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Lawsuits incoming? Supreme Court rules 'home equity theft' tax sales unconstitutional, could spur action vs IL counties
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled counties and investors can't just pocket potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars from the sale of properties over relatively much smaller unpaid property taxes. States, like Illinois, and counties, like Cook County, are being warned that changes must be made or lawsuits will follow -
Under lawsuit, Cook County 'rescinds' small biz Covid relief grant distribution based on race, gender, other characteristics
A Chicago chiropractor had sued Cook County over the Grow Grant program, which the county said would distribute $71M in federal Covid relief funds to thousands of small businesses, using guidelines prioritizing businesses owned by Black, LGBTQ and other 'historically excluded' populations -
SCOTUS decision may doom feds' efforts to sue Townstone Financial over execs' talk radio speech: New filing
Chicago mortgage broker Townstone Financial says federal banking regulators overreached in using anti-discrimination regulations to sue them for comments made on the radio by Townstone executives -
IL Sup Ct: Chicago can favor restaurants over food trucks; Decision written by Justice Anne Burke, wife of Chicago Ald. Ed Burke
The Illinois Supreme Court says the city of Chicago has the constitutional power to regulate where food trucks can park and how long they can stay in certain spots, as well as to track truck whereabouts with GPS devices. -
SCOTUS again asked to order SEIU to repay $32M in home caregivers' union fees already ruled unconstitutional
Arguments have begun to be filed in the latest try to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to order an Illinois labor union to refund potentially tens of millions in fees the court has already declared were unconstitutionally collected.