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Judge: Arbitration clause can potentially end strippers' class action vs club
Lawsuit filed against Scores Chicago Gentleman's Club before Gender Violence Act applied to corporate entities
Coca-Cola can't seal up class action over artificial sweeteners in Fresca
Legal dispute redounds to definition of 'soda water'
Chicago City Hall can't close door on suit over accessibility at city-aided 'affordable housing'
Federal judge says city isn't exempt from laws just because developers owned buildings in question
IL Supreme Court suspends dads' rights attorney Leving for allegedly charging clients too much
The court ruled Leving should be suspended for five months, but also agreed to stay the suspension after 60 days
IL Supreme Court: Lawsuit damages over spouse's wrongful death must still be paid if surviving spouse remarries
The unanimous opinion said a judgment compensating one spouse for the loss of another through medical malpractice or other harm must still be paid by defendants, even if the judgment includes money for "material services" the other spouse would have provided to the household in the form of completed chores like cooking meals and washing clothes
IL Supreme Court: Lawyers still can claim fees, even though incomplete agreements didn't comply with court rules
Clients fired attorneys shortly before settling dispute of multimillion-dollar estate
Niles voters can't decide if village ethics board members should be elected: Appeals panel
Members of ethics board aren't 'officers' along lines of trustees or mayor
Judge: Airline pilots can't sue union, United over airline's Covid vax mandate
Though Florida residents, neither plaintiff allowed to sue under that state's laws
Retainer agreement arbitration clause can't defeat malpractice claim vs attorneys, IL appeals panel says
Panel rules an Independence, Missouri, firm never explained contract details to client who sued over chemical exposure allegations
Chicago off the hook for big payout for red light ticket refunds: Appeals panel
Unanimous ruling holds there is a time limit on seeking refunds even when the city illegally collected the fines. The ruling could allow the city to keep more than $200 million collected from red light camera tickets which the city improperly collected.
Federal appeals court limits reach of collective actions vs employers
A federal appeals panel said a mass action lawsuit filed in Wisconsin federal court over H-2A visa laborers based in Wisconsin should be limited only to laborers who worked in Wisconsin.
Caterpillar can't dump lawsuit accusing them of wrongly asking about job applicants' family health info
Federal judge rules workers' claims can proceed under Illinois' genetic information privacy law
Judge greenlights antitrust class action involving auto dealer software market
Software developers says companies agreed to squeeze out third-party data integrators
Appeals court: No sanctions for lawyers accused of filing frivolous labor suits based on 'vague recollections'
Milwaukee-based plaintiffs' law firm, which is opening a Chicago office this summer, filed federal labor lawsuits later found to have insufficient evidence, but a split appeals panel said they shouldn't be punished for filing frivolous suits
Berwyn wins apparent end to federal lawsuit over inspector's tirade, alleged racial slurs
Tree trimmer alleged city violated civil rights by failing to adequately discipline municipal employee
Union Pacific can't derail class action under Illinois genetic info privacy law
Coleman rules family medical histories are protected information, says workers can argue they shouldn't have been forced to disclose during pre-employment physicals
Appeals court says Hytera still owes Motorola big money for allegedly stealing tech, copyrights
7th Circuit panel says federal judge must recalculate copyright damages
Class action to continue accusing Rush U. Health of violating privacy of patients using online portal
Federal judge says complaint under Wiretap Act adequately alleges intent
Admiral at the Lake senior living facility can't escape biometrics class action over worker face scans
Appeals panel shoots down the legal strategy from the owners of the senior living center and rejected their contention the class action should be disallowed because the named plaintiff is merely a "figurehead" who knows next to nothing about the lawsuit he is supposedly leading
Appeals panel: Samsung doesn't need to pay millions to arbitrate biometric privacy claims
Customers could have fronted fees to keep arbitration proceedings alive, the appeals judges said, adding the customers cannot complain now about the terms of an arbitration agreement they attempted to invoke and cash in on