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Appeals panel says $5.2M fine in FTC credit monitoring scam litigation can stand
Judges also corrected an error in an earlier judgment that may have allowed the federal government to improperly claim a portion of the funds meant for restitution
Class action accuses State Farm of refusing burglary, theft claims, especially for Black customers
Aurora woman says insurer wouldn't make white clients jump through as many hoops to process a claim of loss from theft or burglary
People search websites agree to pay $10M settlement to end privacy class actions
Lawyers stand to get 35% of the funds. Individual payouts will vary by state, and whether claimants can prove someone searched their name and then bought a subscription with one of the online people search companies
Appeals panel agrees Walgreens can't yet force Prime to help in fraud lawsuit from Blue Cross parent
Ruling affirms Cook County judge's determination that Walgreens would need to first lose vs Blue Cross before it could try to force Prime Therapeutics to shoulder some of its potential liability in the case accusing Walgreens of allegedly committing fraud by allegedly boosting drug prices charged to Blue Cross
Federal appeals panel vacates $57M fee award in $181M settlement ending chicken price-fixing class action
Chicago federal appeals judges said objectors were right to argue a judge failed to give weight to evidence that the plaintiffs' lawyers have agreed to accept lesser amounts in other class action lawsuits on the West Coast
Ex-McDonald's security chief can continue lawsuit vs McDonald's, CEO for alleged discrimination, retaliation
Federal judge won't dismiss complaint of man who says burger giant set him up to fail after he questioned allegedly racist remarks about Chicago gun violence from McDonald's CEO
Ex-McDonald's workers get another chance to sue over fast food giant's 'no-poach' employment policy
Women say corporate guidelines kept them from obtaining better wages at different locations. A federal judge had dismissed the potentially massive class action lawsuit, describing it in part as an attempt by lawyers to cash in on a "jackpot" of fees, but was ordered by an appeals court to take another look
Judge will leave it to jury to 'decide who to believe' in big court fight over egg prices
Kraft and other commercial food processors allege multi-prong antitrust conspiracy in which egg producers allegedly shipped eggs overseas at low prices to allegedly drive up prices in the U.S.
Appeals panel: DuPage SWAT officer injured in training exercise can keep $7.5M from trial vs tactical gear maker
Safariland failed to convince 7th Circuit judges it deserved a new trial or to pay less to deputy injured in training exercise involving Safariland's 'breaching rounds,' which are designed to destroy door locks, knobs and other metal hardware
Appeals panel says Pritzker order may shield nursing homes from negligence lawsuits during Covid
Families of decedents sued Briar Health Services over loved ones' deaths, but the court said they may be immune from those lawsuits under an executive order issued by Gov. JB Pritzker under Illinois' Emergency Management Association in spring 2020
University of Chicago to pay $13.5M to end class action over alleged elite school financial aid collusion
Deal leaves 16 other elite universities to face claims they participated in a 'cabal' to limit financial aid awards to minimize competition for students
Appeals panel agrees FOIA can't force Chicago to demand annual reports from waste haulers
Chicago Recycling Coalition strikes out on attempts to force City Hall to produce documents from third-party waste haulers that should have been filed every year under a city ordinance
Appeals panel: Courts should place 'heavy thumb on scale' to let defendants make 'copyright trolls' pay
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal judge erred in denying the Cremation Society of Illinois' request that Live Face on Web pay its attorneys' fees after the Cremation Society prevailed in court
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