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IL Supreme Court: Judges can't force lawyers to cough up fees earned in divorce cases, other litigation
Saying to find otherwise could lead to “absurd” and “inconvenient” problems for lawyers, Illinois’ state Supreme Court said a judge was wrong to order one lawyer to essentially pay another lawyer out of her fees earned representing one of the spouses in a divorce proceeding.
Landlord can't sue Peoples Gas over tenant billing practices because fight belongs before ICC: Appeals court
A state appeals court has ruled a landlord can't sue Peoples Gas over its tenant billing practices because the dispute doesn’t belong in court, but rather before the state commission that oversees public utilities.
Appeals panel grants win to Expedia, other travel websites in fight with cities over hotel taxes
In a legal battle between 13 Illinois cities and 13 travel websites over hotel taxes, federal judges in Chicago have now ruled against all 13 municipalities, after a federal appeals court overturned a federal district judge’s decision to allow suburban Lombard alone to continue exacting taxes from Expedia and other online travel agencies.
Judge balks at big poultry producers' attempt to crack chicken price fixing antitrust class action
A federal judge will allow one of the country’s leading food service distributors and a group of others balking at the high price of chicken to continue to peck away at a federal antitrust action accusing the country’s largest poultry producers of fixing prices for their birds.
Fraud class action vs Wilson Sporting Goods over youth baseball bats given green light by judge, for now
A class action fraud complaint against Wilson Sporting Goods over youth baseball bats has been given the green light, for now - though the case may now have some holes in the swing, after a judge’s ruling on the company’s attempt to send the lawsuit to the showers.
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Rush U Med Center OK to continue fraud suit vs vendor Draeger over patient monitoring system, judge says
A federal judge in Chicago has allowed Rush University Medical Center to keep alive its $18 million lawsuit against a vendor it has accused of installing a patient monitoring system that didn’t work.
Lawsuit says Walgreens must pay for selling J&J talc products allegedly linked to ovarian cancer
As Johnson & Johnson continues to grapple with hundreds of lawsuits in courts across the country alleging links between its products containing talcum powder to ovarian cancer, Walgreens now also faces legal action for selling such products, in an action recently introduced in Cook County court.
AFSCME: Cook Sheriff's Merit Board members terms' illegal; disciplinary decisions invalid since '05
A powerful public workers’ labor union has sued the Cook County Sheriff, saying members of the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board – whom the sheriff essentially appoints - aren’t spending enough time in office, potentially undermining all disciplinary cases the board has handled against deputies and correctional officers represented by the union since 2005.
Cook County female jail guards sue sheriff for not protecting them from inmate sexual harassment
Days after female public defenders hit Cook County sheriff’s and public defender’s offices with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at county jail facilities, a group of female Cook County correctional officers have filed a similar complaint against Sheriff Tom Dart.
Judge: Chicago courts wrong place to try patent dispute over medical billing software
Invoking a recent Supreme Court decision addressing some of the litigation behaviors of so-called “patent trolls,” a federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit, saying plaintiffs’ assertions some people employed by a company accused of infringing a patent work from home in Illinois isn’t enough for him to allow the case to be tried in Chicago.
Female Cook public defenders sue their boss, sheriff's office for letting inmates sexually harass them
Saying the Cook County detainees they represent are sexually harassing them, a group of female public defenders have lodged a federal class action complaint against the office that employs them, as well as the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, for allowing it to happen repeatedly.
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Judge: Collections letter seeking debt owed to Six Flags didn't break law, but class action not dead yet
A federal judge said a company collecting consumer debts on behalf of theme park operator Six Flags did not violate federal law in a collections letter it sent an Illinois man who later filed a class action complaint. But the judge said he would still consider whether other letters may have yet violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Appeals court: State must give union workers their pay raises while negotiating new contract
A state appeals court dealt Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner a setback Nov. 6 by ruling in favor of union employees on the question of stepped salary increases, saying whether or not there is a collective bargaining agreement in place, the union workers are owed the regular pay raises, which the state hasn't paid since a contract expired in 2015.
Illinois horse racers lawsuit: Illinois hasn't paid its share to replenish purse accounts for 14 years
State government has undercut the Illinois horse racing industry, according to a complaint filed Nov. 1 in Cook County Circuit Court.
Pizza delivery drivers sue Domino's, say their pay never added up to minimum wage
A former delivery driver is suing operators of Domino’s Pizza restaurants saying she and her peers were underpaid because the company improperly deducted tips, underpaid for driving and did not offer reimbursement for vehicle expenses.
GM needs to pay for Corvette Z06 models that overheat on the race track, class action says
A group of Corvette Z06 owners who like their hot wheels say General Motors is the reason they – and their big ticket rides - can’t stay cool while driving.
Judge: No proof Columbia College would've handled male student's sex assault case any different if female
A federal judge has dismissed the complaint an anonymous male student lodged against Columbia College of Chicago regarding accusations of sexual assault, saying the male student couldn’t demonstrate female students accused of sexual assault would be treated any better.
Seventh Circuit tosses $10M fine vs lawyer accused by feds of fraud, says case needs second look
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a $10 million fine levied against an attorney accused of defrauding the government.
Judge OKs class action vs SpeedyPC over alleged misleading computer diagnostic program marketing
A federal judge in Chicago has pressed enter on a class action against a Canadian maker of a computer diagnostics and cleanup program plaintiffs say didn’t do much of what the company said.
Judge scolds plaintiffs' firm for 'playing gotcha' in imperiled junk fax class action
A federal judge has taken to task a Chicago law firm for attempting to intervene in an endangered junk fax class action lawsuit, saying a motion the lawyers filed amounted to little more than an attempt to play “gotcha” games with the defendants in the case and the law.