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Easy Access: Chicago shops large & small latest targets of growing trend of ADA Title III accessibility lawsuits
The odds that an individual shop or restaurant could be hit with a disability equal access lawsuit under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act remains small. But the likelihood is increasing, as more lawyers take aim at shops of all sizes, including owners of small mom-and-pop shops in older buildings. -
Whistleblower suit says CPS fired bus manager for uncovering collusion among bus vendors, CPS
A man who formerly helped manage the Chicago Public Schools’ busing contracts has sued CPS, alleging the city’s public schools system fired him for “political and financial reasons” after he attempted to end practices which he claimed allowed the busing vendors to work together to allegedly bilk CPS and taxpayers who support it out of untold millions of dollars and costing CPS students millions of hours of lost classroom time in the process. -
Wineries put cork in qui tam lawsuits over wine shipping charges, sales tax
A group of more than two dozen California wineries who ship wine to Illinois customers have scored a legal win, as a Cook County judge granted the request of Illinois Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan to dismiss numerous lawsuits alleging the wineries had shorted the state's treasury by not paying sales taxes on shipping and handling fees they charged consumers. -
Chicago to pay $3 million to settle claims it discriminated vs cop candidates who lived in U.S. less than 10 years
The city of Chicago has quickly assented to the U.S. Department of Justice’s contentions it discriminated against foreign-born police applicants by requiring applicants to have lived in the U.S. for 5-10 years before applying. As part of a settlement agreement announced in Chicago federal court, the city has agreed to pay $3.1 million in the class action brought by the Justice Department on behalf of 47 onetime police officer applicants. -
Lawsuit vs Illinois State Police demands state homicide, killings data not reported to FBI since 1994
A Hoffman Estates lawyer who heads an online project designed to track how police report and solve murder cases in Illinois and nationwide says the Illinois State Police have withheld data from him and the public, and a judge should order them to turn over the information. On Dec. 3, attorney Thomas Hargrove, director of the Murder Accountability Project, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against the Illinois State Police. -
Justice Department: Des Plaines broke federal law in denying Islamic group's request to open mosque in former office building
The U.S. Justice Department is suing the city of Des Plaines, saying the city broke federal law when it refused the request of a group of Bosnian Sufi Muslims to open a mosque in one of the western suburb’s industrial areas. The intervention comes as the group continues its own lawsuit against the city. -
St. Louis police pension fund joins list of litigants saying big banks should pay for manipulating treasuries market
The Police Retirement System of St. Louis has filed a federal class action lawsuit against nearly two dozen U.S. banks, claiming the institutions have been manipulating the U.S. Department of Treasury’s market since 2008, violating federal anti-monopoly and anti-trust statutes by sharing with each other competitively sensitive information to move prices in their favor, to the detriment of the class members. -
Antitrust litigation climbs vs big four domestic airlines over fees, fare pricing practices
The number of antitrust lawsuits continues to climb in federal courts around the U.S., including in Chicago, against the country’s major domestic airlines, accusing the airlines of colluding to keep their fares and fees artificially elevated. Nationally, federal court records reveal 75 such cases have been introduced in federal district courts against United, American, Southwest and Delta airlines. In Chicago, nine cases have been filed. -
Judge: Wells Fargo may have discriminated, but county not able to bring predatory lending suit
A federal judge has refused to rule Wells Fargo did not engage in lending practices blamed for allegedly exacerbating a plague of home mortgage foreclosures among minority homebuyers. But the judge still has tossed a lawsuit brought against the lender by Cook County over the bank’s alleged predatory lending practices. -
Fliers launch antitrust class action vs American, United, Southwest, Delta airlines, allege collusion on airfares, capacity, fees
A class action lawsuit has been launched against the four major U.S. airlines, riding the wings of a federal investigation into whether the airlines colluded to keep domestic airfares high, even as their costs have fallen.. -
Chicago doctor to pay almost $4M after plea, settlement over clozapine kickback
A Chicago physician will pay the United States and State of Illinois $3.79 million for taking kickbacks from two pharmaceutical companies in exchange for prescribing an anti-psychotic drug to his patients, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. -
City of Harvey hit with federal suit over alleged police misconduct; man claims officers falsified charges to justify beating
Not immediately paying for a drink at a bar cost a Harvey man two broken legs, the man claims in a recently-filed lawsuit seeking damages from the Cook County south suburb that has made headlines in recent years for having a high-crime and low-arrest rate, as well as alleged police and political misconduct. -
A year after its dismissal, U.S. deputy marshal sues over investigation, prosecution of excessive force charge
A deputy marshal has filed a federal lawsuit claiming some of his colleagues violated his Constitutional rights in the course of an investigation into allegations he used excessive force and obstructed justice, charges that were dismissed last year. -
Split panel of ARDC Review Board recommends suspension for lawyer with drug conviction
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended a four-year suspension for an attorney convicted of conspiracy with the intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana.
