U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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Appeals court says small awards in consumer law suits should not always mean small fees to lawyers
An appeals court has ruled a federal judge was wrong to cut lawyers' fees from $65,000 to $6,800 when they only secured their client $500, even after they rejected an offer from a debt collector to pay the plaintiff $4,600, plus full attorney fees -
Appeals panel agrees AbbVie didn't violate antitrust laws with Humira 'patent thicket'
Drugmaker settled with potential competitors, but benefit plans fail to prove illegality -
7th Circuit: Title VII sex discrimination employment protections 'drop out' vs religious schools' religious freedoms
A federal appeals panel said an Indianapolis Catholic high school was within its legal rights under the Constitution and federal law to fire a female guidance counselor and school administrator who married another woman -
Lawsuit revived vs Loyola Chicago over refusal to refund tuition, fees, after Covid shutdown
A federal appeals panel says students can press their claim Loyola University Chicago's decision to close the campus and move instruction online in March 2020 breached an 'implied contract' for in-person instruction and access to campus in return for $22,000 per semester tuition -
Appeals panel: Ex-Cook Co. Health Dept financial control director can't sue county over alleged federal grant fraud
Retiree accused county of shirking regulatory duty on millions in federal public health grants -
Appeals panel: Indiana surgeon can press antitrust claims vs IU Health for 'monopolizing' Bloomington market
A vascular surgeon said IU Health revoked his hospital privileges as part of alleged scheme to leverage massive market presence to pressure him when he refused to end independent practice -
Appeals panel says Tribune investors can't press lawsuit over failed Sinclair merger
Ruling affirms opinion Tribune didn't know of or control Sinclair's entanglements with federal agencies -
Appeals panel split on Illinois' obligation to force timely Medicaid payments to hospitals
A lawsuit from cash-strapped safety net hospital, St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago, alleges systemic failure to pay on time, leading to dire financial straits -
Appeals panel agrees Protect Our Parks can't get injunction to halt Obama Center project in Jackson Park
Judge Wood: Citizen group can't show federal agencies failed to meet obligations for site review -
Appeals panel says Indiana pediatrician fired for refusing Covid vax can't force reinstatement
A federal appeals judge said further proceedings will give the doctor to chance to demand hospital administration explain why they granted religious exemptions to four nurses, but not to the doctor -
Yarbrough: Time for feds oversight of Cook Clerk's office to end; Court monitors focusing on details to keep getting paid
Yarbrough says compliance administrators appointed by the court to ensure she obeys federal court decrees are trying to find reasons to keep those decrees in place to ensure they continue to get paid -
Seventh Circuit Judge Michael Kanne dies; Served on federal appeals court for 35 years
Kanne, regarded as a conservative originalist, was appointed to the court in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan -
Reformers' filing: Cook Clerk Yarbrough 'dragging feet' on complying with fed court's anti-patronage orders
Longtime Illinois government reform advocate Michael Shakman and others have asked a federal judge to tack at least another year onto federal oversight of hiring practices under Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough -
Black, Latino queer couple can continue discrimination suit vs Liberty Mutual, but not class action, judge says
The Evanston couple cancelled their policy with Liberty Mutual, meaning they can't lead a class action against the insurer for injuries that cannot happen again, a federal judge ruled -
IL Supreme Court to decide if unionized workers can sue employers over workplace fingerprint scans
The state's high court has allowed an appeal from a worker at Roosevelt University, who is seeking to lead a class action lawsuit against his employer under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, but was blocked when a state appeals court said his union CBA meant he couldn't sue -
How 'concrete' an injury is 'emotional distress?' Federal appeals court grapples with question
A group of four federal appeals court judges says the Seventh Circuit was wrong to toss out a woman's class action claims that a creditor should pay for inflicting "emotional distress" when it sought to collect a "zombie debt" -
SCOTUS: Airline ramp workers exempt from arbitration mandates, more class actions vs transportation employers inbound?
The U.S. Supreme Court says Southwest Airlines ramp workers are involved in interstate commerce, and should be given exemption under federal law from mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts -
Appeals panel says employers can violate FMLA rights even if no time off was actually denied
A former Cook County corrections officer said an administrator within the Cook County Sheriff's Office discouraged him from applying for leave, and judges said that is enough to allow his lawsuit to continue -
Appeals court: Pritzker 2020 biz closure orders, alone, not enough to allow biz owners to sue for illegal takings
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected yet another challenge to Pritzker's long-running use of emergency executive powers amid the Covid pandemic, saying plaintiffs didn't provide enough to back their sprawling claims that Pritzker trampled their rights -
Appeals panel says federal judge needs to recalculate $11M+ legal fee award in securities suit vs Stericycle
Lawyers for pension funds originally won 25% of $45M settlement with Stericycle