Milllions of Illinoisans who have used Instagram since 2015 could be eligible for a cut of the settlement, which could amount to far less in per person payments than from previous similar class actions under Illinois' biometrics privacy law
A state appeals panel has sided with DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek in a court fight with State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi, saying courts have no ability to order election officials to follow the law when counting votes until after election officials say they are done counting ballots.
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek has appealed to the Illinois Third District Appellate Court to overturn a DuPage County judge's temporary restraining order in a dispute with a Republican state legislator over how she is verifying mail-in ballots are legal
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek had argued a DuPage County judge overstepped his authority by granting a court order sought by a DuPage County state lawmaker seeking to force her office to verify mail-in ballots as Illinois election law requires
DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek argues a DuPage County judge improperly entered a court order requiring her office to exclusively use voter registration records to verify voter signatures on mail-in ballots. She says judges must wait until after she has finished counting votes to ensure votes were legally counted
A DuPage County judge has ordered DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek to rely exclusively on voter registration records when verifying signatures on mail-in ballots, as the law requires, in a win for Elmhurst Republican State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi in her lawsuit over vote counting in her race for a new term in office
State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi, R-Elmhurst, filed suit against DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek, accusing the Democratic Clerk of not verifying mail-in ballot signatures as required by law. Mazzochi trails her Democratic opponent by about 200 votes, as of Monday evening.
Woman wins court fight over Villa Park school board's refusal to read parents' comments verbatim into the record during online "Zoom meetings," even after the school board blocked parents from voicing their concerns live at meetings, and required them to submit written comments
A judge granted a preliminary OK to the settlement deal to end the class action against SnapChat's corporate parent under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
A new filing in the long-running defamation case asserts news articles published by the Edgar County Watchdogs about no-bid professional services contracts secured by Carla Burkhart from College of DuPage, in which the Watchdogs reported she falsely claimed to be an architect, are protected by the First Amendment
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Jan. 21 in a Cook County case, that the statute of limitations in a legal malpractice matter did not begin running until the client actually suffered damages as a result of the alleged malpractice, not years before when the alleged malpractice occurred.
Democrats say the changes are needed to boost diversity on the bench. Republican critics say the changes are simply efforts by Democrats to boost their hold on power in the state's courts
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.
An Illinois appeals panel has ruled Hanover Park's police pension board cannot include officers' holiday pay when calculating pension benefits, because only "fixed" pay — and holiday pay is not "fixed" — may be used to figure pensions.
A DuPage County judge denied the request from a group of student athletes and their parents for a temporary restraining order that could have allowed high school football and other sports to resume after being shut down over COVID-19 concerns.
A new class action lawsuit says the board of directors of the Illinois High School Association lacked the authority to decide to shut down the fall sports seasons, as recommended by Gov. JB Pritzker.
The suburban park district board says Pritzker has denied it the chance to modify its programs to balance the need to stop COVID-19, against the need to promote public health and combat other societal ills through community-based recreation.
