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U.S. appeals panel: Kin of Hitler's victims must seek comp from French railway collaborators in France, not American courts
A Chicago federal appeals court has ruled France, not the U.S., is the place for the descendants of French Jews to sue the French National Railroad for taking Jews to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. -
Nationwide class action blocked vs McDonald's over 'no-poach' employment policy; Judge: Lawyers reached for 'jackpot'
A group of female plaintiffs said McDonald's policies, which were abandoned in 2017, violated federal antitrust law. The judge said there is evidence the policies may have actually strengthened competition among franchisees. -
IL Supreme Court: Power plant developer can't sue employees accused of trying to 'usurp opportunities' for themselves
In 4-3 decision, narrow majority says the company didn't completely lose the opportunity to build power plants in Texas, so the company can't sue for the lost "opportunities." -
Split IL High Court says wrongly imprisoned man may sue detectives for malicious prosecution in '93 McLean Co. murder case
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a man once wrongfully imprisoned for a Downstate murder, has the right to sue detectives for malicious prosecution, saying police may have swayed prosecutors to pursue the misbegotten case. -
Pritzker, Foxfire restaurant continue tussle over limits of guv's COVID powers to shut down restaurants
In new filings in a Springfield court, Gov. JB Pritzker argued the constitution is no impediment to his public health emergency powers. Foxfire restaurant argues the governor can't just trample their rights and wave away their claims, 16 months into a "temporary" public health emergency. -
Appeals panel says $59M in penalties for mortgage relief firms must be reworked
Lawyers weren't exempt from CFPB enforcement, but judge erred in calculating how much they should pay, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. -
Attorneys general urge SCOTUS to rule that CTU violated teachers' speech rights by taking dues after teachers said stop
Attorneys general from Texas, Arizona, Missouri and 13 other states filed a brief in support of the class action lawsuit on behalf of 24,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers and other workers vs the Chicago Teachers Union. -
Three running as Republicans for Overstreet's seat at the Fifth District
Greenville attorney Tom DeVore has announced he will seek a seat on the Fifth District Appellate Court in the 2022 general election. -
Judge: Pritzker's pledge to not restrict churches over COVID should end church's suit over prior restrictions
A Chicago federal judge has dismissed a Chicago church's lawsuit vs Gov. JB Pritzker over Pritzker's continued claim to emergency public health powers to close churches, saying Pritzker's promise not to do so again moots their complaint over orders Pritzker issued and rescinded in spring 2020. -
Top IL Dem lawmakers ask federal court to toss challenge to new legislative district maps
Illinois Democrats assert the lawsuits brought by GOP leaders and a Mexican legal group, which accuse the Democrats of improperly drawing district boundaries without official Census data, must fail because there is no official Census data to compare their new maps against. -
Evanston restaurant: Pritzker's COVID closures a 'natural disaster,' should be covered by State Farm, other insurers
Attorneys for an Evanston restaurant owner have asked a state appeals court to overturn a Cook County judge's decision to dismiss their class action lawsuit against State Farm over denial of coverage for losses they suffered after Gov. JB Pritzker ordered all restaurants closed in the spring of 2020. -
New filings: $80M judgment, $15M legal fees should be axed, because settlement cost plaintiffs standing in 20-year-old case
The settlement effectively means the named, individual plaintiffs will gain nothing from the so-called derivative action on behalf of investment partnerships, so there is no longer any justification for a judgment that would net a group of lawyers, which could include a sitting Cook County judge, $15 million in fees, the defendants argue. -
Appeals panel says no legal fees for firm that challenged Pritzker's attempt to rewrite workers' comp COVID rules
The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission pulled back the governor's requested COVID rules before a judge could invalidate them, the Fourth District Appellate Court ruled. -
Appeals panel tosses class action over Chicago vehicle impoundment fees
Justices: Vehicle owners were wrong about state law precluding city ordinance -
POLSINELLI PC: Polsinelli Continues Real Estate Growth Momentum, Adding Well-Known Chicago Attorney Kimberlie Pearlman and Real Estate Associate Nataly Yosef
Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli welcomes well-known Chicago real estate attorney Kimberlie Pearlman as shareholder in the firm’s Chicago office. -
Appeals court: Fired gay music minister can't claim 'hostile work environment' to sue Archdiocese for discrimination
A divided 10-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court said the former music minister can't use hostile work environment claims to sidestep the Catholic Church's First Amendment protection in church ministerial employment decisions. -
Judge: School officials had no constitutional obligation to stop DeKalb middle school student from being bullied
The lawsuit against the DeKalb School District 428 was one of several arguing school districts violate students' rights by not doing more to prevent bullying by other students. -
Judge: Chicago's bow to activists, imperling General Iron permit, not 'final decision,' so not yet illegal taking
While Chicago may have violated its own permitting rules and state law at the behest of left-wing activists, the city hasn't yet "taken" General Iron's property, so the company can't yet sue the city in federal court, a federal judge said. -
Appeals panel squashes enviro group's lawsuit over Vermilion River coal ash pollution
Prairie Rivers Network can't prove it has standing to sue concerning groundwater coal ash discharge, appeals panel said -
HEPLERBROOM: Elworth Appointed to IDC Committee
Robert Elworth has been appointed Vice Chair of the Amicus Committee of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.