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Appeals panel agrees three suburban Supreme Court candidates can stay on primary ballot
The court determined the Illinois State Board of Elections improperly removed Republicans Susan Hutchinson and Mark Curran, and Democrat Nancy Rodkin Rotering, from the ballot by incorrectly calculating petition signature requirements under the law
Judge said truck driver's handprint scan class action vs Union Pacific must stay in federal court
Plaintiff sought to return part of his class action claim to Cook County Circuit Court, considered by many to be a venue more friendly to plaintiffs and an easier court in which to press claims under Illinois' biometrics privacy law
Appeals panel says staffing agencies can't use labor services exception in law to escape state's antitrust lawsuit
The Illinois Attorney General's office alleges certain staffing firms conspired to underpay employees, prevent agencies from hiring away temp workers
Appeals panel says employers can violate FMLA rights even if no time off was actually denied
A former Cook County corrections officer said an administrator within the Cook County Sheriff's Office discouraged him from applying for leave, and judges said that is enough to allow his lawsuit to continue
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled
Judge rules pension fund consolidation doesn't violate IL constitution's pension protection clause
Members of hundreds of local police and fire pension systems say the state violated the state constitution by combining their local systems into two statewide pension funds. A judge said worker and retiree pension system voting rights aren't protected by the pension protection clause
Appeals panel agrees law firm can't tack $9.75M to client's legal bill for divorce
Fee enhancement provision on retainer agreement lacked specificity, is invalid
Illinois Supreme Court agrees fitness centers may be liable if staff fail to use AED when needed
Plaintiffs allowed to sue for willful, wanton negligence over non-use of life-saving device to treat cardiac arrest
Appeals panel: Cook County retiree given right to buy county health insurance can't bring class action on same grounds
Panel said issue turned on whether its ruling reestablished circuit court's jurisdiction
Exec can't revive suit vs ex-lawyers for allegedly revealing confidential deal, which got exec sued by ex-employer
A state appeals panel agreed that a Cook County judge got the case right, in dismissing the lawsuit brought by the former chief operating officer of 3Red Group against his former attorneys from the Patterson Law Firm
Appeals panel says federal judge needs to recalculate $11M+ legal fee award in securities suit vs Stericycle
Lawyers for pension funds originally won 25% of $45M settlement with Stericycle
Appeals panel grants cyclist another chance to continue lawsuit vs City Hall over injuries caused by Chicago pothole
Pothole's proximity to Divvy station gives injured cyclist a chance to press claim of city negligence
Judge puts brakes on $110M jury award in legal fight between tire manufacturers Toyo, Atturo; Toyo to appeal
A Chicago federal judge preserved $10 million in compensatory damages for company that said it lost business following competitors' disparaging remarks
Appeals panel rules schools not automatically liable under federal civil rights law when school workers sexually abuse students
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, en banc, that a Madison, Wisconsin, school district can't be sued for the sexual abuse of a middle school girl because the school's principal wasn't specifically aware of the abuse, but took action to address concerns of a school security guard's "grooming" actions
ACLU, Clearview settle privacy suit over online face scrapes, ban Clearview from IL for 5 years
The settlement of the ACLU's lawsuit also carries nationwide implications for Clearview, extending the reach of Illinois' law over the online facial recognition services provider. The company sells access to its facial ID databases, largely to law enforcement and companies like banks and loss prevention specialists.
IL appeals panel: Chicago could still be on hook for $100s of millions in alleged illegal ordinance violation fines
State appellate judges have taken the boot off a class action alleging the city skirted a state law capping municipal ordinance fines at $250 each, costing hundreds of thousands of people hundreds of millions of dollars
Lawyers OK to get $15.7M fees from big DeVry University marketing class action settlement, appeals panel says
An Illinois appeals court rejected an objector's attempt to rewrite the 2020 settlement that ended a class action lawsuit accusing Adtalem Global Education of misleading marketing
Judge tosses home buyer's lawsuit accusing Realtors of conspiracy leading to artificially boosted broker commissions
The antitrust action on behalf of buyers leveled accusations similar to a pending lawsuit from home sellers
Durkin sets stage for appeal of his ruling dismissing Rabobank from poultry price fixing lawsuits
Federal judge says appeals panel should have a say in whether lender is plausible party to conspiracy allegations
Judge says Wendy's can't end homeless man's lawsuit over alleged assault by workers in Cicero
Representing himself, man alleges employees grabbed him while he was urinating to forcibly remove him from restroom after the restaurant had closed