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Class action: Cook County Sheriff can't reintroduce 'sham' disciplinary complaints vs formerly fired deputies
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is facing yet another lawsuit over his handling of employee terminations before an illegally constituted merit board, as two fired Cook County deputies argue the sheriff has lost his chance to fire them and 230 other terminated sheriff’s officers, even after the board was reconstituted under new legislation. -
'Social enterprise' companies will get bidding edge for Cook County contracts under new ordinance
A new Cook County ordinance will give preference on bidding to vendors who the county believes are set up to serve the public benefit. -
Cook Sheriff asks court to order Yahoo to reveal ID of sender of emails accusing him of domestic abuse
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants a court to force Yahoo to reveal the identity of someone he says sent emails falsely accusing him of domestic abuse. -
Judge: Cook County didn't violate speech rights of fired ex-staffer who ran vs Elmwood Park's Silvestri
A Chicago federal judge is closing the door on an ex-Cook County government staffer’s attempt to sue powerful Cook County politicians, saying he can’t demonstrate the county violated his constitutional rights by firing him after he helped expose alleged political corruption in Elmwood Park, and then campaigned to take the county board seat held by Peter Silvestri, Elmwood Park’s mayor. -
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Cook County candidates off the March Democrat primary ballot following decisions by judge and electoral board
Most of a slate of Cook County would-be candidates for the Democratic primary who took their fight to continue their races to federal court are now off the March ballot following separate decisions by a federal judge and the Cook County Electoral Board in January. -
Berrios lawsuit: Cook County ethics ordinance illegally limits his campaign cash, imposes fines
Cook County Assessor and chairman of the county's Democratic Party Joe Berrios has sued the Cook County Board over campaign donation limits. -
Cook deputy says 'sham' merit board had no power to fire her in 2011 over personal misconduct charges
A former Cook County Sheriff's Office sergeant, fired for alleged off-duty incidents involving alcohol, is suing Sheriff Tom Dart, claiming the sheriff's Merit Board had no authority to sack her, because board members were serving interim, rather than six-year terms as required by law, making the board a “sham.” -
IL Supreme Court gives Cook County six more months to complete case e-filing transition work
Cook County's courts have been given an additional six months to bring their civil case filing systems into alignment with a statewide electronic case filing system required by the Illinois Supreme Court, despite comments from Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown just weeks earlier they would be ready to meet a Jan. 1 deadline. -
Another class action over now-repealed Cook County pop tax lands in court, even as others settle
On the day the controversial Cook County “pop tax” expired, one of the law firms behind the rash of class action lawsuits against area retailers and restaurants over the collection of the tax brought perhaps one final class action claim against an area retailer, saying a man was charged a few cents too much for club sodas he purchased at two local Jewel supermarkets. -
Noted class action lawyer Edelson calls for big litigation to cure opioid epidemic, make 'big pharma' pay
Asserting Congress and local governments either aren't doing enough or lack the resources to address the so-called opioid epidemc impacting communities of all kinds and sizes, the only way to effectively fund treatment and solutions is through litigation, a Chicago class-action attorney said. -
The Art Institute of Chicago accused of improperly applying sweetened beverage tax
A man has filed a class-action lawsuit against The Art Institute of Chicago for improperly charging him a now-repealed Cook County sweetened beverage tax when he bought a 100 percent juice drink. -
AFSCME: Cook Sheriff's Merit Board members terms' illegal; disciplinary decisions invalid since '05
A powerful public workers’ labor union has sued the Cook County Sheriff, saying members of the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board – whom the sheriff essentially appoints - aren’t spending enough time in office, potentially undermining all disciplinary cases the board has handled against deputies and correctional officers represented by the union since 2005. -
'Opportunistic' pop tax class action vs Subway kicked back to Cook County court by federal judge
A federal judge has poured back to Cook County court a class action lawsuit accusing Subway restaurants of making customers pay a few cents too much by collecting the soon-to-expire controversial Cook County “pop tax” on unsweetened iced tea at some of its Chicago restaurants. -
Subway franchisor: Class action litigants concocted scheme to file suit over collection of Cook Co. pop tax
A Subway franchisor has asked a Chicago federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act in connection with a sweetened beverage tax. -
Cook County repeals 'pop tax,' but lawsuits it spurred are still pending - though perhaps not for long
The Cook County “pop tax” will soon be a thing of the past, after the Cook County Board buckled to public pressure and repealed it. But local judges still must deal with a slew of class action lawsuits filed against supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants over allegations they improperly collected the tax from customers. -
County Board poised to can 'pop tax;' controversial tax rollout could also prompt rulemaking reform
With signs indicating the Cook County Board is poised to soon repeal the unpopular "pop tax," a Cook County commissioner has also set the stage to rewrite the rules by which county administrators can go about creating rules to collect taxes and impose regulations, potentially addressing a major complaint of businesses in the wake of the county's controversy-plagued rollout of the tax this summer. -
Animal Legal Defense Fund sues to force Cook County to cough up report on animal control operations
The California-based Animal Legal Defense Fund wants a judge to force Cook County to release information on the county’s animal control department, asserting the county is intentionally withholding a report from the public the group believes likely contains more information about operations at county animal control than what was revealed in a released summary of the report from the county’s inspector general. -
Property tax lawyer questions validity of Cook County tax system review
A review of the Cook County property tax system may be nothing more than a political witch hunt, according to a local property tax attorney. -
KFC restaurants hit with class action over collection of Cook County 'pop tax'
Yum Brands, the parent company of fast food chain KFC and other international fast food brands, has become the latest to catch legal heat for allegedly improperly collecting Cook County’s so-called “pop tax.” -
Class action says PepsiCo charged Cook County 'pop tax' to bottled water sold at vending machines
PepsiCo has become the latest soft drinks vendor to be accused of not properly collecting Cook County’s new so-called “pop tax,” after a Chicago law firm which has already sued 7-Eleven, Subway and Jewel-Osco, also filed suit against PepsiCo, saying the food and beverage giant should be made to pay for allegedly forcing customers to pay the county tax on bottled water purchased at Pepsi-branded vending machines.