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Judge OKs antitrust class actions vs big turkey producers over prices
The class actions will include retailers, restaurants and other commercial and institutional customers who purchased turkeys from large U.S. turkey producers from 2010-2016. The lawsuits, similar to those filed against chicken and beef producers, assert the turkey producers conspired to constrict supply and boost prices -
'The evidence is clear:' Poultry producer Sanderson Farms wins at trial, says proves no conspiracy to inflate chicken prices
While competitors opted to settle for hundreds of millions of dollars, chicken producer Sanderson Farms opted to defend itself at trial before a jury, and won. The verdict can still be appealed. -
Ex-McDonald's security chief can continue lawsuit vs McDonald's, CEO for alleged discrimination, retaliation
Federal judge won't dismiss complaint of man who says burger giant set him up to fail after he questioned allegedly racist remarks about Chicago gun violence from McDonald's CEO -
Judge won't let turkey producers end class action accusing them of fixing prices of Thanksgiving birds
The lawsuits are similar to those that hatched settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars from many of the same companies over chicken prices -
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled -
Judge OKs class action demanding Chicago install devices to help blind pedestrians at intersections
The lawsuit asserts the city of Chicago is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and discriminating against the blind by failing to equip intersections with devices to communicate Walk/Don't Walk status to those with limited vision -
IL High Court says misconduct suits against Chicago cops not grounds to overturn murder conviction
The Illinois Supreme Court has refused to undo the murder conviction of a man who claims he was framed by Chicago police, saying the fact detectives have been sued for alleged misconduct in other cases, doesn't constitute 'new evidence' to exonerate. -
Antitrust suit vs big turkey farms over alleged turkey price fixing remains uncaged
Chicago judge allows bulk of class action to survive motion to dismiss -
Federal judge: Ex-Yankees OF can press lawsuit in Cook County court vs White Sox over knee injury
A former outfielder for the New York Yankees, whose career was threatened by a season-ending knee injury after one inning at Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field, can continue his negligence action against the Chicago White Sox in Cook County court after a Chicago federal judge ruled federal court was not the correct venue to hear the case. -
Judge only partially chops class action claims vs Church & Dwight over amount of folic acid in supplement
A federal judge partially granted a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit over whether a vitamin contained too much folic acid. -
Illinois legislature mulling changes to limit scope of state’s biometric information privacy law
The Illinois legislature is considering a bill that could limit the avenues to litigation now being pursued in a wave of class actions against businesses and employers of all sizes under the state’s biometric information privacy law, for such things as scanning employee fingerprints for use in employee punch clock timekeeping systems. -
Judge OKs $29M deal to end class action vs Ascension Health over Wheaton Franciscan pension claims
In the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that religiously-affiliated hospitals can qualify for exemption from certain federal pension rules, a Chicago federal judge has signed off on a $29 million settlement, designed to end class action litigations against Ascension Health, in which the country’s largest Catholic hospital system was accused of attempting to use the religious exemption improperly to underfund its employees’ retirement plans. -
Judge balks at big poultry producers' attempt to crack chicken price fixing antitrust class action
A federal judge will allow one of the country’s leading food service distributors and a group of others balking at the high price of chicken to continue to peck away at a federal antitrust action accusing the country’s largest poultry producers of fixing prices for their birds. -
Lawsuit vs NHL over substance abuse, death of hockey player Boogaard dismissed
A federal judge has agreed with the National Hockey League and dismissed the complaint brought by the family of deceased professional hockey player Derek Boogaard, who died following a purported drug overdose. -
Maneuver in receipt privacy class action earns AllSaints $58K sanction from federal judge
The U.S. wing of a British high-end retail clothier has failed in a gambit to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging it broke federal law by printing too many credit card digits on its customers’ receipts – and has been stuck with a bill for $58,000 for its opponents’ legal costs, as the federal judge sent the case back to Cook County court for further proceedings. -
New sick leave ordinance will take effect next year in Cook County; employers face litigation risk
Cook County has approved an ordinance giving employees in the county the right to accrued sick leave and the ability to use it as necessary, as well as to sue employers who don't abide by the rules. -
New IL law boosts domestic workers' legal protections, ups lawsuit risk vs household employers
A new Illinois law, the Domestic Worker’s Bill of Rights Act, affords domestic workers protection from employment-related discrimination, and could create a significant new litigation threat for families who employ them. -
Judge allows lawsuit to proceed vs Sprint over claims company's background check forms break law
A potential class action lawsuit claiming Sprint violated consumer protection laws when it ran credit checks on job applicants will proceed, after a federal judge refused the company’s motion to dismiss. -
Boogard family's claims vs NHL over blame for player's substance abuse, death suffer legal blow
The family of a deceased professional hockey player, who died following a purported drug overdose, has suffered a setback in their bid to assign blame for the athlete’s death to the NHL.