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SCOTUS precedent may not block health care providers price-fixing conspiracy lawsuit vs Becton Dickinson, says appeal panel
While indirect purchasers are normally blocked by the Illinois Brick decision from pursuing antitrust claims, in this case the plaintiffs are asserting the group purchase organizations and distributors were in on the alleged price fixing, too.
Judge says Rockford doesn't have to reveal retainer agreement with big class action firm amid drug price lawsuit
Rockford has launched a lawsuit accusing Mallinckrodt of overcharging for a hormone treatment drug.
Appeals panel: Fired Franklin Park teacher gets chance to argue rights violated by no hearing to challenge bad rating
A Franklin Park teacher and her union have pursued constitutional claims against their school district.
Class action: Chicago program allowing city to sell off cars impounded over unpaid parking tickets unconstitutional
Complaint cites report indicating Chicago made $4 million selling towed cars in 2017, even though the cars were actually worth $22 million
Judge tosses biometrics class action vs Becton Dickinson over fingerprint scanning hospital medicine dispensers
Judge says the class action complaint was short on evidence Becton Dickinson actually collected or shared hospital workers' fingerprint scans when they used the medication dispensers.
Appeals panel revives Viamedia's $75M antitrust lawsuit vs Comcast over cable TV ads
Judges say Viamedia presented enough evidence to allow it to take to trial its claims Comcast stifled competition for cable TV advertising sales.
Illinois Supreme Court says quick settlement offers can still thwart would-be class actions
Building management company offered to pay tenants who sued over security deposit interest
Judge says Chicago's Millennium Park speech rules 'chilled' First Amendment-protected religious speech, petition passing rights
“If nothing else at all, the First Amendment protects religious speech and the freedom to petition,” the judge wrote, granting injunction asked by Wheaton students, petition passers
Judge says Metra police union president who resigned wasn't working under 'unbearable' conditions
Former officer allowed to continue with allegations of improper retaliation
Cook County associate court clerk convicted of perjury for protecting boss demands pension be restored
Cook County worker was sentenced to 2-year prison term for lying to grand jury, allegedly to shield Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown from federal investigation.
Judge: Timeshare owners can't sue Wyndham in Illinois for alleged misleading sales pitches
The judge says, since the owners made their purchases at resorts in other states, Chicago courts aren't the right forum to press their lawsuits claiming Wyndham's program doesn't live up to its sales presentations.
Appeals panel says traffic concerns don't give Libertyville enough reasons to squash subdivision sought by Archdiocese
Archdiocese says Libertyville's rezoning denial suppressed its land value, thwarted sale to a developer
Appeals panel: Medical caregivers can't use their patients to sue the state to force Medicaid payments
Panel determines private 'consultants' don't have standing. The judges said the patients weren't harmed by the state's delay in processing caregivers' paychecks and would gain nothing from the lawsuit.
Judge says Cook County has to show Wells Fargo how much it made from processing foreclosures during housing crisis
County can't shield the information sought by the bank, accused of worsening foreclosure crisis through alleged discriminatory lending practices.
New filing: Assertion that Pritzker was never told of racial discrimination in his campaign organization 'provably false'
Plaintiffs say they have identified at least five Pritzker campaign workers who allegedly told then-candidate Pritzker of racial discrimination in his campaign and want the governor questioned under oath.
Appeals panel slices, wraps class action vs Subway over T-Mobile 'free sandwich' promo texts
Seventh Circuit court affirms lower court ruling that sandwich chain had too little control over the text coupon sent to T-Mobile customers to make it pay under federal law
WeWork wants facial recognition biometrics class action dismissed
Company says disputes belong in arbitration, also said worker's claims are insufficient
Apple: Siri doesn't create 'voiceprint' templates for Apple users; Biometrics law class action should be tossed
Tech giant says users grant consent to store information on their own devices, and it isn't shared or used by Apple.
Judge approves $15M settlement in CVS flu shot robocall class action
Lawyers will get $5 million of the settlement funds to end the lawsuit, accusing CVS of improperly using automated phone messages to remind customers to get a flu shot and obtain a 'shopping pass.'
Appeals panel forecloses class action vs Experian over prescreen reporting; chides Experian for counterclaim vs plaintiff
Man says his personal data was improperly released in 2011, but didn't learn of it until recruited by lawyers for class action.