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Court reverses judgment for Direct Auto in man's lawsuit over rescinding of policy after his car was stolen, crashed
A man who claims his discount car insurer sells policies it never intends to pay out will have another chance in court after judges with the Illinois Second District Appellate Court reversed summary judgment granted to the insurer. -
Does IL workers' comp law trump biometrics class actions over fingerprint scans? Appeals court poised to answer
Employers across state watching to see if courts will award relief from 'massive, potentially ruinous' class action lawsuits over technical violations of the IL BIPA law, in which no one was actually harmed. -
Binny's Beverage Depot targeted by class action over worker fingerprint scans
Class action against popular Chicago area liquor store chain one of the latest to be filed under the Illinois BIPA law against employers -
Appeals panel hangs up on some class actions over 'robo' text messages, dials up potential Supreme Court call
Seventh Circuit Appeals Court in Chicago says some automated dialers acceptable under federal law if they only dial numbers stored in customer databases. -
Appeals court says Cook County judicial candidate can't use Irish maiden name on ballot
A divided appellate court says the court would be 'blind' to not recognize the lawyer has gone by her married name for years. -
Appeals panel says traffic concerns don't give Libertyville enough reasons to squash subdivision sought by Archdiocese
Archdiocese says Libertyville's rezoning denial suppressed its land value, thwarted sale to a developer -
Justice Thomas, former kicker for Chicago Bears, to retire from IL Supreme Court; 'Great loss for the Court, for the People of Illinois,' colleague says
Voters in most of Chicago’s suburban collar counties and elsewhere in Illinois’ northwest region will have the chance to select a new Illinois Supreme Court justice in 2022, after Justice Robert R. “Bob” Thomas announced his retirement from the state's high court. -
WeWork wants facial recognition biometrics class action dismissed
Company says disputes belong in arbitration, also said worker's claims are insufficient -
Ex-Hinsdale school board member's suit vs district over investigation of student's bullying claims 'falls flat' in appeals court
An Illinois appeals panel has upheld a DuPage County judge’s decision to dismiss a suit by an ex-Hinsdale school board member against the school, which alleged school officials schemed against the member, finding no evidence such an allegedly "nefarious plot" existed and calling the member's argument "absurd." -
Biometrics class action accuses pallet supplier 48Forty over employee punch clock fingerprint scans
Class action, like many others, accuses 48Forty of not securing written authorization from employees for fingerprint scans, or supplying notices. -
'This should keep you up at night': $550M Facebook settlement could spark yet more IL biometrics class actions
Attorneys urge employers to beware of lawsuits, address company policies and push Illinois officials to 'seek changes' to the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Appeals panel forecloses class action vs Experian over prescreen reporting; chides Experian for counterclaim vs plaintiff
Man says his personal data was improperly released in 2011, but didn't learn of it until recruited by lawyers for class action. -
Judge: Fingerprint scans caused no real harm, but vending machine biz still could face huge judgment in state court
The lack of 'concrete' injury means the case can't be tried in federal court. But Illinois Supreme Court decision means that is not an issue in state courts, federal judge says. -
IL Supreme Court: County judges can't delay proceedings by state agencies while related cases in court
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a district court cannot put a hold on proceedings by the Workers' Compensation Commission while related claims are playing out in court. -
Facebook will pay $550M to settle Illinois photo tag class action brought by Edelson, other firms
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle one of the first and largest class actions launched under an Illinois biometrics privacy law. -
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Appeals panel revives class action over Six Flags receipts, says 'technical' violations enough to justify lawsuit
Court points to prominent and controversial Illinois Supreme Court decision to justify its ruling that Six Flags can't escape the lawsuit over the number of debit card digits that were printed on sale receipts at Great America. -
IL High Court says auto policy's clause bars 'stacking' of payouts for crash
The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned lower court rulings, which found an insurer's allegedly "ambiguous" multi-vehicle policy allowed for multiple payouts for a single traffic crash, saying the policy is not ambiguous when read as a whole. -
IL Supreme Court: Misdemeanor convictions shouldn't preclude gun ownership forever
State high court justices call 2nd Amendment rights a 'civil right' able to be restored post-conviction, on par with the rights to vote and jury service -
Cook County Chief Judge Evans says shielded from lawsuit, asks to be dropped from 'Empire' lawsuit
Evans says he's a state official and can't be sued over filming at juvenile center -
Lawyer's widow: Recent Supreme Court ruling means she should get $3M in lawsuit vs drugmaker GSK over Paxil labeling
SCOTUS ruling changed "approach" to drug labeling questions, plaintiffs said. GSK says the change wasn't "extraordinary" enough and would open "floodgates" to attempts at lawsuit "do-overs."