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Cook County judge: Walmart, other employers can't look to IL constitution for protection from biometrics class actions

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Oct 31, 2019 @ 1:46pm

Illinois’ state constitution offers no escape valve for employers facing a blizzard of class action lawsuits under the state's biometrics privacy law, a Cook County judge ruled, rejecting an attempt by Walmart to sidestep one of those lawsuits.
Judge gives nod to $28M deal to settle investor suit vs DeVry Education Group over grad job rate claims; Lawyers to get $7M

By Dan Churney | Friday, Sep 6, 2019 @ 5:13pm

DeVry University has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action suit, in which investors alleged DeVry’s falsification of graduate success rates caused the school’s publicly traded stock to drop, leading investors to take a bath.