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Appeals panel: Woman says she pitched Getaways concept to Groupon, but no written deal, so no cut
A state appeals panel has determined a woman cannot sue for a cut of Groupon’s travel business although she said she pitched the concept to the company. -
Appellate court: Cumulative back injuries qualify Harvey firefighter for line-of-duty pension
CHICAGO -- A state appellate court reversed on Sept. 6 a suburban pension board’s decision to deny a firefighter line-of-duty disability for back pain caused by years of repetitive injuries. -
Anne Burke, wife of indicted Chicago alderman, selected next chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court
Anne Burke, an Illinois Supreme Court justice who has served on the court since 2006, and the wife of indicted Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, has been selected by her fellow justices to serve as the new chief justice of the state’s high court. -
Appeals panel hears arguments over whether Illinois campaign finance law creates 'unlevel playing field'
Illinois' campaign finance law may create an unlevel political spending playing field, giving one kind of political organization a built-in advantage. But a federal appeals panel appeared to harbor doubts over whether that makes the law unconstitutional. -
Federal judge clears truck driver to continue Illinois biometrics class action vs CSX over fingerprint scans
A federal judge will allow a truck driver to continue part of his class action complaint accusing CSX of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act for making him scan his fingerprints to gain access to CSX railyards. -
Appeals panel: Some home tenants can qualify for property tax exemption; Pay attention to this one, lawyers say
A state appeals panel has ruled some tenants renting homes can now qualify for an Illinois property tax exemption that previously could be claimed only by homeowners. -
Biometrics class actions target Lowe's, Home Depot for anti-shoplifting surveillance systems
Home improvement retailers Home Depot and Lowe’s have become the latest big companies to get swiped by class action lawsuits under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law, as a group of plaintiffs have sought to extend the reach of the law’s potentially big financial awards to those stores’ anti-theft surveillance systems. -
Illinois state lawyers: Janus decision didn't change unions' obligation to represent all workers in bargaining units
Unions aren't the same as state employees, so the holdings of the Supreme Court's Janus decision don't apply to them, Illinois state attorneys argue, asking judge to swat down a union's contention it no longer has an obligation under the Constitution to represent non-union workers. -
Seventh Circuit appeals court upholds Cook County assault weapons ban
A federal appeals panel has upheld Cook County’s assault weapons ban -
Pritzker contract gives AFSCME unfettered access to workers' private information
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker agreed to a deal with AFSCME Council 31 that threatens the privacy of state workers and violates workers’ rights. -
LOCKE LORD LLP: Chicago Partner Ernesto Palomo Honored as Hispanic National Bar Association 2019 Latino Attorney of the Year
Chicago Partner Ernesto Palomo, a member of Locke Lord’s Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, has been recognized as Latino Attorney of the Year by the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA). -
Appeals panel: Despite brain damage claim, plaintiff's prior mental health records should've stayed sealed
CHICAGO – A state appeals panel has ruled a Cook County judge improperly ordered a plaintiff to disclose personal medical information in a brain damage lawsuit, saying the data should’ve been protected as mental health records. -
Judge denies suit over IL debt, says court can't rule if lawmakers violated state constitution's 'specific purpose' rule
A judge in Springfield has refused to permit a lawsuit to continue which asserted the state’s constitution never intended to allow the state government from using debt, issued under the state’s bonding authority, to pay for operating expenses. The plaintiff in the case has vowed to appeal, saying the judge reached a wrong and hasty conclusion on the questions at the heart of the dispute. -
Judge OKs insurer's lawsuit vs Amazon over housefire caused by defective counterfeit hoverboard battery
A federal judge is allowing an insurance company to continue part of its lawsuit against Amazon regarding claims the insurer paid following a 2016 house fire linked to a faulty hoverboard battery the homeowners' purchased on Amazon. -
Illinois biometrics law unconstitutional, unfairly excludes government, 'financial institutions,' Jewel-Osco parent argues
Saying the law sets up an instance of “do as I say, not as I do,” the parent company of Jewel-Osco has asked a judge to strike down an Illinois state privacy law that it says places most private employers at risk of huge judgments, while exempting the government, its contractors and financial institutions from the same potentially draconian provisions. -
Appeals court: State of IL can sue community colleges accused of boosting student success numbers to boost state money
An Illinois appeals panel has ruled the Illinois state government can sue another Illinois state entity under the Illinois False Claims Act, in a suit alleging a downstate community college district gave the state the shaft by inflating credit hours of mining students to extract extra grant money from Springfield. -
Appellate court: Judges shouldn't gainsay Catholic church on whether organist a 'minister,' exempt from discrimination suit
A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that a church can claim the ministerial exception to protect it from a discrimination lawsuit brought by a fired organist. -
Taxpayer suit says state constitution drafters would be 'horrified' to see long-term debt issued to fund Illinois’ structural budget deficits
Plaintiffs suing to bar Illinois' government from treating borrowing like tax revenue are asking a state judge for the chance to make the case that two state bond issues are illegal and prohibited by the Illinois State Constitution. -
Big loss for Facebook on IL privacy law, big win for trial lawyers; Legal questions could be ticketed for Supreme Court
A recent decision from a California federal appeals court has handed a big win to a group of plaintiffs seeking to use an Illinois privacy law to squeeze Facebook for potentially billions of dollars, and could forebode a date before the U.S. Supreme Court, should trial lawyers seek to use the decision to boost other attempts to sidestep the high court’s earlier attempt to limit their ability to bring large class actions over claims in which no one suffered any actual harm. -
'Good employment hygiene' can ward off serial discrimination lawsuits, attorney says
Employers should seek to boost good employment practices, including improving techniques for fielding complaints and taking suggestions from employees, to help ward off an uptick in so-called "serial discrimination" lawsuits, such as those being waged against Walmart across the country and soon in Illinois.