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Dexter Reed's family sues Chicago cops over Reed's death, after Reed fired at Chicago cops in traffic stop
The family says officers are to blame because they shouldn't have stopped Reed at all, and then acted "outrageously" in pulling their weapons on Reed. They do not concede Reed fired first. Police advocates say the plaintiffs look to be seeking a "quick settlement" from Mayor Brandon Johnson's City Hall -
Cook County shuts door on class action claims that property tax sale system discriminates vs black, Latino homeowners
A federal judge said class action plaintiffs haven't done enough to support claims that Cook County's property tax sale system - which sells off homes to collect unpaid property taxes - discriminates vs black and Latino homeowners. The decision doesn't end claims the system is unconstitutional -
Judge nixes class action vs Abbott over baby formula shortage, says not obliged to maintain formula supply, prices
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed a class action vs Abbott Laboratories claiming the company wrongly profited from increased prices for baby formula sparked by a nationwide shortage that followed Abbott's shutdown of a Michigan plant over alleged bacterial contamination -
Judge: Title IX plaintiffs can use IL law to retroactively demand 'emotional distress' damages
The Illinois law, known as the Civil Rights Remedies Restoration Act, was enacted this year specifically to restore the ability of certain plaintiffs to use "emotional distress" claims to boost their potential payouts under civil rights lawsuits, in defiance of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision to limit the ability to do so -
Judge: Bulls great Kukoc can't use Chicago courts to sue Swiss banks over fraud
A Chicago federal judge said Kukoc making his home in the Chicago area, and communicating with the banks here, is not enough to allow him to sue Swiss banks for allegedly allowing an employee to work with Kukoc's ex-financial advisor to 'raid' millions from Kukoc's accounts -
Amazon can't escape potentially huge biometrics class action over virtual try-on tool
A federal judge has cleared a Cook County woman and her Chicago lawyers to proceed with a class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. The same woman and her lawyers failed in 2022 in their bid to target an online eyewear seller over similar claims -
Antitrust lawsuit accuses Apple of wrongly cornering market for smartwatches
Apple Inc. has been accused of employing anticompetitive strategies to monopolize the smartwatch market, according to a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. -
Class action: Everlywell exposes private medical information through tracking pixels
Digital home medical testing company, Everlywell, has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that it allowed social media giants like Facebook and Google to access people's private health care information. -
Judge says Potawatomi Tribe can't sue Waukegan over casino developer selection process
The tribe, which operates casinos in Wisconsin, asserted the city had engaged in a rigged and discriminatory bid process that unfairly excluded their proposal. Court documents noted the tribe had also said it sought to reduce losses for its successful Milwaukee location and 'reclaim' ancestral land -
Judge shelves class action vs. The Children's Place for allegedly selling clothing containing PFAS
Kennelly rules plaintiffs have standing but failed to state a claim -
Chevron seeks to take Chicago's climate change 'disinformation' suit to federal court
The filing by Chevron says the city's lawsuit is dangerous and misguided, as it would seek to impose Chicago's left-wing policy goals across the globe, and upset a "balance" established by federal regulation that has allowed oil and gas to fuel the modern life enjoyed by everyone in Chicago and worldwide -
Co-pay kickback Medicare, Medicaid fraud lawsuit revived vs Walgreens after 10 years in court
The lawsuit, filed by two pharmacy techs at a small specialty store in Glenview, accuses Walgreens of intentionally ignoring pharmacists' decisions to waive copays to steer business from a West Side clinic, and then improperly auto-refill prescriptions at higher rates, billed to the government aid programs -
Judge: Litigation financier Burford can seize control of Sysco's claims in chicken prices lawsuits
U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin rejected poultry producers' attempts to shut down Burford Capital's move to step into court in place of Sysco, saying poultry producers need to accept that third party lawsuit funders can take control of lawsuits to protect their investments and maximize profits -
Federal judge slams door, for now, on class action vs GEICO over pandemic insurance prices
Ruling holds plaintiffs lack a valid model to calculate damages -
Lake County family sues Gree for home fire, injuries caused by defective dehumidifier, subject to recalls, indictments
The lawsuit claims a Gree dehumidifier caught fire in 2022 in the family's Lake County home, in which firefighters rescued one family member from a basement window and found another unresponsive on the floor of an upstairs room. -
Judge trims prime chunks of consumer fraud class action vs Beyond Meat
Plaintiffs can't press claims about protein content on package-front labels -
Wingstop hit with biometrics class action for allegedly allowing virtual ordering app to record customer voices on phone
The lawsuit also names as defendant tech vendor ConverseNow, allegedly the supplier of a virtual AI phone order assistant -
Black female worker says Metra wrongly fired her over Covid vax mandate
The lawsuit claims the commuter rail agency wrongly denied her request for a religious exemption from the 2021 Covid vaccine mandate. -
Class action accuses CommonSpirit Health of shorting workers OT
The lawsuit seeks to include thousands of current and former workers at one of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S. -
Judge blocks big piece of IL Dems' temp worker regulation law
A Chicago federal judge ruled that major changes to Illinois' law regulating temp workers and day laborers can't take effect because they are preempted by federal law