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Judge says road runoff could have polluted water at Aurora recycling yard; City says recycler to blame for contamination
A Chicago federal judge is allowing the owners of a scrap yard in Aurora to continue to fight the city's pollution claims against them, by arguing the city contributed to the alleged water contamination on the site, too. -
Black, Latino Chicago residents win chance to press class action vs CPD past stop-and-frisk policy
Reworked complaint targets police policy, training rather than quotas and paper trail -
Lawsuit: Ex-wife owes $1M for using forgotten iPad to monitor texts, emails between CEO ex-husband and new girlfriend
A woman has filed suit against the ex-wife of her corporate CEO boyfriend, saying she used an iPad that was left at her home and still logged into her ex-husband's account to monitor their texts and emails. -
Evanston school district: White teacher's discrimination suit over anti-racism programs 'blatant' misuse of court
Evanston-Skokie District 65 said the teacher wasn't actually discriminated against, so she can't sue over the school's alleged race-based training programs and curriculum. -
Cook County assault weapons ban unconstitutionally strips residents of right to own weapons for self-defense, lawsuit says
A new lawsuit brought by three Chicago residents asserts Cook County's ban on so-called "assault weapons," in place since 2006, is unconstitutional. -
Sterigenics says insurer wrongly used emissions claims to deny coverage for lawsuits over emissions
Medical device sterilization company Sterigenics has sued National Union Fire Insurance in Chicago federal court, saying all of its emissions were discharged legally under an Illinois state environmental permit. -
Appeals panel: Woman couldn't have known about faulty pelvic mesh, so she didn't wait too long to sue J&J
7th Circuit judges said a federal judge was wrong to find the woman's lawsuit vs Johnson & Johnson and subsidiary Ethicon over the failure of her pelvic mesh implantation fell outside a two-year limit on filing suit. -
Class action: Magazine publisher Meredith Corp broke IL privacy law by selling subscribers' info
A class action lawsuit filed in Chicago federal court says the publisher of People, Better Homes and Gardens, InStyle and more popular titles violated an Illinois law by selling subscriber mailing lists to anyone willing to pay. -
Fired transgender Pritzker campaign worker can't continue discrimination suit vs Pritzker camp
Judge: Despite conflict with supervisor, layoff plausibly linked to performance issues -
Judges pause redistricting lawsuits vs Dems, give Dems til Sept. 1 to approve new maps using Census data
Republicans had asked the court to not give Democrats a "do over" on drawing new legislative district maps, when Democrats had not used Census data on their first attempt, resulting in unbalanced districts.. -
Lawsuit: Plainfield Central High School harbored football culture of hazing, locker room sex assaults vs freshman boys
According to the complaint filed in federal court, Plainfield Central High School football coaches ignored years of sexual assaults committed against freshman football players by varsity players wielding broomsticks, as part of an allegedly longstanding hazing ritual known as "Code Blue" -
Appeals panel says Chicago cops break no laws by junking jail detainees' unclaimed property after 30 days
Men argued city gives insufficient notice of how to reclaim items surrendered during arrest -
Republicans court filing: IL Democratic lawmakers shouldn't get unconstitutional 'do over' on drawing legislative district maps
Democrats intend to use a late August special session to redraw Illinois' state legislative districts to align with Census data, but Republicans say their failure to draft legally valid maps earlier this year means the task should go to a special redistricting commission, under Illinois' state constitution. -
Turing Video hit with class action over worker facial scans with COVID screening device
A new class action lawsuit accuses Turing of violating Illinois' biometrics law for the way its Turing Shield products scans and collects facial geometry from workers undergoing COVID screenings when reporting for work. -
Supreme Court won't stop construction of Obama Center, alleged destruction of Chicago's Jackson Park
A petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asserted judges have allowed federal regulatory agencies to gloss over potential extensive damage to Jackson Park's nature and historical character from the planned Obama Presidential Center, "at the beck and call of powerful political forces." -
Parents of terrorism victim may resume suit vs Palestinian group they accuse of supporting Hamas
A federal appeals panel says a Chicago federal judge was wrong to conclude the case doesn't belong in federal court, because she didn't believe the lawsuit against a suburban Palestinian organization could succeed. -
Judge: Black, Latino Pritzker campaign workers fall short on racial discrimination claims
The judge said 12 Black and Latino field organizers from the JB Pritzker for Governor campaign couldn't prove that "poor supervisors," racially insensitive training sessions or "one-off" events were enough to back their hostile work environment and discrimination claims against the campaign organization. -
Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) appointed Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) appointed Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. -
Judge: Popcorn seller's PPP loans lawsuit vs JPMorgan Chase belongs in arbitration, not in court
The small business owners had accused big bank JPMorgan Chase of all but shutting small businesses out from PPP loan funds, while steering them to "preferred" customers. -
Landlords' federal lawsuit: CDC has no authority to ban evictions
A group of Illinois landlords and the Illinois Rental Property Owners Association have become the latest plaintiffs to argue the Centers for Disease Control overstepped its authority in prohibiting most evictions nationwide, in the name of fighting COVID-19.