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BNSF: IL Supreme Court ruling means courts can choose not to order 'annihilative' payouts in fingerprint scan class actions
Lawyers for BNSF Railway are pushing to undo a $238 million verdict in favor of 45,000 truckers, who claim BNSF violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law by making them scan fingerprints to access rail yards. Plaintiffs, though, say the verdict should've been $807M -
Verde Energy reaches $7M deal to end electricity customers' class action over alleged bait & switch rates
Class action accused third-party electricity supplier Verde Energy of charging up to 45% more than ComEd -
Judge won't certify class in dispute over mandated union contracts for JLL tenants in the Loop
Jones Lang LaSalle which manages many commercial properties in downtown Chicago has been accused of conspiring with labor unions to force tenants to use pricey union labor for building renovations and moving services. -
Federal judge: Banks can be vicariously liable for debt collectors' calls to cell phones
A federal judge has determined banks can be sued for the debt collection calls initiated on their behalf by a third party. But the banks can only be held vicariously liable, not directly liable, the judge said.