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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
SEC Examination and Enforcement Update for Investment Advisers on July 21, 2022
SEC Examination and Enforcement Update for Investment Advisers on July 21, 2022.
Review of Significant D&O Cases for the First Half of 2022 on July 21
Review of Significant D&O Cases for the First Half of 2022 on July 21.
Judge: IL Institute of Technology must prove it's a 'financial institution' to escape exam face scans suit
A Chicago judge has said it is too early to throw out a class action against Illinois Institute of Technology, which alleges the school breached Illinois' biometric privacy law through facial scanning to verify student identities before they take remote online tests
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.
Taking Your Profits Higher: Navigating the Maze of Cannabis Marketing on July 20, 2022
Taking Your Profits Higher: Navigating the Maze of Cannabis Marketing on July 20, 2022.
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
Judge: Dental biz can seek insurance payout for Covid closures ordered by guvs, mayors in multiple states, cities
Massachusetts Bay Insurance argued it needed to pay only $25,000 for a 'single occurrence' under the dentists' 'disease contamination' coverage claim, not for each Covid-related closure ordered across nine states
Private client partner Jeff Shelley joins Thompson Coburn in Chicago
Private client partner Jeff Shelley joins Thompson Coburn in Chicago.
Mother of teen social media star Piper Rockelle says false abuse allegations intended to 'take down' her daughter
Piper Rockelle's mother has accused 10 women of conspiring to make up stories about her molesting their chidren
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
Jones Day partners help American Heart Association close the healthcare access gap through Counsel for a Cause campaign
Jones Day partners help American Heart Association close the healthcare access gap through Counsel for a Cause campaign.
Woman fired by Drake Hotel can continue lawsuit over hotel's alleged skirting of Pritzker's Covid rules
A former wedding booker said Drake took action against her as a "whistleblower" when she refused to go along with Drake's efforts to exceed indoor venue capacity limits imposed by the Pritzker administration
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
27 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Edition of IAM Patent 1000
27 Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Edition of IAM Patent 1000.
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
DeVore files suit in Madison County against IL colleges, universities for the right to refuse masks, vaccines and tests
EDWARDSVILLE – Five students and five employees sued Illinois universities and colleges in Madison County Circuit Court on July 13, for a right to refuse masks, vaccines and tests.
Judge won't dismiss trucker's biometrics class action vs Samsara over face scans
A federal judge said federal transportation regulations don't necessarily pre-empt the class action that accuses Samsara of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law by scanning truck drivers' faces to monitor for fatigue and distraction
Expert Network Best Practices, Part II: Interpreting the SEC’s Risk Alert on MNPI on July 14, 2022
Expert Network Best Practices, Part II: Interpreting the SEC’s Risk Alert on MNPI on July 14, 2022.