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Chicago cop says superior officers wrongly accessed his private info, retaliated against him for complaining
A Chicago narcotics officer says a sergeant and lieutenant used the Accurint service to glean some of his personal information online, and then retaliated after he allegedly refused to help cover it up and reported it to Internal Affairs. -
Teacher seeks to keep up lawsuit claiming Evanston elementary schools are racially hostile to white people
An Evanston middle school teacher has fired back vs an attempt by Evanston/Skokie District 65 to dismiss her lawsuit, which claims anti-racism programs in the district turned the schools into a racially discriminatory hostile work environment targeting white people. -
SCOTUS refuses school workers' claims unions unconstitutionally took dues after they tried to leave
Two Chicago teachers and a Moline custodian claimed their unions ignored the Supreme Court and the Constitution by limiting their ability to leave the union only to one "escape period" each year. -
Vending machine operator Compass Group to pay $6.8M to settle fingerprint scan class action
Lawyers who brought the consequential class action under the Illinois biometrics law will seek at least $2.2M from the deal. -
Judge blocks NorthShore from firing workers seeking religious exemption from COVID vax mandate
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against NorthShore University Health System, preventing the hospital system from firing dozens of workers seeking religious exemptions under federal and state law from NorthShore's rule requiring them to get the COVID vaccine, or face termination. -
Lawyers ask judge to OK $68M fees for work landing $181M chicken price class action settlement
It remains unclear how much consumers might get as a share of $111 million remaining in the settlement funds after lawyers and settlement administrators are paid. -
Lawsuit claims NorthShore Health System using vax mandate to "purge" unvaccinated religious objectors from payroll
A class action lawsuit in federal court claims NorthShore is illegally discriminating against religious employees who object to COVID vaccines, violating their rights to religious exemptions under state and federal law. -
Metra says judge was off track in ruling Union Pacific can cease northwest suburban Chicago commuter trains
Metra wants to derail a judge's ruling that Union Pacific does not have to run commuter lines in northwest Chicago, arguing the judge committed a "manifest injustice" in refusing to consider the railroad was contractually obligated to keep operating the service. -
Chicago firefighters sue to block Lightfoot, Pritzker COVID vax mandates
A group of Chicago firefighters have filed suit in federal court, arguing COVID vaccine mandates imposed by Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are unconstitutional. -
Judges: Democrats' June state district maps unconstitutional; New September maps still under review
A panel of federal judges said Democrats' decision to use "population estimates," rather than Census data resulted in unbalanced districts, under a plan rushed through simply to retain firm grip on power -
Union Pacific: Railroad workers illegally threatening to strike over Biden vax mandates
Union Pacific, one of the country's largest rail carriers, has asked a judge to declare at least one union cannot strike against the company as it seeks to enforce President Biden's worker vaccine mandate. -
Judge permits narrowed class action accusing State Farm of presuming Black clients claims were fraud
The owner of a building on Chicago's South Side said State Farm illegally presumed his claims, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, were fraudulent. -
Zion rental home inspection ordinance may violate 4th Amendment, federal judge says
Judge refuses to dismiss challenge to city over mandatory inspection policy -
Pritzker court filing: Natural immunity doesn't excuse Naperville firefighters from COVID vax, testing mandates
The filing comes in response to a legal challenge brought in September by Naperville firefighters, who assert state and local COVID vaccine and testing mandates violate their rights. -
Judge: McDonald's USA can't be sued because franchise restaurants don't let blind people walk through drive-thrus
A federal judge noted Beaumont Costales lawyers helped a man who is blind travel to California so he could be denied service at McDonald's drive-thrus and file suit under that state's laws, too. -
Judge bounces court reporter's sex discrimination suit vs chief judge, over bullying by other Black female court reporters
A Chicago federal judge has tossed a sex discrimination lawsuit by a black female Cook County court reporter, who alleged some of her fellow black court employees bullied her for associating with white court personnel, ruling the alleged harassment was not based on the reporter's gender. -
Online college exam proctoring firm says federal banking law shields it from IL biometrics class actions
Company argues it complies with prevailing federal privacy and financial laws, so it can't be sued under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Two objectors fail to hold up $92M settlement of TikTok privacy class actions
A Chicago federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $92 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses TikTok of breaking privacy laws, overriding objections the payout falls short and users are still not fully protected. -
Palatine H.S. teacher was fired for her Facebook posts, not defamation, says school board member, BLM activist
A Cook County judge is again deciding whether to dismiss the lawsuit brought by an ex-Palatine High School teacher who says a Black Lives Matter activist, who has since been elected to the Palatine school board, wrongly accused her of racism, leading to her being fired. -
State can't end discrimination lawsuit vs Pritzker over COVID closures of programs for people with disabilities
Plaintiffs allege the Illinois Department of Public Health didn't do enough to accommodate the ability of certain people with disabilities to safely return to work amid the pandemic.