Illinois Supreme Court
Recent News About Illinois Supreme Court
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Judge: Housing groups can keep suing Deutsche Bank over foreclosure home repair discrimination
The collective action vs Deutsche Bank and others over its maintenance of bank-owned homes in minority neighborhoods has been give new life. -
Judge: Supreme Court decision barring forced union fees doesn't rid unions of responsibility to represent all workers
Unions can’t use a recent anti-union Supreme Court decision to rid themselves of their responsibility under the law to represent all workers in a collective bargaining unit, whether or not those workers pay union dues, a federal judge has ruled. -
Palm v. Holocker: A Study in Legislative Inactivity
The Illinois Supreme Court specifically asked Illinois lawmakers to clear up a problem in a state law governing when litigants' medical conditions can be raised as "an issue" in a civil lawsuit. The General Assembly has not even acknowledged the request. -
Revenge porn not protected as free speech, Illinois Supreme Court rules
An Illinois state law that criminalizes revenge pornography, the non-consensual and intentional sending of sexual images, is constitutional and not protected by free speech, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. -
Class actions targeting more timeclock, software vendors under IL biometrics law for fingerprint scans
More vendors who supply punchclocks and other payroll tracking technology for businesses of all sizes and types, throughout Illinois, have been targeted in class action lawsuits, asserting the vendors should be held liable for potentially millions of violations every day of Illinois’ biometrics privacy law. -
Chicago housing groups, new Assessor settle lawsuit over ex-assessor's 'discriminatory' practices
With a new county assessor now in office, a group of Chicago neighborhood-based housing assistance organizations have settled the lawsuit they filed against the assessor’s office over past property tax assessment practices, conducted under former Assessor Joseph Berrios, they claim discriminated against black and Hispanic homeowners. -
Appellate court: Union trustees entitled to attorney fees when they had to sue an employer to force a payroll audit
Trusts that manage health, pension and other benefits for unionized electrical workers may go after a company for legal costs they incurred when they had to sue the company to obtain payroll information needed to disburse the funds, a federal appeals panel has ruled. -
Appeals court: Supreme Court declared union fees unconstitutional, but union collected in 'good faith,' so no refunds
Illinois public worker unions get to keep unconstitutional fees, because they collected the fees in “good faith,” relying on “good luck” in having state law and a later-overturned Supreme Court decision on their side for 40 years. -
Biometrics class actions rising in Illinois, show no signs of abating. What can you do?
Class action lawsuits under the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act continue to mount following a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision. Husch Blackwell lawyers offer a look at what that could mean to you. -
Attorneys: Illinois likely to follow California, introduce stricter rules for independent contractors
Attorneys representing businesses believe Illinois will follow California and attempt to introduce legislation to tighten the rules over who can be classified as an independent contractor. -
Karmeier will retire from Illinois Supreme Court next year
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, 79, who was first elected to his seat on the state's high court in 2004, will retire next December. -
Cook County judge: Walmart, other employers can't look to IL constitution for protection from biometrics class actions
Illinois’ state constitution offers no escape valve for employers facing a blizzard of class action lawsuits under the state's biometrics privacy law, a Cook County judge ruled, rejecting an attempt by Walmart to sidestep one of those lawsuits. -
Appeals court: Insurance company must defend taxi company vs injury case from blind man who walked into post
A Chicago-area livery company's insurer must defend that company in a personal injury case brought by a blind man after a driver allegedly caused him to walk into a cement pillar outside a hospital, a state appeals court has ruled. -
Appeals court: Homeschooling mom didn't formally apply for student Ventra cards for kids, can't sue CTA for denial
A state appeals panel has rejected the lawsuit of a woman who alleged the CTA, Pace and Ventra violated her rights and those of her children when they refused to issue discounted rate transit cards to homeschooled students. -
IL Supreme Court: DuPage judge lacked power to strike down law requiring divorced dad to fund grown kid's college
A state law which can be used to require divorced parents to fund their adult children’s college education, while denying them input on how the money is spent, has survived – for now – as the Illinois Supreme Court said evolution of American family culture is not enough to allow a DuPage County judge to overrule a precedent established by the state high court four decades ago. -
Class actions: Rivers Casino, Walgreens customer surveillance systems broke IL biometrics privacy law
The country’s second largest retail pharmacy chain and Illinois’ busiest casino have each been hit with class actions under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, accusing the companies of illegally tracking their customers’ movements using video technology. -
Hey, Siri: What's a class action? Apple targeted under IL biometrics law for Siri 'voiceprints'
Apple has now joined the ranks of companies large and small hit with a class action in Illinois under the state’s biometric information privacy law, as a group of trial lawyers have taken aim at the company’s deployment of its Siri virtual assistant. -
Judge: Fired female instructor's discrimination suit vs Moody barred by religious liberty questions
A federal judge has tossed discrimination claims brought by a fired female instructor at Moody Bible Institute, as the judge ruled the lawsuit was barred by Supreme Court decisions mostly shielding churches and religious schools from discrimination laws. -
MCGUIRREWOODS LLP: Hot Issues of the 2019-2020 U.S. Supreme Court Term
In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has addressed business issues that fundamentally affect how corporations operate, as well as cultural issues that have a lasting impact on the country as a whole. -
Federal judge axes much of lawsuit brought vs SEIU Local 73 by fired union employees
A Chicago federal judge has rejected allegations by a group of former SEIU Local 73 employees that they were illegally fired.