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Northwestern Memorial can't discard lawsuit from nurse allegedly fired for wearing N95 mask to work
Nurse alleges hospital fired her for bringing her own PPE to work with COVID-19 patients, and telling her colleagues to do the same thing
Judge: No injunction, judgment for crisis pregnancy centers vs Illinois law mandating abortion referrals
U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar law in California in 2018, but judge says Illinois law may survive court challenge arguing it violates the rights of anti-abortion groups and medical professionals by forcing them to refer pregnant women for abortions.
Metra's legal fight chugs on over whether law requires Union Pacific to keep operating commuter lines
The service agreement extension between Union Pacific and Metra expired in February
Appeals panel orders tosses $50M verdict vs NorthShore for family of boy who suffered brain injuries
A new trial has been ordered in the case because jurors should've been allowed to hear testimony regarding autism diagnosis, appellate justices said.
Appeals panel further cuts punitive damages in health care software trade secrets court fight
Federal jury in Wisconsin said Tata took Epic Systems information to market its own product, but that doesn't mean Tata can be made to pay $280 million in punitive damages.
Judge says Clearview can't end Illinois facial recognition biometrics suit or have case moved to N.Y.
Company sold scraped facial data to Illinois police departments, negotiated with Illinois Secretary of State
Appeals panel agrees: Public employees' private messages may fall under FOIA, if they're talking public business
Better Government Association wants texts, emails regarding lead in CPS drinking water
White Castle can't end BIPA lawsuit despite possible 'absurd' result, 'crippling' damages
Judge determines restaurant workers can press claims against the fast food chain over employee fingerprint scans
Appeals panel rules Speech First can't force UIUC to drop 'anti-bias' speech review policies
Lawsuit claimed rules in place at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign force students to self-censor
Appeals panel: Blackmail' objectors must give up $130K collected from holding up Target, Rexall class action deal
The appeals court said a federal judge was wrong to let the deal go forward, when the objectors only sought to extract a payday for themselves from someone else's deal.
Church allowed to continue lawsuit accusing Chicago of violating its rights by taking too long to OK parking arrangements
Immanuel Baptist says city took too long approving its parking plans, preventing a timely purchase of a church building
Appeals panel restores lawsuit accusing Dart of improperly overturning pretrial release of some Black detainees
7th Circuit: Judge, not sheriff, has the right to force continued detention
Ex-Westlake Hospital workers OK to continue lawsuit vs Pipeline Health over hospital closure, termination warnings
Judge rejects motion to dismiss, says company can't skirt role as employer under WARN Act
7th Circuit will hear IL election board's continued arguments against its own 3rd-party COVID ballot access deal
The Illinois State Board of Elections is insisting the appeals court needs to weigh in to set parameters on the power of federal judges to rewrite state election rules amid a pandemic.
Chicago Public Schools transportation manager who called out bus vendor fraud gets to continue lawsuit over firing
A state appeals panel has restored the lawsuit brought by a contract management director fired in 2015. CPS says he was fired for behavioral reasons, not because he's a whistleblower.
Chicago Little League team Jackie Robinson West could yet have 2014 national title restored: Appeals court
Appeals panel says a Cook County judge should not have taken off the table reinstatement of Jackie Robinson West's 2014 U.S. championship, as lawsuits proceed vs Little League over the decision to strip the title.
Judge: 7-Eleven's control of franchise store owners' business doesn't make them employees of 7-Eleven
A federal judge says a profit-sharing agreement between 7-Eleven and franchisee store owners doesn't mean the brand owes the store owners wages under an Illinois state law.
Appeals panel says passenger can't sue Southwest over canceled flight to Chicago
Customer says airline grounded hundreds of flights because of insufficient de-icer at Midway
Appeals panel says federal judge was wrong to end junk fax class action vs medical supply company
7th Circuit lets stand judgment in favor of CEO, but notes company stopped defending itself
Judge powers down class action vs Nintendo over defective Switch controllers
A federal judge said Nintendo's customer user agreement requires the claims to be heard in arbitration, not in court.