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Judge won't dismiss class action lawsuit accusing elite colleges, universities of financial aid collusion
Plaintiffs claims tuition would've been cheaper but for an agreement among some of America's top colleges and universities, including University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Brown, Yale, Cal Tech, MIT and Duke, among others. -
Judge deletes most of non-Facebook users' class action vs Facebook over photo tags on pics
A California federal judge agreed there is no practical way to get consent from people without social media accounts -
Judge OKs $650M deal to end Facebook photo tagging class action; $345 payments to users, $97.5M to lawyers
A federal judge in San Francisco granted final approval to a settlement he called a "major win for consumers in ... digital privacy. -
Judge turns off bid to unplug class action vs broadcasters over alleged ad price gouging
The antitrust class action complaint accused the broadcasters and ad sellers of improperly sharing competitive data that would normally be kept secret, allegedly boosting ad prices. -
Judge tosses class action vs Google, U of Chicago over patient medical records sharing
A Chicago federal judge says the plaintiffs, represented by the Edelson firm, have more work to do to show how plaintiffs were economically harmed by the alleged records sharing to aid Google's construction of a new health records system. -
Northwestern Hospital says law doesn't support 'nonsensical' privacy suit over fingerprint scans to dispense meds
A group of Northwestern Memorial Hospital have sued the hospital for requiring workers to scan fingerprints when entering a secured area in which medication was stored. Northwestern Hospital and the vendors who supplied the technology for the entrance security system are asking a federal judge to dismiss the workers' lawsuit, because state biometric privacy law does not cover the healthcare field. -
Seventh Circuit tosses suit over inflatable beach mat, chides plaintiffs for 'luring' defendants into IL court
A Chicago federal appeals panel has deflated a lawsuit by the designers of an inflatable beach mat, who alleged two companies rooked them out of royalties, finding the case does not belong in an Illinois federal court, because the out-of-state companies do not have any substantial presence in Illinois. -
Judge: SEC OK to continue suit vs Navistar CEO for misleading investors on development of diesel engine
A Chicago federal judge will allow the Securities and Exchange Commission to continue the bulk of its legal action against the former president and CEO of Navistar for allegedly misleading investors and the federal government by lying about Navistar’s development of a new diesel engine that met heightened emissions standards. -
New Chicago ordinance requires pharmaceutical representatives to be licensed
A new Chicago city ordinance says pharmaceutical representatives working in the city will have to pay $750 to obtain a city license.