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Timeclock tech maker Kronos: Lawyers on 'fishing expedition' to fuel new wave of fingerprint scan class actions vs employers
Kronos Inc. says two Chicago class action firms are trying to use a lawsuit against them to force Kronos to turn over its customer list, to help them ID new companies to sue under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Judge won't certify class in dispute over mandated union contracts for JLL tenants in the Loop
Jones Lang LaSalle which manages many commercial properties in downtown Chicago has been accused of conspiring with labor unions to force tenants to use pricey union labor for building renovations and moving services. -
Judge: No insurance coverage for dentist whose revenue plunged after Pritzker COVID lockdown orders
A federal judge in Chicago became the latest to find business owners have no claim for business interruption coverage even though they were all but put out of business by COVID-related lockdown orders from Gov. JB Pritzker and other U.S. governors. -
IBM can't zap class action over its use of facial scans in A.I. facial recognition training tech
IBM had downloaded and mapped millions of photos of people to help the company better train A.I. to recognize non-white and female faces. -
Judge drills attempt by insurer Delta Dental to yank dentists' antitrust lawsuits
The judge said the dentists and American Dental Association have done enough so far to back up their claims that Delta Dental and its subsidiaries use their market position to force the dentists to accept lower payments. -
Judge nixes bid to block Illinois Vote by Mail over fears of Dem cheating; Affirms limits on ballot harvesting
A federal judge in Chicago said fears of Democratic vote fraud are only "speculative," as he refused a request from Cook County Republicans to slap a hold on Illinois' new election rules, including vote by mail. -
Hiring monitor: Illinois has 'work to do' before court-ordered oversight of state hiring practices can be lifted
The filing comes in response to Gov. JB Pritzker's try to end the court decrees that gives federal monitors the authority to combat patronage hiring in state government. -
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. -
TopGolf fails to drive away biometrics class action over worker fingerprint scans
A federal judge says TopGolf can't dismiss the class action, potentially involving more than 500 workers, with millions of dollars on the line. -
Judge tosses class action vs Google, U of Chicago over patient medical records sharing
A Chicago federal judge says the plaintiffs, represented by the Edelson firm, have more work to do to show how plaintiffs were economically harmed by the alleged records sharing to aid Google's construction of a new health records system. -
Appeals court: Pritzker OK to limit - or not limit - religious, political gatherings to combat COVID-19
Just because Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker granted greater leeway to religious gatherings, and marched in a massive Black Lives Matter protest, doesn't mean Pritzker's 50-person limit can't apply to Republican Party political events, the appeals panel ruled. -
Judge: Tech firm founded to help Dems text voters can be sued for Vallas campaign spam texts
A Chicago federal judge will allow a class action to continue vs Link2Tek, which helped the Vallas mayoral campaign send text messages to voters in 2019. -
Metra's legal fight chugs on over whether law requires Union Pacific to keep operating commuter lines
The service agreement extension between Union Pacific and Metra expired in February -
Lawsuit: McDonald's sends Black franchisees on 'financial suicide mission' to inner city restaurants
A discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court accuses McDonald's of misleading and mistreating its Black restaurant franchisees by saddling them with high cost, low revenue restaurants in crime ridden inner city areas. -
Judge: 'Reasonable suspicion of dangerousness' enough to allow IL State Police to deny concealed carry permit
A federal judge said the Illinois State Police is within its constitutional authority to deny a concealed carry license to a man who was accused by the Chicago Police of being a gang member and who had 20-year-old non-violent criminal record. -
Cook Co. loses bid for sanctions against Bank of America attorneys in reverse redlining suit
A federal judge has refused Cook County's request to sanction Bank of America attorneys in suit alleging the bank made discriminatory loans -
Appeals panel: Churches should be able to be sued under discrimination laws for 'hostile work environments'
A federal appeals panel in Chicago said a fired gay Catholic church music director should be allowed to proceed with his lawsuit against the Chicago Archdiocese, because the First Amendment isn't an absolute shield for churches' employment decisions. -
McDonald's sues AmFam subsidiary, says wrongly refused to fund defense vs workers' COVID lawsuit
McDonald's says it and two Chicago franchisees have racked up more than $1.6M in legal bills defending against the lawsuit, accusing McDonald's of not doing enough to protect workers against COVID-19.