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Appeals court: College of DuPage wrong to fire scandal-plagued president without chance to contest accusations
Former College of DuPage President Robert L. Breuder can proceed with his wrongful termination and defamation complaint, after a federal appeals court said potentially questionable language within his contract – including a provision requiring a supermajority among the college’s trustees to fire him - did not mean the college’s board was justified in firing him without giving him a hearing to dispute accusations of mismanagement leveled against him. -
Woman OK to press class action vs MetLife over bait-and-switch accusations, appeals judges say
A federal appeals panel has cleared an Illinois woman to continue a class action complaint accusing Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of bait-and-switch tactics. -
Judge: Faxed invite to diabetes drug seminar enough to let TCPA class action continue
Receiving an unwanted fax, inviting medical professionals to a "free seminar" discussing diabetes treatment options is harmful enough to allow a class action to continue against a drugmaker and a company that describes its mission as "connecting" nurse practitioners with drug companies' clinical research, a Chicago federal judge has said. -
Judge cuts short class action vs Menards over lumber sizes; could impact similar suit vs Home Depot
A Chicago federal judge has sawed off a class action aimed at one of the Chicago area’s largest big box home improvement chains, saying Menards didn’t unjustly save big money by selling 4x4s and other pieces of lumber that don’t measure up their names. -
Couple suing over effects of Levaquin must show how drugmaker lied, judge says
A Chicago federal judge has ruled a suburban woman must describe, in her lawsuit against global drug maker Johnson & Johnson, how the company allegedly lied about possible effects of its antibiotic Levaquin, which the woman said caused her to develop a number of ailments. -
Judge blocks Advocate, NorthShore merger; effort to combine health systems scuttled
A Chicago federal judge has moved to formally block the attempted merger between Advocate and NorthShore, two of the Chicago area’s largest hospital operators, granting federal regulators’ request for an injunction and likely scuttling the merger. -
NorthShore charitable foundation can't sue Niles high schools over wasted $1.3 million clinics grant
A charitable fund associated with Evanston-based NorthShore University Health System will not be able to continue much of its legal action against Niles’ high school district over the district’s decision to close some health clinics in the suburban high schools, after a Cook County judge declared the foundation should have sued someone else over the alleged waste of the foundation’s grant to fund the clinics. -
North Suburban Health Foundation says Niles high schools need to repay grant for closed clinics
A charitable fund associated with Evanston-based NorthShore University Health System is suing a near northwest suburban school district, alleging the district accepted foundation grant money to open school-based health care clinics, but then chose to close the clinics after less than a year in operation, essentially wasting the foundation’s money. -
Advocate, Palos Community locked in staredown over disclosure of health insurer agreements
Saying even the smallest disclosure of its “trade secrets” would cause irreparable damage to its business, Advocate Health Care, Illinois’ largest health system and operator of a dozen hospitals, has filed suit against a southwest suburban competitor, asking a judge to block the efforts by Palos Community Hospital to gain access to Advocate’s rate agreements with health insurers – even though Advocate recently demanded the exact same information from the Palos hospital. -
Judge OKs $11 million Walgreen TCPA class action settlement; lawyers get 36 percent
A federal judge has signed off on an $11 million settlement offered by Walgreen Co. to end a class action lawsuit over the company’s practice of sending prescription reminders to customers’ cell phones - even though more than a third of the settlement award will go to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. -
Shedd says contractor should pay for $3 million repairs to faulty underwater gates at Oceanarium
The Shedd Aquarium has asked a judge to order the general contractor that oversaw the renovation of its Oceanarium to pay almost $3 million to cover the aquarium’s costs to replace underwater gates in the Oceanarium, which the aquarium said rusted because they were poorly constructed. -
Whirlpool sues lawyer for malpractice after company hit with federal 'antidumping' penalties over Chinese door handle imports
A partner in the Chicago office of Drinker Biddle & Reath is facing legal malpractice allegations, as appliance maker Whirlpool has blamed him for bad legal advice that led the company to continue to import aluminum appliance door handles from China – a decision the company says has left it open to potentially large additional trade duties ordered by federal regulators. -
Judge: Bankruptcy filing should not stop Caesars from facing creditors' lawsuits potentially worth billions
A group of investors and lenders have won the right to press on with claims potentially worth billions of dollars against Caesars Entertainment Corp., after a federal bankruptcy judge ruled bankruptcy filings by a subsidiary company shouldn’t shield the parent company from legal actions brought by bondholders and creditors alleging Caesars used a series of refinancings and transfers between the companies to improperly shield assets.