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Recent News About Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym
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The Society of Trial Lawyers Welcomes Liz Jaci
HSPRD is proud to announce that Partner Liz Jaci has been officially welcomed as a member of The Society of Trial Lawyers! -
Appeals panel: IL wage law doesn't necessarily require businesses to include bonuses when calculating OT
Judges sided with Chicago electrical components maker in dispute with factory workers over claims they were shorted overtime pay -
Class action OK to continue vs Vee Pak, Staffing Network over alleged discrimination vs Black temp workers
Black plaintiffs say Latino workers given work instead of them under company policies preferring Hispanic temp workers -
Judge OKs Black correctional officer job applicants' discrimination class action vs Cook County sheriff
After suffering initial setbacks, a group of Black people hoping to work as corrections officers succeeded in getting a federal judge to certify a class action accusing the Cook County Sheriff’s Office of discriminatory hiring practices.U.S. -
Class action: Pangea allegedly misleads tenants into leasing problem apartments, ignores complaints, threatens objectors
Pangea, identified as Chicago's largest residential landlord, allegedly papers over problems at apartments, including mold, pest issues and large mechanical problems, according to the lawsuit -
Bribes to Madigan not enough to force ComEd to pay back money earned from beneficial state laws, federal judge says
A federal judge says the plaintiffs can't show Madigan exerted "improper" influence on state lawmakers to pass new state laws beneficial to ComEd, so their racketeering case over ComEd's alleged bribes can't continue. -
ComEd class action not about electric rates, but millions reaped from Madigan bribery scheme: Class action lawyers
The legal team leading the class actions vs ComEd over the bribery scheme involving former House Speaker Michael Madigan are asking the judge to short out the utility's efforts to dismiss their lawsuits. -
Appeals panel rejects female Cook County jail workers' class action vs sheriff over sex harassment from inmates
Ten female employees want to represent 1,800 women they say subjected to unacceptable detainee behavior, but appeals judges say their job responsibilities are too different to allow the case to continue as a class action. -
Buffalo Grove manufacturer sued for violating Illinois Wage Payment Collection Act
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County against global industrial technology company Yaskawa Electric Corporation for allegedly violating the Illinois Wage Payment Collection Act (IWPCA) by deducting paid vacation hours from employees' last paychecks. -
Appeals court: IL lost no money, but woman can still sue optometrist for alleged insurance fraud in state's name
An Illinois appeals panel says the bankruptcy trustee for the estate of a woman who once worked for a suburban Chicago optometrist can press an insurance fraud lawsuit on behalf of the state of Illinois against that optometry practice, even if the alleged fraud had not cost the state any money.