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Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement in Response to Supreme Court’s Decision to Weaken Concealed Carry Protections
Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement in Response to Supreme Court’s Decision to Weaken Concealed Carry Protections. -
IL Supreme Court says kayaks, upstream land ownership don't let people float past property rights on IL rivers
Supreme Court judges call on Illinois lawmakers to change state rules to grant public access on waterways, even if they're considered "non-navigable" -
How 'concrete' an injury is 'emotional distress?' Federal appeals court grapples with question
A group of four federal appeals court judges says the Seventh Circuit was wrong to toss out a woman's class action claims that a creditor should pay for inflicting "emotional distress" when it sought to collect a "zombie debt" -
SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts -
Google Photos lawsuit administrators begin accepting claims for cut of $100M biometrics privacy class action settlement
Illinois residents have a chance to claim up to $400 each from a $100 million settlement to be paid by Google to end a class action settlement over face scans in its Google Photos app. Google was sued under Illinois' strict biometrics privacy law -
Appeals panel rules schools not automatically liable under federal civil rights law when school workers sexually abuse students
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, en banc, that a Madison, Wisconsin, school district can't be sued for the sexual abuse of a middle school girl because the school's principal wasn't specifically aware of the abuse, but took action to address concerns of a school security guard's "grooming" actions -
Judge: U of Chicago Medical Center didn't act as state agent when it reported parents to DCFS for refusing shots for newborns
A judge has removed University of Chicago Medical Center from a civil rights suit filed by parents, who alleged the hospital turned them in to state child neglect investigators for refusing legally required shots for their newborns, finding the hospital did so on its own, without authority. -
Unvaxxed lawyer OK to argue before Seventh Circuit in religious liberty case: Judges
A federal appeals court in Chicago gave prominent religious liberty lawyer Luke Goodrich permission to argue in court, despite not having received a Covid shot. The plaintiffs representing a woman suing a Catholic Archdiocese for discrimination had objected -
Judge tosses home buyer's lawsuit accusing Realtors of conspiracy leading to artificially boosted broker commissions
The antitrust action on behalf of buyers leveled accusations similar to a pending lawsuit from home sellers -
Appeals panel says states can make lawyers join the bar based on 'undermined' law, but SCOTUS might say 'no'
A Chicago federal appeals court has ruled it is constitutional for Wisconsin to make lawyers belong to the state bar association, despite a lawyer's contention his dues back political causes he does not support -
Google to pay $100M to end biometrics class action over Photos face scans; Class members could get $200-$400
The deal would end litigation dating back to 2016. Lawyers could be in line for potentially more than $30 million -
Judge Williams recognized for role as chair of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Judge Williams recognized for role as chair of the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. -
Father sues Villa Park school district, says conspired against him with ex-wife to 'promote' child's gender transition
The man's complaint accuses School District 45 of violating his constitutional parental rights in assisting and promoting the 12-year-old's gender transition, over the father's objections -
Appeals court: No state law blocks Pritzker from ordering public workers to get vaxxed or get fired
Dissenting Fourth District Appellate Court justice says his colleagues ignored Illinois Supreme Court precedent and other legal precedents in declaring the state's Right of Conscience law only forbids discrimination against conscientous objectors in an "unconventional sense" -
Above the Law: Amendment 1 would let government unions void over 350 Illinois laws
While billed as a "workers rights amendment," Amendment 1 - which will be on the ballot this fall in Illinois - would give unions the power to use collective bargaining to override a wide range of state laws that apply to everyone else, says the Illinois Policy Institute -
Judge: Waukegan teacher voluntarily joined union, can't claim union misled her, violated constitutional rights
A Waukegan high school English teacher said she believed she had been misled into joining the local teachers union. The union refunded her dues, plus $500, when she resigned and filed suit. -
Appeals panel says arbitrator will decide if minor can sign contract, lead IL biometrics class action vs Snapchat
Snapchat facing class action over user face scans led by a minor, whose lawyers are trying to keep the dispute in court, and out of arbitration -
Lawyer for Chicago city workers: Courts must address overreach in Lightfoot, Pritzker job or jab COVID vax mandates
In an appellate brief, the workers argued their rights to privacy and bodily autonomy to refuse a vaccine of questionable effectiveness, should be upheld under the same reasoning used by the U.S. Supreme Court to declare a constiutional right to abortion. -
Jones Day adds seven U.S. Supreme Court clerks from the October 2020 Term
Jones Day adds seven U.S. Supreme Court clerks from the October 2020 Term. -
Gardiner can't end lawsuit from 45th Ward residents who say the alderman illegally blocked them on Facebook
Judge says Gardiner's Facebook page could be considered a protected public forum