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Class action can continue, for now, over cheese content in TGI Friday's Mozzarella Sticks snacks, but not vs TGIF
Complaint alleges TGI Friday's Mozzarella Sticks snacks contain cheddar, not mozzarella. The judge said TGI Friday's can't be sued, because it only lends its name to the products, which are made and sold by another company
Appeals panel revives portion of ex-Oak Park village manager's pension lawsuit vs village
A federal appeals court said former Oak Park Village Manager Thomas Barwin had done enough to be allowed to press his claims the village wrongly blocked him from using his prior government service to purchase credits sufficient to get an Oak Park pension.
IL Supreme Court: Landlord's insurance company not obligated to defend tenants over oven fire damage
Pekin residents were sued by an appliance repairman, who had been sued by the landlord's insurance company, after the tenants allegedly lit a gas stove amid repair process, setting fire to their rental home
Judge curbs Subaru's try to detour class action over distracted driver face scans to arbitration
The class action lawsuit, brought by the owner of a 2020 Subaru Outback, claims the carmaker's DriverFocus system violates Illinois' biometrics privacy law.
Judge won't let turkey producers end class action accusing them of fixing prices of Thanksgiving birds
The lawsuits are similar to those that hatched settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars from many of the same companies over chicken prices
Appeals panel: Courts don't have power to tell county board how to spend transportation funds before passing budget
Road contractors said Cook County will improperly divert transportation funds in violation of Safe Roads Amendment and a Supreme Court ruling, and asked for a court order requiring the county to follow the constitution before the county board passed a new budget.
Appeals panel: Divorced spouses may be able to claim ex-spouse's life insurance policies, if divorced before 2018
The state changed divorce laws in 2018, making clear that life insurance beneficiary status for ex-spouses dissolves most of the time at the time of divorce. The court said that law doesn't apply to pre-2018 marriage dissolutions.
BNSF asks judge to undo 'nine-figure windfall' in truckers' biometrics class action
Freight rail operator BNSF says the $238 million verdict violates the Constitution and federal law, as the plaintiffs admit 'they suffered no actual harm.' Plaintiffs, in turn, now seeking $800 million instead
Judge tosses Arlington Heights' lawsuit over Cooper's Hawk taxes sent wrongly by state to Rolling Meadows
Cook County Judge Thaddeus Wilson says declaratory relief inappropriate as it wouldn't change parties' conduct going forward, so Arlington Heights has gotten as much back as it can claim under the law
Judge tosses biometrics class action vs DePaul over student online exam face scans
A federal judge said DePaul should qualify as a 'financial institution' exempt from the Illinois biometrics privacy law, because the school handles student loans
Smith & Wesson: Highland Park shootings class actions are try by lawyers to sidestep feds, undermine 2nd Amendment
Gunmaker said the class action complaints, which were filed in Lake County Circuit Court, hinge on the definition of "machine gun" under federal law and firearm regulations
Appeals panel won't vacate ruling allowing Chicago to impose Covid vaccine mandate on police officers, despite union contract
Arbitrator determined vaccine policy is fair exercise of city's management rights
Ex-Loevy & Loevy lawyer says he deserves to be lead counsel in big money class action vs. Clearview over face scans
Attorney Scott Drury has pushed back against accusations he attempted to improperly push his former law firm, Loevy & Loevy, out of potentially millions of dollars in legal fees from a possible biometrics class action settlement with facial recognition tech firm Clearview AI.
Lightfoot gets judge to toss lawsuit from radio host barred from Chicago city press conferences
Police say they revoked Kelly's access to Lightfoot because of his conduct at a July 2022 press conference
Loevy & Loevy asks judge to keep it as lead counsel in big money class action vs Clearview over face scans
Chicago firm Loevy & Loevy said its former attorney, Scott Drury, resigned and attempted to bring clients to his new firm, cutting his old firm out of any potential settlement deal with Clearview. Drury said he "strongly disputes" those claims
Judge agrees CSL Plasma clinics are 'service establishment,' per ADA, can be sued by IL for allegedly violating disability laws
Illinois AG wins partial summary judgment on anti-discrimination lawsuit. CSL Plasma said it should be allowed to restrict who can donate plasma
Skokie school district seeks dismissal of parents' lawsuit alleging hostile environment for minority students
Pritzker, Ayala also say complaint against the state has fatal flaws
Judge: District 45 didn't comply with Open Meetings Act, illegally refused to read parents' written comments during school board meetings
Woman wins court fight over Villa Park school board's refusal to read parents' comments verbatim into the record during online "Zoom meetings," even after the school board blocked parents from voicing their concerns live at meetings, and required them to submit written comments
White ex-city worker, passed over for promotion, can resume racial discrimination suit vs city of Springfield
An appeals panel says conflicting explanations from Springfield city officials raise many questions over whether they only wanted to promote a Black person to reflect the city's commitment to "reflect the city's demographics."
Cook Assessor asks fed judge to end anti-corruption supervision of hiring, promotions
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi says all parties agree his office complies with guidelines to keep politics out of hiring and promotion decisions