U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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Gatorade can call itself 'Sports Fuel' without infringing trademark of SportFuel, appeals court says
Gatorade remained victorious in a trademark challenge brought by sports nutrition company SportFuel after the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling of summary judgment. -
$100 tickets not steep enough to let people fighting red light tickets mount legal defense of choice: Appeals panel
A federal appeals panel has tossed out a legal challenge to a suburban community's red light camera ticket program, as judges ruled the village of Lakemoor was within its constitutional authority to limit the range of defenses that a ticketed driver could raise against the tickets, in part because the $100 fine was too small to impose a steep "administrative burden" on the village. -
Ice rink mechanic fired after Zamboni accident can't sue rink owners under Disabilities Act
A former employee of a Westfield, Ind., skating rink has failed to show the company discriminated against and fired him based on his disability, a federal appeals court ruled July 23. -
VEDDER PRICE PC: Vedder Price Protects Iconic Design of the Bodum CHAMBORD® French Press
Vedder Price is pleased to announce a recent litigation victory for its client, Bodum. -
Appeals panel rules against advertising company in battle over Bellwood's billboard ban
A Chicago-based advertising and marketing billboard company effectively lost the appeal of its property rights and antitrust claims against the a rival company and the village of Bellwood after it lost a lease following an imposition of a sign ban in the suburban community, a federal appeals court recently ruled. -
Appeals panel: Collectors allowed to charge fees to debtors, class action rightly tossed
CHICAGO — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled federal law allows debt collectors to charge fees to the people from whom they collect. -
Hinsdale lawyer faces sanctions over suit vs psychologist who evaluated children's custody in divorce
A Hinsdale attorney has about two weeks to explain to a federal appeals court why he shouldn't pay the legal fees of a court-appointed psychologist he has been suing after her expert opinion allegedly cost him custody of his two children. -
Appeals court: Chicago suburban towns' alarm monopoly didn't violate antitrust laws, alarm company's rights
A collection of suburban communities didn't violate antitrust laws by establishing an alarm business monopoly by requiring businesses within their borders to purchase alarm services from one alarm business, a federal appeals court has said. -
Split appeals panel: Ex-University Park police chief can sue in federal court over his firing, 'rights violations'
A divided federal appeals court has found the former police chief in suburban University Park can sue the village over his firing in federal court, even though his complaint could be addressed at the state level. -
GSK: Widow's request to restore $3M verdict in suicide suit would destabilize legal system
A drug company sued by the widow of a Chicago man, who killed himself after taking the generic form of the antidepressant Paxil, argues that the widow has launched a “frivolous," “topsy-turvy” and "unprecedented" effort to have a Chicago federal district judge override the U.S. Supreme Court and restore a $3 million verdict. -
Female detainees win OK to press class action vs Cicero over accommodations in police lockup
A federal judge has certified a class action from women suing the town of Cicero over its accommodations for female detainees at its police lockup. -
Ex-IL state worker Janus asks appeals court to toss ruling blocking refund of unconstitutional union fees
Lawyers for former Illinois state worker Mark Janus have asked a federal appeals panel to overturn a ruling barring nonunion state workers from collecting refunds of the fees they paid to unions, even though the unions had more than a strong inkling the fees were about to be declared unconstitutional. -
Appeals panel: Male Purdue student suspended, kicked out of ROTC in 'fundamentally unfair' sex assault investigation
A federal appeals court has ruled a former Purdue University student has made a plausible case that the school wrongly suspended him, on the basis of his gender, for alleged sexual misdeeds against a female student, which he said ruined his ambition to become a naval officer, based on a process judges said "fell short" of what is required to suspend a high school student for misbehavior. -
Widow asks federal judge to reinstate $3M verdict vs GSK in suicide suit, despite SCOTUS appeal rejection
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear her case, the widow of a Chicago man, who killed himself after allegedly taking the generic form of the antidepressant Paxil, is trying to have a federal district judge restore her $3 million verdict against drugmaker GSK, because the company allegedly didn’t push federal regulators to revise the drug’s warning label. -
Appeals court backs American Airlines in disability case, says not forced under ADA to let worker work from home
A federal appeals panel has come down on the side of American Airlines in a suit filed by a former employee who alleged the airline violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it ended the accommodations that made it possible for her to do her job at home. -
Appeals court: Wisconsin county not liable for $4M verdict for two former inmates sexually assaulted by guard
A divided panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has decided a Wisconsin county can't be made to pay millions of dollars in damages to two female former jail inmates who were sexually assaulted by a jail correctional officer. -
Judge: Lawyers must refund $320K fees from shareholder settlement vs Akorn; A 'racket'
A federal judge has ordered a group of lawyers to return more than $300,000 in fees they received under a settlement of a shareholder lawsuit they brought against drug manufacturer Akorn, as the judge said the lawsuit amounted to little more than another example of the “racket” of “worthless” shareholder class actions. -
Appeals court affirms ruling for Indiana University in former dental student's discrimination case
A student who alleged Indiana University discriminated against her when she was required to retake her entire first year curriculum at the university's dental school recently lost her appeal because she couldn't prove she was treated different from than other students. -
Supreme Court declines to let Illinois caregivers seek order forcing union to refund fees
WASHINGTON , D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an effort by a group of non-union home caregivers to persuade the high court to order unions to refund millions of dollars in fees that they collected from the caregivers under an Illinois state law declared unconstitutional. -
'Exercise in revenue collection:' Appeals judges say Chicago can't hold cars over parking tickets if owners in bankruptcy
Finding the city of Chicago’s seizure of people’s cars over unpaid parking tickets amounts to little more than a program to boost the city’s treasury, a federal appeals court has rejected City Hall’s bid to keep a hold on seized vehicles even after bankruptcy judges have ordered the city to return them.