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Pritzker asks appeals court to lift feds oversight of state hiring, imposed to block political hiring practices
Reform advocates have said Pritzker's request is premature, because the state hasn't shown it has stopped politically motivated hiring -
Appeals court: Fired gay music minister can't claim 'hostile work environment' to sue Archdiocese for discrimination
A divided 10-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court said the former music minister can't use hostile work environment claims to sidestep the Catholic Church's First Amendment protection in church ministerial employment decisions. -
Appeals panel won't increase fee award for lawyer who helped Muslim man win discrimination case vs IDOT
Attorney Joseph Longo argued federal judge should've approved nearly $1 million more for his work on the case. But a federal appeals panel ruled his claims were "meritless" or even "simply frivolous." -
Judge: School officials had no constitutional obligation to stop DeKalb middle school student from being bullied
The lawsuit against the DeKalb School District 428 was one of several arguing school districts violate students' rights by not doing more to prevent bullying by other students. -
Appeals panel squashes enviro group's lawsuit over Vermilion River coal ash pollution
Prairie Rivers Network can't prove it has standing to sue concerning groundwater coal ash discharge, appeals panel said -
Appeals panel: 'Stateless' law firm partners means ex-Trump advisor Carter Page can't sue over Steele dossier in federal court
Former Trump 2016 campaign advisor Carter Page can't use federal courts in Chicago, or anywhere, to sue the law firm of Perkins Coie for pushing Russian collusion story. -
Settlement doesn't mean a settling party's share of blame in injury lawsuit considered 'uncollectable': IL Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled defendants in personal injury lawsuits can't use a settlement by another party to shift some of the remaining liability onto still another party. Dissenting justices called the ruling unfair. -
Appeals panel upholds termination of ex-Allstate analysts' defamation suit
SEC filing, company memo didn't identify fired employees, who originally won $27M federal verdict, justices said -
Geico can't kick class action over lack of COVID refunds to appeals court
A federal judge says she won't let Geico ask a federal appeals court to review her refusal to dismiss a class action accusing the insurer of "deceptive" statements over how much customers could save through the "Geico Giveback" COVID relief program. -
Appeals panel: SCOTUS has wrongly blocked people from suing debt collectors as Congress intended, asks court to revisit
Judges on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at its prior decision in Spokeo, which they said specifically has improperly prevented people from suing debt collectors, as Congress had intended when it wrote the law -
Appeals panel denies Northwestern law professor new trial after losing defamation lawsuit
Northwestern educator sued relatives in dispute over a $3 million inheritance -
Judge: Sheriff's office not on hook to pay woman shot by her ex-fiance, a Cook County correctional officer, in attempted murder-suicide
Former Cook County correctional officer Erika Aguirre had attempted to shoot to death her ex-fiance, Deisy Jaimes, as well as Jaimes' father, in an attempted murder-suicide. Jaimes' family claimed the county should pay because of a county policy they claimed required Aguirre to possess a gun. -
Judge yanks dentists' claims for insurance coverage for income lost to state COVID shutdowns
Virus exclusion in policy proves to be deciding factor in the COVID coverage dispute between Dental Experts practices and Massachusetts Bay Insurance. -
Judge predicts IL Supreme Court won't gut BIPA suits vs employers, refuses pause in class action vs Pret a Manger
A Chicago federal judge said he believed Illinois' high court will reject attempts by employers to limit the onslaught of class actions brought under Illinois' biometric privacy law. -
Appeals panel says 'copyright troll' firm's housing designs are too generic to warrant protection
Judge: 'Copyright troll' attempting to control nearly entire market with thousands of similar plans -
Pritzker to appeal federal judge's refusal to lift fed oversight of IL state government hiring practices
A federal judge had denied Pritzker's attempt to end court-appointed oversight of Illinois government hiring practices, saying there was still too much evidence of politically motivated hiring and promotion within agencies under the governor's supervision -
Appeals panel won't lift federal oversight of hiring at Cook Clerk's office, for now
7th Circuit says reform advocates have identified potentially corrupt hiring practices, but four-decades-old federal oversight of county hiring practices needs to move toward conclusion -
Appeals panel strips $6M lead paint jury award, says judge's errors should allow new trial
Seventh Circuit says Wisconsin judge made key legal errors in lengthy trial vs paint makers Sherwin-Williams, E.I. du Pont and Armstrong Containers. -
Restaurant, retail advocates urge appeals panel to limit 'absurd,' 'grossly excessive' reach of IL biometrics law
Retail and restaurant associations have asked the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to side with White Castle in a dispute over "absurd" sums that class action plaintiffs can demand in lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Biz owners can't sue Pritzker over claims his COVID shutdown orders unconstitutionally seized their property: Judge
The lawsuit brought by business owners and Republican politicians from Will County and the southwest suburbs was disallowed under the Eleventh Amendment, which generally bars lawsuits seeking court orders requiring states to dole out money from the state treasury.