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IL Supreme Court: Biometrics class actions can include claims over five years, not just one
The decision turned back another effort by businesses to limit the reach and impact of the state's stringent biometrics privacy law, which has been used to target thousands of businesses with massive class actions, primarily over employee fingerprint scans when punching time clocks -
Appeals panel: Chicago Council may have violated Open Meetings Act with May 2020 phone conference
Council had quorum for three phone calls to discuss Covid, unrest related to George Floyd killing, but provided no public notice or minutes of the alleged meetings -
Appeals panel says Chicago lawyer can't escape $700K legal malpractice verdict
Postage meter firm alleged bad advice over corporate reorginazation cost it up to $2.7M -
IL Supreme Court: Man can sue his employer for injuries, even though he initially did not report lawsuit in bankruptcy
The Illinois high court said there was no proof the man intentionally tried to pull a scam on bankruptcy officials by not initially telling them he was suing his employer and other companies for injuries he claimed he suffered on the job -
IL Supreme Court: Chicago didn't violate state law by charging fees to owners of impounded vehicles
Plaintiffs strike out on long battle to prove city ordinance exceeds bounds of the Illinois Vehicle Code -
Appeals panel: Chicago must force telecom companies to hire union labor to upgrade their equipment on city-owned poles
A Cook County judge had ruled the city's contract with labor unions doesn't apply in the case, because it is the telecom companies, not the city, doing the installation work. The city only issued permits to allow the work on its poles, the judge had ruled. -
Appeals panel: iPhone users can't sue Apple for face, fingerprint scans under IL biometrics privacy law
An Illinois state appeals court says a federal judge was right to determine Apple never actually possessed any of the face or fingerprint scans used by Apple customers to safeguard access to their Apple devices -
Appeals panel agrees drivers can't sue Chicago over red light camera tickets
Violation notices that don't strictly adhere to city, state law still sufficient to inform alleged offenders -
Appeals court: Liberty Mutual can't force suburban roofing company to buy worker's comp coverage for subcontractor with no employees
An appeals panel has ruled state regulators were wrong to make suburban roofing company pay worker's compensation insurance for a subcontractor, which only existed on paper and used the employees of another subcontractor. -
FBI captures Saul Chavez, Mexican man accused of killing Chicago man in DUI; Flight triggered suit vs Cook Co over criminal illegal immigrants
Chavez, who was in the U.S. illegally, fled to Mexico in 2011, immediately after he was released from jail on bond, after Cook County directed the sheriff to not honor detainer requests from federal immigration authorities. -
Appeals panel says son of Glenview police officer who died at work not entitled to his father's full salary
Ruling restores February 2018 pension board decision to dismiss application from officer's ex-wife seeking full benefits equal to 100% of the officer's salary. The board awarded the child 50% -
Appeals court: Journalist can resume lawsuit vs ex-River North landlord for eviction allegedly in retaliation for news stories
Appellate judges said Loop North News publisher Steven Dahlman has established he may have been compelled to sign a release form under threats by a Marina City property manager, so the landlord can't use that agreement to escape Dahlman's lawsuit -
Doctors can't be sued over improper resuscitation of man's father: Appeals panel
Illinois appeals court says a man who tried to sue University of Illinois Hospital for violating his father's DNR can't just swap in doctors for the hospital to keep his lawsuit in Cook County court -
Corporations can take it personally: Appeals panel says company can sue for defamation if disparaging emails sent to officers, directors
An appeals court has ruled a Chicago shipping corporation can claim it was defamed through emails sent to its management disparaging the company, saying managers are not the same as the 'corporation' -
Appeals panel: Courts don't have power to tell county board how to spend transportation funds before passing budget
Road contractors said Cook County will improperly divert transportation funds in violation of Safe Roads Amendment and a Supreme Court ruling, and asked for a court order requiring the county to follow the constitution before the county board passed a new budget. -
Appeals panel: Divorced spouses may be able to claim ex-spouse's life insurance policies, if divorced before 2018
The state changed divorce laws in 2018, making clear that life insurance beneficiary status for ex-spouses dissolves most of the time at the time of divorce. The court said that law doesn't apply to pre-2018 marriage dissolutions. -
Appeals panel won't vacate ruling allowing Chicago to impose Covid vaccine mandate on police officers, despite union contract
Arbitrator determined vaccine policy is fair exercise of city's management rights -
Appeals court: Law firm may be sued for allegedly discussing client's mental health history when trumpeting $4M medmal verdict
An appeals panel has reinstated a lawsuit, which claimed a man's Chicago attorneys improperly publicized his mental history after winning a $4 million malpractice verdict. -
Appeals court says Melrose Park was right to fire officer for abusing sick leave and hunting with felon ex-chief who is barred from using guns
An appeals panel has ruled a Melrose Park police officer was properly fired for "inexcusable" and "dishonest" conduct in consorting with a gun-toting felon, who used to be the village police chief. -
Appeals panel: Voters can't create recall mechanism, remove Dolton mayor in same election
A state appeals court says the results of referendums approved by voters in June to remove Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard can't be enforced, because the referendums were placed before the voters unconstitutionally