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Class action: PeopleSmart violates IL Right of Publicity law by selling access to IL residents' personal info
A class action lawsuit accuses Lifetime, the company that operates the PeopleSmart online search engine of violating the Illinois Right of Publicity Act by selling subscriptions that allow people to access Illinois residents' personal information. -
Online information scraping service GoLookUp hit with class action under IL right of publicity law
The lawsuit is similar to previous lawsuits filed against other online personal information gathering sites, including Whitepages, Instant Checkmate, Intelius, Spokeo and others. -
Consumer fraud claims allowed to continue vs Fertility Centers of Illinois over handling of patient data breach
Allegations include being slow to inform patients, failing to protect personal information -
Class action accuses law firm Tressler of allegedly improperly sharing info for delinquent condo owners
Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit say Chicago-based Tressler and Georgia-based AssociationReady share too much information with third-party collection vendors when attempting to collect unpaid fees on behalf of condo associations. -
Class action: State Farm allegedly shortchanged insureds on transfer, title fees for totaled cars
A new class action lawsuit says State Farm didn't pay the full amount of state transfer and title fees when replacing totaled vehicles, even though required by the state. -
Appeals judges end class action vs big retailers over aloe content in store-brand '100% aloe' gel
The judges said no one "took the label to mean that there was absolutely nothing other than aloe vera in the bottle.” -
Court decertifies class in junk fax lawsuit vs Cirque du Soleil, dismisses 'sprawling' 9-year case
A Chicago federal judge has allowed Cirque Du Soleil to turn out the lights on a class action lawsuit accusing the entertainment brand brought against it for allegedly sending junk fax ads, allegedly in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). -
Class action claims Bank of America charged improper inspection fee
A homeowner has filed a class action lawsuit against Bank of America, alleging she was assessed and forced to pay unauthorized inspection fees on a mortgaged property. -
Judge scolds plaintiffs' firm for 'playing gotcha' in imperiled junk fax class action
A federal judge has taken to task a Chicago law firm for attempting to intervene in an endangered junk fax class action lawsuit, saying a motion the lawyers filed amounted to little more than an attempt to play “gotcha” games with the defendants in the case and the law. -
Judge trims class action vs Dollar General over aloe vera gel alleged not to contain aloe vera
A federal judge has burned off two of three counts in a class action complaint facing Dollar General over claims the retailer’s aloe vera cooling gel didn’t actually contain aloe vera. -
Judge: 'Professional plaintiffs' dishonesty dooms $200M junk fax class action
A federal judge has shot down an attempt by a “professional class action plaintiff” chiropractic firm and their lawyers to pursue a junk fax class action worth potentially $200 million, saying the lack of honesty, at best, or sloppiness, at best, by the plaintiffs and their lawyers doomed their attempt to lead the lawsuit against a marketing company the judge noted had sent tens of thousands of junk fax ads. -
Appeals panel: Fresh look needed at TCPA class actions vs insurers, so don't only enrich lawyers
A panel of state appellate justices could have simply found an insurer wasn’t obligated to pay to cover a $4 million settlement reached to end a lawsuit brought by a suburban engineering firm that claimed it had received so-called “junk fax” advertisements. But the justices used the occasion to also send a message to the lawyers it says are responsible for a “proliferation” of potential junk class action lawsuits under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, brought in many cases, the jus -
Appeals court removes class representative from junk fax action, says named plaintiff is 'tool' of lawyer
In a sharply worded 2-1 decision, the Illinois First District Appellate Court in Chicago overturned a lower court decision and barred a plaintiff from serving as representative in a class-action suit involving allegedly unsolicited faxes, describing the plaintiff as a "tool'"of his lawyer.