed Smith advises Golden Gate Capital in sale of PetroChoice
Reed Smith advises Golden Gate Capital in sale of PetroChoice.
D&O Coverage Toolbox - The ins and outs of Run-Off Coverage on June 1, 2022
D&O Coverage Toolbox - The ins and outs of Run-Off Coverage on June 1, 2022.