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Chicago Public Schools says a court should reject an attempt by a high school soccer player to block enforcement of its Covid testing rules for unvaccinated student athletes, which the student claims violate her rights under Illinois law
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A federal judge said the scientific evidence presented by the plaintiffs in support of natural immunity from COVID only demonstrates there is a scientific debate over vaccines and immunity, not that the government policies are irrational infringements on workers' rights
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A federal judge has explained he recently refused to block the governor and Chicago mayor from forcing COVID-19 vaccinations upon city workers, saying the workers' evidence against the value of vaccines was "slim" and the city's evidence in favor was "substantial."
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Chicago City Hall has told a Cook County judge it expects to have resolved its ongoing dispute with labor unions over its COVID vaccine mandates before the Dec. 31 deadline for city workers to get the vaccine or risk getting fired.
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Amy Burnetti, a former Highland Park High School assistant principal, claims she was demoted as part of a campaign of alleged retaliation for her role in helping bring in Lake County prosecutors to investigate past alleged misdeeds by former HPHS administrators
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A Cook County judge is again deciding whether to dismiss the lawsuit brought by an ex-Palatine High School teacher who says a Black Lives Matter activist, who has since been elected to the Palatine school board, wrongly accused her of racism, leading to her being fired.
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County officials and a collection of school districts had argued letting the appellate court decision stand would open the floodgates to taxpayer lawsuits, potentially including class actions, in federal court.
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Legislation recently passed in the Illinois General Assembly that would bar employers from asking job applicants for salary history and other information likely will trigger more Equal Pay Act claims, according to two labor and employment attorneys.
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The following joint action-related cases were on the docket in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Jan. 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
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A veterinarian has filed suit against her one-time business partner over allegations she violated a contract by opening a competing clinic and alleging she attempted to poach clients.of a veterinary practice over allegations she engaged in illegal conduct and violated their agreement.
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Last year, of the 94 ADA accessibility lawsuits filed in Chicago's federal courts, 77 of them came from just eight plaintiffs. And most of those were represented by one of two legal practices, leading some of those sued to assert they were targeted by serial litigators.
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The odds that an individual shop or restaurant could be hit with a disability equal access lawsuit under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act remains small. But the likelihood is increasing, as more lawyers take aim at shops of all sizes, including owners of small mom-and-pop shops in older buildings.
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Employers need to become more conscious of whether their employees are working through break periods, as allowing them to do so could carry legal consequences, according to a labor law attorney, citing a recent decision by a federal judge to let stand a former IDOC employee's lawsuit asserting he racked up enough hours working through his lunch period to qualify for FMLA leave.
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A legal food fight, in which some of the more prominent names in Chicago’s culinary scene served up accusations against one another of mismanagement, financial wrongdoing and other scurrilous allegations, appears to have ended quietly, with at least one of the former partners in The Purple Pig walking away from the popular River North restaurant.
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Some of the driving forces of Chicago’s culinary scene are embroiled in a legal fracas over the fate of their joint venture, The Purple Pig, after one of the founders filed a lawsuit last month that accuses his partners of embezzling revenues, manipulating records and cutting him out of management at the popular North Michigan Avenue restaurant.On Nov. 20, Scott Harris, chef and one of the founding
