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Class action over Kraft Heinz merger heading to $450M settlement; Lawyers want $90M
The settlement would resolve complaints from investors who assert they lost billions of dollars following the Kraft-Heinz merger in 2015.
Appeals panel nixes class action vs state of IL over ignored unemployment applications in 2020
Workers say the Illinois Department of Employment Security didn't respond to their claims as required by law, allegedly to pad the agency's assertions that it wasn't overwhelemed at the onset of the shutdowns ordered by Gov. JB Pritzker. Judges said their claims belong as individual state court actions
Appeals panel says Champaign hospital entitled to property tax exemptions, refund
The Carle Foundation has stood at the center of a years-long court battle over whether hospital tax exemptions were constitutional.
Wisconsin governor can't win sanctions from attorneys working for Trump to overturn 2020 results
Appeals panel said request to punish lawyers was filed too late, after parties dropped their claims
Cook County worker says Clerk Yarbrough pressed him to buy derelict properties, allegedly sticking him with big bills
Allegations include attempts to have circuit clerk's office terminate man's employment
Appeals panel says some workers might be entitled to ADA accomodations based on commute
Seventh Circuit panel said it wouldn't adopt 'bright-line rule' for similar questions
Judge says Dior can't recover legal fees from defeated plaintiffs over online face scan class action
Christian Dior argued class action was a doomed suit filed in bad faith under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, simply to try to force fashion designer into a settlement
Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Illinois' vote-by-mail law's 2 week ballot counting window
Rep. Bost, other plaintiffs, alleged 14-day window for counting mailed ballots violates Constitution and federal law
Lawsuit funders say they should be able to take Sysco's place in suing chicken producers, despite objections
Poultry producers have said the new venture backed by litigation financing giant Burford is improperly trying to take over claims from Sysco simply to protect their $140M investment in a lawsuit Sysco had already attempted to settle
IL Supreme Court: Man who pleaded guilty to murder should get innocence certificate, because confession coerced
State vacated conviction in 2015; Lower courts had denied petition for certificate
Property owners sue ADM for injecting CO2 below their land as part of 'carbon capture' project
Decatur couple alleges company trespassed becase they are not entitled to pump liquified CO2 under their property
Class action accuses Google of intercepting income tax data without filers' consent
Lawsuit says Google's analytics tool attached to programs used by tax preparers like H&R Block, TaxSlayer and TaxAct, allowed the company to collect prohibited sensitive data, like adjusted gross income
Meta to pay $68M to end biometrics class action over Instagram face scans; Lawyers could get $24M
Milllions of Illinoisans who have used Instagram since 2015 could be eligible for a cut of the settlement, which could amount to far less in per person payments than from previous similar class actions under Illinois' biometrics privacy law
Appeals panel: Debt collector can't be sued for calling wife's cell phone about husband's debt default
Woman alleged violation of federal law for repeated calls about her husband's debt, but a federal appeals panel says her husband didn't follow the rules to dispute the debt, and she can't be considered a "consumer" protected by federal debt collection laws
Bumble can't end class action over BIPA claims arising from optional photo verification feature
Dating app encourages users to upload images, evaluated by artificial intelligence softwar
Poultry producers object to deal allowing lawsuit investor Burford to claim control of Sysco's class action
Sysco has asked a federal judge to let new Burford-backed venture pursue its claims against chicken producers in price-fixing suit. The chicken producers say that amounts to 'invalid champerty'
Appeals panel agrees to dismiss class action accusing UChicago, Google of patient privacy violations
7th Circuit judges say class action doesn't allege anyone was actually harmed by the data collection project designed to help Google build tech to help anticipate patient needs
Judge says MeTV users aren't 'subscribers,' can't bring class action under video privacy law
Class action accused network of improperly sharing viewer data with Facebook through Meta Pixel technology
Judge: Insurance company must help Tony's supermarkets defend vs fingerprint scan class action
Continental Western Insurance sought judgment allowing it to use exclusions to avoid covering Tony's Finer Foods against a class action suit accusing the grocer of violating Illinois' BIPA law. The judge said allowing such exclusions in this instance would render the policies meaningless
Appeals panel: Woman can sue Indiana police officer accused of sexual assault during high school ride-along
Woman was 17 at time she says the Hammond police officer made unwanted comments, physical advances throughout a day-long school-assigned ride-along