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Biometrics: New Technologies & Recent Privacy Developments on August 9, 2022
Biometrics: New Technologies & Recent Privacy Developments on August 9, 2022.
Appeals court rules employee shareholders can't blame Boeing for plunge in stock values from 737 MAX craft crashes
An appeals panel has ruled employee stockholders have no grounds to sue Boeing for tumbling stock values caused by two plane crashes, ruling an outside investment firm handled stocks on behalf of employees, not the aircraft company.
Appeals court says Pritzker administration can escape fed court oversight of state hiring decisions
The appeals panel said it is 'not naive' about Illinois' history of corruption, and that courts remain open to future lawsuits, if patronage hiring resumes. But they said federal court oversight of state hiring decisions cannot continue indefinitely.
Drew Moore, Chicago Innovation ring the closing bell at Nasdaq
Drew Moore, Chicago Innovation ring the closing bell at Nasdaq.
Wintrust: Lawsuit claiming anti-Black race discrimination in lending is 'baseless,' ignores federal regulatory standards
Wintrust said the plaintiff failed to name any corporate policies linked to challenged mortgage data, and relies too heavily on data that federal regulators have said can't prove racial discrimination, by itself
A Living, Breathing First Amendment? on August 5, 2022
A Living, Breathing First Amendment? on August 5, 2022.
Appeals court says small awards in consumer law suits should not always mean small fees to lawyers
An appeals court has ruled a federal judge was wrong to cut lawyers' fees from $65,000 to $6,800 when they only secured their client $500, even after they rejected an offer from a debt collector to pay the plaintiff $4,600, plus full attorney fees
Lawsuit challenges campaign contribution limits in Illinois judicial races
Limits on political donations in Illinois judicial races are illegal and violate the U.S. Constitution, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court in Chicago.
Littler Receives Gold Standard Certification From the Women in Law Empowerment Forum
Littler Receives Gold Standard Certification From the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.
Appeals panel agrees AbbVie didn't violate antitrust laws with Humira 'patent thicket'
Drugmaker settled with potential competitors, but benefit plans fail to prove illegality
Standing alone: IL Supreme Court's unique retire-and-replace system lets justices all but pick replacements
This fall, voters in much of northern and central Illinois will have a rare opportunity: To elect two Illinois Supreme Court justices and possibly flip the court's partisan balance. Currently, six of the state's seven Supreme Court justices were initially appointed by the court after other justices retired, allowing some appointees the power of incumbency when they face election.
WILEF Awards Foley with 2022 Gold Standard Certification for Promoting Gender Diversity
WILEF Awards Foley with 2022 Gold Standard Certification for Promoting Gender Diversity.
Introduction to Drafting Material Contract Provisions on August 5, 2022
Introduction to Drafting Material Contract Provisions on August 5, 2022.
Judge OK's $92M deal to end class actions vs TikTok; objectors say attorneys got too much money
Complaint alleged improper collection, storage of user biometric data
Commodities futures trading company, ex-CEO on hook for millions as CFTC wins summary judgment
Long Leaf Trading improperly acted as commodities trading adviser, federal judge ruled
NorthShore to pay $10M to settle Covid vax mandate lawsuit; Fired workers could get $25K and their jobs back
The class action lawsuit accused NorthShore University Health System of illegally firing workers who were refused religious exemptions to the hospital system's workplace Covid vaccine mandate
TradeLane Properties Announces Acquisition of 1650 S. Cherry Lane
TradeLane Properties Announces Acquisition of 1650 S. Cherry Lane.
7th Circuit: Title VII sex discrimination employment protections 'drop out' vs religious schools' religious freedoms
A federal appeals panel said an Indianapolis Catholic high school was within its legal rights under the Constitution and federal law to fire a female guidance counselor and school administrator who married another woman
Kim Foxx fiddles as Chicago crumbles
Republican candidate for Illinois Attorney General says it is time for the state to begin investigating whether Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has violated the law in deciding how and when to prosecute crimes
Attorney General says Pritzker-connected work comp fraud case referred to appellate prosecutor
The prosecutor is also handling criminal charges for overtime fraud against Jenny Thornley, a former chief fiscal officer for the Illinois State Police Merit Board. Thornley is now accused of using political ties to Gov. JB Pritzker to improperly secure workers comp after she was fired for alleged overtime fraud