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SCOTUS: Pritzker's about-face on restricting worship services allows him to sidestep hearing on COVID church rules
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied two Chicago area churches' reequest for an order declaring Pritzker to have violated the First Amendment in closing churches and limiting the size of in-person worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Pritzker says new COVID church 'guidelines' should thwart SCOTUS showdown; Churches say court should still rule
Attorneys for two Chicago area churches say they will press the U.S. Supreme Court to still declare Gov. JB Pritzker's limits on church worship services unconstitutionally 'trampled' religious freedoms. -
Churches ask SCOTUS to step in, block Pritzker's COVID orders prohibiting in-person church services
Saying they are threatened with "accelerating" enforcement actions against then, two Chicago area churches have petititoned the U.S. Supreme Court to block Gov. JB Pritzker's orders sharply limiting the size of in-person worship services amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Appeals court wrings out Whirlpool's lawsuit vs ex-lawyer over bad advice on Chinese aluminum imports
Appliance giant Whirlpool sued its former attorney and the firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath after it says its lawyer gave bad advice that subjected it to government duties on Chinese appliance handles. -
Churches: Pritzker's COVID worship service limits unconstitutionally single out churches among 'essential' activities
Two Chicago area churches asked a federal appeals court to toss out Gov. JB Pritzker's orders limiting the size of religious gatherings. -
DaBecca Natural Foods OKs $1M deal to end fingerprint punch clock scan class action under IL BIPA law
Plaintiffs' lawyer David Fish is in line to get as much as $350K from settlement. About 1,200 DaBecca workers could get $600-$1,300 each. -
Illinois high court brushes away lead paint suit, says Medicaid paid for kids' lead screenings so parents can't sue
Allowing the parents to sue in this case would open the door to a host of lawsuits brought by people who never lost anything, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled. -
Clay County judge grants restraining order, again, vs Pritzker's stay home order
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney has weighed in again on Gov. JB Pritzker's use of executive power during the COVID-19 crisis, granting another temporary restraining order against Pritzker, this time to a southern Illinois tanning salon owner. -
Justice Department: Bailey right in dispute vs Pritzker over emergency powers
Steven Weinhoeft, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, says Gov. JB Pritzker was wrong to try to take State Rep. Darren Bailey's lawsuit to federal court, and the governor's interpretation of state law concerning his emergency powers is wrong, as well. -
Compass Group: Split appeals decision on fingerprint scans creates large legal questions, needs new hearing
A vending machine kiosk company that won a partial victory from a federal appeals panel in a court fight over class action lawsuits with big money on the line under an Illinois biometrics privacy law is asking appellate judges to take another look at their decision, saying the split decision creates big legal problems. -
Appeals panel says ACLU should get fees for winning transgender civil rights case vs state, despite pro bono work
A Cook County judge had denied the fees to Jenner & Block and the ACLU, saying it was a "gift" to ACLU at taxpayers' expense -
Pritzker seeks to transfer Bailey COVID orders challenge to Springfield; Bailey: Governor is 'forum shopping'
Attorneys for State Rep. Darren Bailey objected to Gov. JB Pritzker's try to transfer Bailey's lawsuit challenging the governor's COVID emergency powers to Springfield court, from Bailey's home county in southern Illinois. -
Bailey renews suit vs Pritzker, says Attorney General has ignored prior opinion on limits of guv's COVID powers
State Rep. Darren Bailey says a recently unearthed 2001 opinion from former Attorney General Jim Ryan "lays bare" the governor's emergency powers "overreach." -
IL Supreme Court nixes Pritzker bid for order to end legal challenges to emergency powers
The Supreme Court's decision comes after Pritzker secured a win vs legal challenge in Cook County court -
Suit: Chicago Teachers Union violates members' rights, forces them to keep paying dues, despite leaving union
A pair of teachers are suing the Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Board of Education for allegedly breaching teachers' freedom of speech, by deducting union dues to subsidize the union's political positions without members' consent. -
State Rep. Bailey: IL Supreme Court should reject Pritzker's request for rule ending legal challenges to his COVID orders
Ill. State Rep. Darren Bailey has objected to Gov. JB Prtizker's attempt to use the Illinois Supreme Court to end his lawsuit and other challenges to the governor's claim to emergency powers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Appeals panel parks wheelchair access class action vs Uber
Nonprofit disability access advocacy group Access Living and one of its staff members couldn't prove they were directly discriminated against to continue their class action vs the ride-hailing service under the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
Appeals panel: Failure to notify under IL biometrics law 'concrete' injury; Class actions can belong in federal court
A panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says federal judges are wrong to send class actions under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act back to Cook County court. -
Pritzker pushes Supreme Court for order authorizing his stay home order, other COVID-19 rules
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state's high court should ignore State Rep. Darren Bailey's attempt to "manipulate" the court, and issue an order explicitly stating the governor can exercise nearly open-ended emergency power during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
'Full steam ahead': Bailey says continuing legal action vs Pritzker COVID stay home order, emergency powers
Southern Illinois state lawmaker Darren Bailey has pledged to continue his legal pursuit of a court order ending Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay at home order, which Bailey and others have argued is illegal and unconstitutional.