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Chicago area Shop & Save stores targeted by biometrics class action lawsuit over worker time clock punches
Class action accuses supermarket chain of not giving workers proper notice and securing authorization before scanning their "biometrics," which is typically fingerprints. -
Cook County Circuit Court to pause all but essential operations until at least April 15
Nearly all civil and criminal cases will be postponed for 30 days, beginning March 17, Cook County's Chief Judge orders, in response to coronavirus outbreak. -
IL appeals panel says womens' sex abuse claims in scuttled suit against Oak Brook evangelist were 'reasonable'
An Illinois appeals court has rejected a suburban Chicago evangelist's request for sanctions against several women, who accused him of sexual abuse dating back a number of years, finding the allegations were "reasonable" and their attorneys were not obliged to dig into the claims before pressing the eventually dismissed lawsuit. -
Bar associations pan some IL Supreme Court campaigns; Epstein: Rating a result of 'inflexible rule' based on candidate legal experience
Candidate Daniel Epstein says his "not recommended" rating was based on a "bright line rule" for bar associations, which withholds candidate recommendations from judicial candidates with less than 10 years experience. -
Appeals panel: SCOTUS precedent doesn't block out of state plaintiffs in nationwide class actions
Class actions are different 'mass actions' limited by U.S. Supreme Court's Bristol Myers Squibb ruling, the appeals panel ruled. -
Cook County voters warned against some judge candidates, encouraged to support others, by candidate ratings groups
The Illinois Civil Justice League particularly warned voters on two judicial candidates it considers to be "stalking horse candidates" on ballot to help "chosen" Democratic Party "insiders" -
Appeals court refuses to reinstate $3M verdict for widow, who sued GSK over husband’s suicide
The woman's lawyers had claimed GSK never fully updated warning labels for its antidepressant Paxil to reflect true suicide risk. -
Judge asked to slice $24M fees for plaintiffs' lawyers, including 7% cut for other judge, in 18-year investor tiff
Plaintiffs' lawyers say they should get 30% of $80M award. Defendants say those lawyers' clients are actually only getting $1.9M -
SCOTUS precedent may not block health care providers price-fixing conspiracy lawsuit vs Becton Dickinson, says appeal panel
While indirect purchasers are normally blocked by the Illinois Brick decision from pursuing antitrust claims, in this case the plaintiffs are asserting the group purchase organizations and distributors were in on the alleged price fixing, too. -
Timing critical in using 'tender' offers to thwart would-be class actions, attorneys say
Class actions can be resolved by satisfying the named plaintiffs' demands. -
Appeals panel: Fired Franklin Park teacher gets chance to argue rights violated by no hearing to challenge bad rating
A Franklin Park teacher and her union have pursued constitutional claims against their school district. -
'Trailblazer:' Charles Freeman, first African American IL Supreme Court justice, dies
Former Ill. Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman was rememberd for his deep impact on Illinois' law and its courts over six decades; for his work as a "trailblazer;" and for his devotion to his family. -
Feds tell SCOTUS it's legal for Chicago to keep cars seized from bankrupt owners for unpaid parking tickets
The U.S. Justice Department is telling the U.S. Supreme Court the City of Chicago has a right to retain cars confiscated over unpaid parking tickets, from car owners who file bankruptcy, without the city having to line up as another creditor in bankruptcy court. -
New fingerprints class actions target Valvoline, DSV Air & Sea, Food Evolution, Bottled Blonde, three others
Seven more employers join growing ranks of hundreds of Illinois businesses hit with biometrics class actions -
Jewel-Osco corporate parent asks IL appeals court to declare biometrics law unconstitutional
Albertsons says the law illegally exempts 'financial institutions' from numbering among the defendants in 500-plus class action lawsuits filed in just the last 3 years. -
Federal judge finds no 'actual injury,' sends worker fingerprint scan suit back to Cook County court
Another Chicago federal judge has punted a class action lawsuit over worker fingeprint scans back to Cook County court, where plaintiffs don't need to show they were every actually harmed to sue. -
Appeals panel: Ex-judge, state senator doesn't get fee for economic incentive law to boost Joliet intermodal project
Centerpoint didn't shortchange former Democratic state senator and judge Thomas A. Dunn, whom the company hired to promote a Joliet development -
Pipeline: Melrose Park's lawsuit over Westlake Hospital closure rests on 'fantasy' theory
Westlake's owners say the village's lawsuit demanding payout for 'fraud' trespasses on state authority and relies on an 'unconstitutional' village ordinance. -
IL Supreme Court cans Elk Grove term limit referendum, declares state law restricting such limits constitutional
The case tested the constitutionality of a state law enacted by Gov. Pritzker and Illinois' Democrat-dominated General Assembly last summer to limit the ability of voters to limit the terms of their current mayors and council members. -
Illinois Supreme Court says quick settlement offers can still thwart would-be class actions
Building management company offered to pay tenants who sued over security deposit interest