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Appeals panel: Police allowed to black out information from crash reports before giving them to personal injury lawyers
Schaumburg Police kept drivers' private information from lawyer seeking bulk reports -
IL Supreme Court: Employees who work from home in Cook County not enough to keep lawsuit in Cook County court vs out-of-county biz
The Illinois High Court has dealt a blow to lawyers, who lodge personal injury suits in Cook County because of the county's reputation for favoring plaintiffs. -
IL Supreme Court: Ex-Cook County sheriff's officers can sue Dart over firings, because discipline board wasn't valid
In 4-3 opinion, state high court majority said the fired officers properly challenged the legal composition of the sheriff's Merit Board. -
Madigan boosts Kilbride campaign with $550K; Most contributions coming from outside district
SPRINGFIELD – Ninety percent of the $1.9 million in contributions and transfers received by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride in the third quarter came from sources in or near Chicago and St. Louis. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Administrative Director Declares Two Illinois Associate Judges Appointed in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Louis B. Aranda and Demetrios N. Panoushis as associate judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. -
Madigan spent millions to elect, retain Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride
Committees controlled by the speaker of the Illinois House funded more than half of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride’s campaign contributions in 2010. Kilbride is up for retention again this year. -
Auditor General Mautino wants Supreme Court to nix finding he mixed personal spending with campaign spending
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino stands before the Supreme Court, not as a guardian of public money but as a former legislator who spent almost $400,000 in violation of campaign law. -
IL High Court says workers' comp can apply to everyday acts done on boss' behalf, in support of coworkers on the job
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission was wrong to deny benefits to a man, who tore his knee on the job, saying that kneeling, although a common movement, was required by his job. -
IL Supreme Court: Stepparents through civil unions have same parental rights as those through traditional marriage
The state's high court said the Illinois Civil Union Act always meant to give stepparents who enter a family through a civil union the same rights as those who enter through traditional marriage. -
Worker fingerprint scan class action vs suburban lighting makers settles for $164K; attorneys get $54K
A class action brought under Illinois' biometrics privacy law vs suburban lighting manufacturers has settled on behalf of about 137 workers. -
Lawyers outside Kilbride district go big with $1 million in a week; Nearly all came from trial bar in Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties
ROCK ISLAND – Tom Keefe’s firm in Swansea and John Simmons’s firm in Alton each contributed $100,000 to retention of Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride after he removed the limit on his contributors. -
IL Supreme Court: Nursing home didn't change hands to avoid tab in discrimination suit, not on hook for worker's pay
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled the operator of a defunct suburban nursing home, not the current owner, is liable in a discrimination case. -
Brookfield Zoo operators can't duck PETA request for info over stingray deaths: Judge
A Cook County judge said the state's Freedom of Information law should apply to the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo, even though it is not a government agency. -
IL Supreme Court shuts off class action vs Chicago over 'increased danger' from lead water lines
The Illinois state high court ruled plaintiffs must do more than claim they have an increased risk of harm from lead water service lines to keep their class action against City Hall flowing. -
Report: Election of new clerk chance for reforms to boost public accountability, accessibility in Cook County courts
A report from the Civic Federation, Chicago Appleseed and Chicago Council of Lawyers calls for the new Cook County Circuit Clerk to institute reforms and technology upgrades to make the county's courts more efficient and publicly accessible. -
Cook County judge asked to reconsider $15M fee award, including $1M to a fellow judge, in long-running investor suit
Current Cook County Judge Patrick Sherlock and his ex-law partner could be poised to receive more than $2 million for their work on a lawsuit that dates back to 2001, unless another Cook County judge agrees to revisit his decision to give a group of plaintiffs' lawyers, including Sherlock's father-in-law, nearly $15M in fees. -
Appeals panel: IL workers' comp law doesn't block worker class actions vs employers over fingerprint scans
The appeals panel said harm suffered by violations of Illinois' biometrics privacy law aren't workplace injuries, even if the violations occurred in the workplace, in the course of employment. -
SEIU Healthcare OKs deal to end lawsuit accusing union of wrongly collecting dues after members ask to stop
Attorneys with the National Right to Work Foundation announced the deal, ending a class action vs the union, which had slowwalked or denied requests from members who wished to leave the union, all while continuing to collect fees. -
U.S. appeals panel tells judge he can't put hold on lawsuit vs Cook County over property tax assessments
A federal appeals court has told a judge to proceed with a taxpayer suit against Cook County, which claims the county unfairly assesses certain properties, saying the judge overstepped his bounds in halting the case, while the county asks the nation's high court to hear the matter. -
Judge: No injunction, judgment for crisis pregnancy centers vs Illinois law mandating abortion referrals
U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar law in California in 2018, but judge says Illinois law may survive court challenge arguing it violates the rights of anti-abortion groups and medical professionals by forcing them to refer pregnant women for abortions.