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Plaintiff alleges Northwestern University violated Americans with Disabilities Act
Camile L. Jordan has taken legal action against Northwestern University alleging discrimination due to her chronic depression and anxiety under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). -
Cozen O’Connor Adds Two of the Country’s Leading Data Privacy Litigators to its Commercial Litigation Practice Group
Cozen O’Connor welcomed Melissa A. Siebert and Erin Bolan Hines — data privacy litigators with renowned track records of successfully defending employers and technology enterprises entangled in major data privacy class actions and appellate cases — to its award-winning Commercial Litigation Practice Group -
Judge won't dismiss class action lawsuit accusing elite colleges, universities of financial aid collusion
Plaintiffs claims tuition would've been cheaper but for an agreement among some of America's top colleges and universities, including University of Chicago, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Brown, Yale, Cal Tech, MIT and Duke, among others. -
Inside the Beltway on May 19, 2022
Inside the Beltway on May 19, 2022. -
Judge says online college test proctor Respondus can't ditch IL biometrics class actions over student facial scans
A federal judge said the Student Terms Respondus required students to agree to before they took online tests doesn't substitute for written consent, and doesn't mean Respondus can force students to try to sue under Washington state law, rather than Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law -
Jones Day adds seven U.S. Supreme Court clerks from the October 2020 Term
Jones Day adds seven U.S. Supreme Court clerks from the October 2020 Term. -
David A. Neiman named Partner at Romanucci & Blandin
David A. Neiman named Partner at Romanucci & Blandin. -
SCOTUS gives Northwestern retirees another crack at lawsuit vs university over handling of retirement plans
Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court says Seventh Circuit got the law wrong, sends case back for a new look -
Barack Ferrazzano Congratulates Six Newly Elected Partners
Barack Ferrazzano Congratulates Six Newly Elected Partners. -
Online college exam proctoring firm says federal banking law shields it from IL biometrics class actions
Company argues it complies with prevailing federal privacy and financial laws, so it can't be sued under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. -
Northwestern students can't sue after school closed campus over COVID, but charged full price tuition, judge says
A federal judge in Chicago said the students failed to provide a contract showing Northwestern University ever guaranteed in-person learning -
Anna Wermuth Named Chicago Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America
Anna Wermuth, vice-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s national Labor and Employment Department has been named the 2022 Chicago Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America, one of the oldest and most highly regarded peer review publications in the legal profession. -
Split IL High Court says wrongly imprisoned man may sue detectives for malicious prosecution in '93 McLean Co. murder case
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a man once wrongfully imprisoned for a Downstate murder, has the right to sue detectives for malicious prosecution, saying police may have swayed prosecutors to pursue the misbegotten case. -
COZEN O'CONNOR: Cozen O’Connor Attorney Anna Wermuth Receives Women in Law Honor from Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer
Anna Wermuth, vice-chair of Cozen O’Connor’s national Labor & Employment Department, has been named to the second annual Salute! Women in Law Award list by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine. -
Appeals panel denies Northwestern law professor new trial after losing defamation lawsuit
Northwestern educator sued relatives in dispute over a $3 million inheritance -
THOMPSON COBURN LLP: Josh Adrian, Matt Rudolphi join Thompson Coburn’s national energy practice
Thompson Coburn is pleased to announce that two experienced energy partners have joined the Firm’s national energy practice. -
DePaul University targeted by class action over facial recognition tech used in online exam proctoring
A new biometrics class action on behalf of college students accuses DePaul University in Chicago of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act. -
Class action targets Proctortrack over data breach, exposing college students' facial scans
The class action accuses Proctortrack maker Verificient Technologies of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in the way it maintained and guarded data from students at Loyola University Chicago. -
Class action: Northwestern's online test proctoring wrongly collected face scans, other biometric identifiers
A new class action has accused Northwestern University of violating Illinois' biometrics privacy law by using online proctoring to collect students' face scans and collect other biometric data without students' consent. -
IL high court to decide whether longstanding defamation time limits still apply in internet age
A private investigator accused of framing a man for murder is suing those involved in a documentary about the case for defamation. He wants the court to allow him to proceed, even though his lawsuit was filed four years after the film was released.