Recent News About Edward A. Wallace
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Freight railroad Canadian Pacific Railway has become one of the latest large employers in Illinois targeted by a class action under the state's genetic information privacy law, accusing the company of wrongly asking job applicants about their family medical histories.
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A class action lawsuit accuses Advocate, one of the largest operators of hospitals in Illinois, of violating a state genetic information privacy law by requiring job applicants to divulge family medical history.
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The lawsuit seeks to include potentially everyone who worked for or applied for a job with Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation in the past five years
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The lawsuit was filed against health and hospital system operator OSF under Illinois' Genetic Information Privacy Act.
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A new class action has accused a private ambulance company of violating a state genetic privacy law by forcing workers to share their family medical history when applying for a job.
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The CTA is accused in a new class action lawsuit of violating a state genetic information privacy law by requiring workers to disclose parts of their families' medical histories.
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Two Decatur workers are leading the class action against Caterpillar, under the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act.
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FedEx is accused of violating an Illinois genetic information privacy law by allegedly improperly requiring workers to disclose their family medical history.
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The lawsuit says Ford Motor Company is violating an Illinois state law by requiring people to list their personal and family medical histories when applying for jobs at Ford facilities in Illinois
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Judges said the jury award wasn't excessive, as woman claimed discontinued product left her with permanent injuries and pain.
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The federal government has asked a federal judge to crumble a deal to end a false labeling class action lawsuit against Lenny & Larry’s, the makers of high-protein cookies, saying the settlement is far too lopsided, as it leaves attorneys with more than $1 million and consumers with perhaps a few crumbs, should they be lucky enough to land a cut of $3 million worth of free cookies.
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A federal judge has signed off on a preliminary deal to settle a class action lawsuit against Sears, which had leveled accusations that some of its Craftsman riding lawnmowers caught fire as a result of faulty fuel systems.
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CHICAGO — A Dolton consumer is suing Quaker Oats, alleging negligent misrepresentation of its oatmeal cereals.
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A class-action lawsuit claiming SkyWest Airlines systemically underpays its flight attendants was transferred Dec. 9 from a federal court district in California to Chicago federal court, joining a virtually identical class action already pending against the airline in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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A former assistant store manager has filed a class action lawsuit against Dick’s Sporting Goods, claiming the retailer cheated employees out of overtime pay by labeling them assistant managers.Attorneys Edward A. Wallace and Amy E. Keller of Wexler Wallace LLP in Chicago filed the case in Cook County Circuit Court May 29 on behalf of John Bouchard. The complaint seeks to broaden the action to cover
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