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Berwyn wins apparent end to federal lawsuit over inspector's tirade, alleged racial slurs

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Tree trimmer alleged city violated civil rights by failing to adequately discipline municipal employee

Union Pacific can't derail class action under Illinois genetic info privacy law

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Coleman rules family medical histories are protected information, says workers can argue they shouldn't have been forced to disclose during pre-employment physicals
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Appeals court says Hytera still owes Motorola big money for allegedly stealing tech, copyrights

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7th Circuit panel says federal judge must recalculate copyright damages
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Class action to continue accusing Rush U. Health of violating privacy of patients using online portal

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Federal judge says complaint under Wiretap Act adequately alleges intent
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Admiral at the Lake senior living facility can't escape biometrics class action over worker face scans

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Appeals panel shoots down the legal strategy from the owners of the senior living center and rejected their contention the class action should be disallowed because the named plaintiff is merely a "figurehead" who knows next to nothing about the lawsuit he is supposedly leading
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Appeals panel: Samsung doesn't need to pay millions to arbitrate biometric privacy claims

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Customers could have fronted fees to keep arbitration proceedings alive, the appeals judges said, adding the customers cannot complain now about the terms of an arbitration agreement they attempted to invoke and cash in on
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Price check: Walmart can't escape lawsuit over price mismatches on shelves vs at checkout

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Appeals panel said receipt alone doesn't absolve company of deception allegations
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Jewel can't evade lawsuit from woman who claims she slipped, fell on cherry

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Appeals panel said grocer shouldn't have been granted summary judgment
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Appeals court: People can't sue insurers for not processing claims fast enough

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Panel affirms Kane County ruling that only government can enforce that element of the state's Insurance Code
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Dolton can't escape $33.5M verdict for families linked to fatal police chase

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October 2016 crash left one dead, one severely injured. The plaintiffs are separately asking another judge to potentially order the village to raise taxes to cover the cost of the verdict, pointing to Dolton's dire financial circumstances amid the scandal- and dysfunction-plagued administration of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard
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IL appeals panel: Produce wholesalers can't use 'lack of notice' to quickly beat claims they supplied tainted cilantro

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No state precedent endorsing produce distributor's position
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Federal judge turns off biometrics class action vs Amazon over employee Covid 'thermal scans'

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Noting in federal PREP Act contains exempts plaintiff claimed
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Fubo can't delete class action lawsuit accusing it of violating subscribers' 'video privacy' rights

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Streaming provider accused of improperly sharing users' information, viewing habits
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Low income health insurer Centene can't escape fraud class action over coverage claims

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A federal judge will allow a portion of a class action accusing ACA and Medicaid health insurer Centene of fraud by allegedly misleading customers about the breadth and scope of their coverage.

IL Supreme Court says ambiguous language in insurance policies doesn't necessarily 'stack' liability limits in multi-vehicle accidents

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Unanimous ruling affirms appeals court's stance to deny a bus driver's quest for $7M payout stemming from a multi-vehicle crash on I-74 in McLean County in 2018.
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Federal labor law doesn't block all state biometrics claims over fingerprint scans, judge says

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A federal judge ruled federal labor law and union contracts don't necessarily apply to block lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, if the lawsuits allege employees' privacy rights under that law were violated before they joined the union and their relationship with their employer became governed by a collective bargaining agreement
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Judge clears City Hall in cops' religious discrimination suit over Covid shot mandate

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Federal judge notes city granted exemptions to shot, only insisted on reporting of test and vaccination status
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Burbank OK to strip pension from firefighter convicted of sex abuse of 17-year-old cadet: Appeals court

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Firefighter retired one day after notification of 'inappropriate relationship'
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Appeals panel: Only minimal notice required for Will County, township assessors to hike property taxes 54,000% on unfinished power plant

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Taxes for new power plant land spiked to $4.1M from just $7,500 after assessors split and reassessed the property, allegedly without giving proper notice to the owners and without offering a real chance for the company to object
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Appeals panel: Oak Lawn must face lawsuit for quick cancel of IT services contract

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Illinois appeals judges said Oak Lawn can't use the state Municipal Code to sidestep a lawsuit claiming the village illegally cancelled a 5-year contract for services worth $800,000 after just three months because village officials determined the deal wasn't "working out."

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