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Appeals court: Woman's defamation suit vs Hollywood Reporter over Sony hack story can continue
The court found it lacked jurisdiction, because the entertainment news publisher attempted to toss the defamation lawsuit under a California law meant to discourage mertiless lawsuits. An ex-Sony employee claims the Hollywood Reporter implied she was involved in leaking unreleased movies to the Internet. -
CTA worker asks SCOTUS to shoot down unions' 'good faith' defense in refusing to refund unconstitutional fees
Lawyers for a non-union Chicago Transit Authority worker have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to undo a series of lower court rulings that have allowed unions to keep fees the court had ruled unconstitutional. -
Judge: Pritzker's orders can limit Republican gatherings, even if guv marched with thousands in anti-racism protest
A federal judge said "unique" constitutional protections for religious freedom also thwart GOP's attempt to compare political rallies to church services, which are generally exempted from Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID limits on assembly sizes. -
Southern IL judge rules Pritzker overstepped bounds in imposing COVID orders
The ruling hands a win to State Rep. Darrent Bailey, R-Xenia, in his challenge asserting state law does not give Gov. JB Pritzker the power to continue issuing emergency executive orders without authorization from Illinois lawmakers. -
Appeals panel: Ticket scalping class action can't use court rule to bypass Ticketmaster's arbitration agreement
Plaintiff in ticket scalping lawsuit tried to force Ticketmaster to identify tickety resellers on its site, which she wanted to use to launch a class action over alleged ticket scalping allegedly encouraged by Ticketmaster. -
IL Supreme Court says private ambulances can be sued for non-emergency traffic crashes
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has ruled ambulance companies can be sued for negligence in traffic crashes that occur during non-emergency trips -
HUGHES SOCOL PIERS RESNICK DYM LTD: Supreme Court Rules In Favor of DACA
On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), a program which protects approximately 700,000 young immigrants from deportation. -
Supreme Court decision expands civil rights to LGBT people, poses new lawsuit risk to employers, religious orgs
The decision in Bostock v Clayton County could tee up future SCOTUS dates to draw new legal lines between LGBT civil rights and religious freedoms. -
Illinois Supreme Court says no to destruction of police misconduct records
SPRINGFIELD – Chicago’s police union can’t enforce a provision in its contract for destruction of misconduct records, the Supreme Court ruled on June 18. -
Appeals panel: Pritzker's COVID church service restrictions don't violate religious freedom rights
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Gov. JB Pritzker is free to shut down religious services, if he believes it will slow the spread of COVID-19 and he also closes theaters and stadiums. -
Appeals court says homeowners stalled too long before suing O'Hare over aircraft noise, calls their attorneys 'careless'
A state appeals panel has grounded a suit by Bensenville homeowners against the city of Chicago, which alleged their property rights were violated by noise from nearby O’Hare International Airport, saying homeowners waited too long to sue. -
Judge OKs $3.2M deal to end BIPA class action vs Corner Bakery over worker fingerprint scans
Deal would give about $800 each to more than 4,000 people who worked for Corner Bakery from 2014-2020. -
Appeals judges question Pritzker's ability to impose, lift COVID restrictions on churches at will, even if backed by 'data'
During oral arguments, three federal appeals judges in Chicago appeared to push the Illinois Attorney General to explain why Gov. JB Pritzker can use a sudden policy change to thwart legal challenges to his power to restrict religious gatherings. -
Churches, businesses say IL abortion funding rules violate religious freedom rights, fly in face of Supreme Court ruling
The lawsuit filed in court in Springfield asks the court declare the Illinois Reproductive Health Act illegal. -
Bailey: Pritzker still 'forum shopping' in legal dispute over whether guv's COVID orders overstepped authority
State Rep. Darren Bailey says Gov. JB Pritzker has gone to "great lengths to contrive" legal reasons to avoid allowing a southern Illinois county judge to rule on the question of whether Pritzker had the authority to shut down the state in response to COVID-19. -
NW IL church: Pritzker's new IDPH 'guidance' ends their challenge of guv's COVID power to bar services, for now
Pritzker shouldn't be allowed later to say in court he won, when his own decision to pull back worship service restrictions persuaded the courts that their constitutional challenge was moot, attorneys for a church in northwest Illinois said. -
IL Supreme Court: Law requiring county board members to certify work hours to get pensions is unconstitutional
The state high court said county board members only need to comply with the pension rules that were in place when they first were elected, and a state law stating otherwise violates the pensions clause. -
Update: In 7-0 decision, SupCo says Illinois courts lack specific personal jurisdiction over Bayer in non-resident claims
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Bayer Corp., which challenged Madison County mass action suits involving more than 150 non-Illinoisans. -
HOLLAND & KNIGHT: Developments and Trends in ERISA Fiduciary Litigation: 401(K), ESOP and Retirement Mortality Table Assumptions
Please join Holland & Knight's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group and ERISA, ESOP and Employee Benefits Litigation Team for a presentation on recent developments and trends in litigation facing ERISA fiduciaries. -
Class action: SEIU Healthcare wrongly deducted dues from union members who wanted out
A new federal class action asserts labor union SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana threw up illegal barriers to make it harder for personal assistants to leave the union and stop paying dues, violating their constitutional rights.