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Judge: Doesn't matter at this point if Cook County profited off foreclosure fees; Wells Fargo can't end county discrimination suit
Wells Fargo said Cook County can't sue because it profited off additional processing of loan defaults that Cook County has blamed on alleged discriminatory lending practices -
Cook County says ex-county officials can't be 'consultants' for Wells Fargo in reverse redlining suit
Cook County wants to know the arrangements between Wells Fargo and former county officials, whom the bank hired as consultants to help fight the county's suit, which alleges Wells Fargo contributed to the post-2008 mortgage crisis by its discriminatory lending practices. -
IL biometric privacy law not unconstitutional, just because it shields governments, banks from privacy class actions: Judge
A Chicago federal judge said the exemptions carved into the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act for state and local governments and for financial institutions don't run afoul of the Illinois state constitution's ban on so-called "special legislation." -
Compass Group: Split appeals decision on fingerprint scans creates large legal questions, needs new hearing
A vending machine kiosk company that won a partial victory from a federal appeals panel in a court fight over class action lawsuits with big money on the line under an Illinois biometrics privacy law is asking appellate judges to take another look at their decision, saying the split decision creates big legal problems. -
Appeals panel: Failure to notify under IL biometrics law 'concrete' injury; Class actions can belong in federal court
A panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says federal judges are wrong to send class actions under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act back to Cook County court. -
Wells Fargo: Cook County must end 'obstruction, show specific lending discrimination to back claims in redlining lawsuit
Wells Fargo presses attack in defense against Cook County's lending discrimination claims, even as city of Miami, Fla., dropped similar lawsuits earlier this year.