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Federal appeals court limits reach of collective actions vs employers
A federal appeals panel said a mass action lawsuit filed in Wisconsin federal court over H-2A visa laborers based in Wisconsin should be limited only to laborers who worked in Wisconsin.
Caterpillar can't dump lawsuit accusing them of wrongly asking about job applicants' family health info
Federal judge rules workers' claims can proceed under Illinois' genetic information privacy law
Judge greenlights antitrust class action involving auto dealer software market
Software developers says companies agreed to squeeze out third-party data integrators
Appeals court: No sanctions for lawyers accused of filing frivolous labor suits based on 'vague recollections'
Milwaukee-based plaintiffs' law firm, which is opening a Chicago office this summer, filed federal labor lawsuits later found to have insufficient evidence, but a split appeals panel said they shouldn't be punished for filing frivolous suits
Berwyn wins apparent end to federal lawsuit over inspector's tirade, alleged racial slurs
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
Coleman rules family medical histories are protected information, says workers can argue they shouldn't have been forced to disclose during pre-employment physicals
Appeals court says Hytera still owes Motorola big money for allegedly stealing tech, copyrights
7th Circuit panel says federal judge must recalculate copyright damages
Class action to continue accusing Rush U. Health of violating privacy of patients using online portal
Federal judge says complaint under Wiretap Act adequately alleges intent
Admiral at the Lake senior living facility can't escape biometrics class action over worker face scans
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
Appeals panel: Samsung doesn't need to pay millions to arbitrate biometric privacy claims
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
Price check: Walmart can't escape lawsuit over price mismatches on shelves vs at checkout
Appeals panel said receipt alone doesn't absolve company of deception allegations
Jewel can't evade lawsuit from woman who claims she slipped, fell on cherry
Appeals panel said grocer shouldn't have been granted summary judgment
Appeals court: People can't sue insurers for not processing claims fast enough
Panel affirms Kane County ruling that only government can enforce that element of the state's Insurance Code
Dolton can't escape $33.5M verdict for families linked to fatal police chase
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
IL appeals panel: Produce wholesalers can't use 'lack of notice' to quickly beat claims they supplied tainted cilantro
No state precedent endorsing produce distributor's position
Federal judge turns off biometrics class action vs Amazon over employee Covid 'thermal scans'
Noting in federal PREP Act contains exempts plaintiff claimed
Fubo can't delete class action lawsuit accusing it of violating subscribers' 'video privacy' rights
Streaming provider accused of improperly sharing users' information, viewing habits
Low income health insurer Centene can't escape fraud class action over coverage claims
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
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.
Federal labor law doesn't block all state biometrics claims over fingerprint scans, judge says
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