Recent News About The New York Times
-
Illinois’ new ban on book bans is an empty and hypocritical stunt
The so-called ban on book bans, hailed by Gov. JB Pritzker and other Illinois Democrats, is likely unconstitutional bunk, says Mark Glennon, of Wirepoints -
Building Stress Awareness & Understanding Burnout for Lawyers on January 10, 2023
Please join us for this four-part series designed to help lawyers and legal professionals avoid burnout and increase resilience — improving individual well-being, decision-making and client service. -
Students smack down Chicago 'Disinformation' Conference panelists, exposing far more than apparent about media
Traditional media beclowned itself last week at a Chicago conference on “disinformation.” That’s a story in itself, but the bigger story is how they covered up even that story, peddling disinformation about a conference on disinformation. The guilty include Illinois media, which is further guilty of still suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story that is part of what sparked the fireworks at the conference. -
Credit $200B federal bailout, not Pritzker’s actions, for 'improved' 2023 IL budget
An honest assessment would tell Illinoisans the state needs massive reforms to begin fixing the structural problems temporarily bandaged by unprecedented, massive COVID-related federal financial aid, says an analysis from Wirepoints. -
Judge dismisses biometrics class action accusing AI firm Clarifai over scraping OKCupid user photos
Facial recognition firm Clarifai said it doesn't do business in or target Illinois, meaning the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act shouldn't apply to its actions. -
Illinois’ extreme outlier status on debts, taxes and out-migration highlights the need for pension reform, new study finds
Wirepoints’ 50-state survey shows pension costs contribute to making Illinois the nation’s extreme outlier. -
MCGUIREWOODS LLP: 17th Annual Healthcare Private Equity & Finance Conference
The healthcare and life science markets are in a period of dramatic change. -
Facebook will pay $550M to settle Illinois photo tag class action brought by Edelson, other firms
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to settle one of the first and largest class actions launched under an Illinois biometrics privacy law. -
Cook County: Facebook can be sued in Illinois, should 'expect to be sued' for 'data mining'
Foxx: 'Facebook is far less a website than it is a data mining company' -
Wells Fargo: Cook County hiding potential profit from foreclosures; County: Wells Fargo 'ignoring' county document requests
Wells Fargo has accused Cook County of "cherry-picking" which documents it discloses, to obscure how much money the county may have collected from processing home foreclosures. -
Class action: Ticketmaster double dips on ticket sale fees, encouraging online ticket resale scalping
Ticketmaster is facing a federal class action complaint over a practice that allegedly incentivizes online scalpers. -
_-_Millenium_Park_(35640524776).jpg)
Sculptor of Chicago's "Bean" sues NRA, says needed permission to use image of the public art in video
The artist behind the iconic Chicago sculpture known to people worldwide as “The Bean,” is targeting the National Rifle Association in a copyright infringement lawsuit, saying they needed to ask his permission before using images including the sculpture in a video the organization posted to solicit donations. -
Female Northwestern grad student: HarperCollins, author published private info to twist sex assault tale
Another lawsuit has been filed in a three-year dispute about alleged sexual assault involving a Northwestern University professor, as a female graduate student has accused publishing house HarperCollins and an author of embarrassing her by exposing private details to make the professor she accused of sexual assault a sympathetic figure. -
Class action: Down To Lunch smartphone app illegally used users' phone contact lists to send spam promo texts
The owners and developers of the hot new social networking app Down To Lunch have been hit with a class action lawsuit, alleging they illegally used text messages to “spam-vite” potentially thousands of people to download the app. -
Former Blackhawks player, Lightning coach Steve Ludzik sues NHL over concussions
On the eve of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup Final involving the organizations for which he played and coached professionally, former Chicago Blackhawks standout Steve Ludzik has added his name to a growing list of former professional hockey players suing the NHL in connection with concussions suffered during his playing career. -
Lincoln Park pub sues Logan Square bar over "Red Lion" name
Call it a different kind of bar fight.A Lincoln Park bar is suing a relatively new bar a few miles away in Logan Square it claims is trying to subvert business through an allegedly deceptive marketing process.Crimson Lion Ltd., doing business as the Red Lion Pub, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Nov. 26 in Chicago's federal court against The Red Lion Pub & Grill Inc. and its owner Miguel
